The Sri Lankan team lost by 233 runs in the first match of the 2-match Test series between the touring Sri Lankan team and the South African team.In the press conference held after the match held in Durham, South Africa, 'Sri Lankan player Dinesh Chandimal lost' and commented on the upcoming match plans.

"We got an unexpected result in the match.Our batting was weak in the first innings. It is unimaginable for us to lose everyone in the team for 42 runs. Our team has been playing well for the last few years. Therefore, we were very shocked by the 'collapse' in the batting department in the first innings.We have not faced such an unfortunate experience before in the history of Test matches. That's why we plan to learn from this defeat and score more than 300 points in the first innings of the next match. We must do it. We can make mistakes.
But as players, we must quickly correct those mistakes and win the next matches. We have very talented players in our team. So I believe that they will be at their best in the upcoming matches."Comments were also expressed here about the differences between the performances in the last tour of England and in this tournament.
"We previously faced a foreign tour with England. Although we lost the first two matches, we won the third match.But we didn't get a 'practice match' in South Africa like we did in England. I am not making excuses here. It also contributed to the difficult first innings we all played. But I see 282 in the fourth innings in South Africa as a positive sign.With that belief, we will work as a team for the victory of the next match
Chandimal had this to say about losing the century in the second innings.
"In 2011, I played my first Test match in Der Bunn as well. There I scored two half-centuries in both innings.There is some regret about losing the century in the second innings of this match which was held in Der Bun. And when I got out, we had to score less than 250 runs to win the match. The main objective of all of us is to win the match.So there is more regret for losing the century for not being able to take the game to that 'winning' target. This will probably be my last South African match tour. Therefore, I hope to play well in the next match of this tournament.