Sri Lanka arrived in the USA about ten days before their first match in the T20 World Cup 2024 and played two warm-up games against the Netherlands and Ireland. However, captain Wanindu Hasaranga felt that they still didn't adjust quickly enough to the surfaces in the USA.

Their campaign was essentially derailed by two batting collapses: they were bowled out for 77 against South Africa in New York, and Bangladesh restricted them to 124 for 9 in Dallas. They won their last game against the Netherlands by 83 runs, but by then they had already been ruled out of Super-Eight contention after their match against Nepal was washed out.

There has been discussion about the inconveniences Sri Lanka faced at this World Cup, particularly the extensive travel they had to undertake. However, Hasaranga stated that the team itself was primarily responsible for their early exit.

"When you lose a match you can blame pitches and other things, but as professional cricketers, that's not a good thing," he said. "Even the other team has to play on the same pitch, and it's our job to change the way we play. We're representing a country and have to take that responsibility.

"We didn't make those changes and adapt, and that was our main flaw."