Sri Lankan middle batsman Dinesh Chandimal said that despite losing the first test match against England, they played very well as a team. He had made this comment while addressing the press conference held after losing the first test match against England by 5 wickets. Dinesh Chandimal, who also commented there, said this. If we could have scored 70 or 100 more runs in the first innings, this situation would have changed. That's where we majorly missed. It is very difficult to get back into the game when 3 wickets are lost in 20 runs in half an hour. But captain Dhananjaya and Milan again managed the situation without hesitation. They brought us back into the game. But even after that there are some setbacks, such things happen in a match like this. But overall we played very well as a team. On many previous occasions we have lost the first match of England tours very badly. But in this match we gave a very good challenge to the England team.'

Chandimal, who answered the question about his injury, said, 'I have broken the bones of my right big toe. It happened for the 4th time. When the ball hit the finger, I thought that the finger was broken. Hit that fast. But the doctors said that the old fractures had renewed again. But at the same time I told the doctors to give me injections to reduce the pain as I need to start batting again. I wanted to bat. Because such opportunities are rare. Perhaps this will be my last visit to England. I wanted to do my best there. My expectation was that I would be able to collect points for the team and go for a victory.'

And the Sri Lankan middle order batsman who also commented on the performance of the bowlers in this match said: I don't blame the bowlers too much. Because before the last half of the third day, they played two consecutive periods of 2 hours and 3