As research shows, sound focus of any team depends on three things, leadership, team cohesiveness and team norms.

I strongly disagree with His Excellency the President for calling the Sri Lanka cricket team to meet him the day prior to the finals between Sri Lanka and Australia. Such a meeting should have taken place only if they had won, and meeting the President should have been at the cricket grounds itself.

Also Mahela's more Western style may have failed to motivate the team. As a Nalandian why can't be he more Sri Lankan? Mahela's appearance with Kumar Sangakkara on TV ads for coke could have negatively affected other team members. Is Sri Lanka Cricket becoming more Western these days? We see Kumar Sangakkara promoting himself in a outspoken.

What will happen to our Cricket team's other members if only Kumar's photographs appear in every advertisement depriving others of fame? Who is to be blamed? Over to you chairman and appointed board of Sri Lanka Cricket. Finally. I feel the Sri Lanka Cricket team is becoming more the Team of the President than of Sri Lanka.