Mirpur: Sri Lanka's stand-in captain Angelo Mathews made no bones about the fact that the string of defeats has had "damaging" effect on their morale ahead of the ICC World T20 in India starting next week. "It's quite damaging, especially for the confidence level and the morale. You can't keep losing, it's difficult to digest. We haven't played our best yet and the most worrying thing is that we haven't clicked as a batting order. So close to the World T20, we have to connect the dots together and maybe try a few combinations," an upset Mathews said after losing to India by five wickets last night.

Angelo Mathews. Pic/ AFP