Star Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews admitted Saturday that “we’ve let the entire nation down” as the former champions suffered a first round exit at the T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka, the champions in 2014, play their final Group D game on Sunday against the Netherlands after losing to Bangladesh and South Africa. Their only point came from a washed-out no-result against Nepal. “I think first of all we’ve let the entire nation down and we are really sorry because we’ve also let ourselves down,” said former skipper Mathews. “We never expected this. We came across a lot of challenges but those are not something to sort of worry about, but it’s unfortunate that we didn’t make the second round.” Mathews played a key role in his country’s 2014 World Cup victory, scoring 40 runs in the semi-final against West Indies and taking 1-25 in the six-wicket win over India in the final at Dhaka. Sri Lanka will have just pride at stake when they meet the Dutch on Sunday where a victory will at least help them climb off the foot of the table.