India's blind cricket world champion side suffered its first bilateral series loss in six years, losing 1-2 to Sri Lanka in Colombo recently. The Indians, led by Ajay Reddy, lost the first match on Sunday by two-wickets and the second on Monday by seven wickets. Yesterday, the visitors won the third encounter by 66 runs. "Bahut bura lag raha hai series haarke [I am feeling really bad after losing this series]," Reddy told mid-day over the phone from the Emerald isle yesterday.

Reddy, who led the team to the World Cup triumph beating Pakistan in the final in UAE earlier this year, said the team has a slew of new young players, who probably failed to handle the pressure of international cricket. "Though seven or eight of our players are experienced enough, the rest are newcomers and they failed to cope with the pressure.