Having lost 24 of their last 28 completed ODIs, expectations are low and prospects are bleak
Their captain has scored all of 267 one-day international runs, their best player is a grumpy 35-year-old fast bowler, their top order is fragile, their spin stocks are thin, their fielding is frequently comical and their coach was fearing for his job only months ago. Have any previous champions ever arrived at a World Cup in such disarray as Sri Lanka?
Having lost 24 of the last 28 ODIs they have completed, expectations are low and predictions are bleak. Can they manage one upset win? Can they avoid the wooden spoon? Will they even be competitive?
Sri Lanka
ICC world ranking 9 (as of 6 May)
Captain Dimuth Karunaratne
Coach Chandika Hathurusinghe
World Cup best Winners 1996