<p>India surrendered its numero uno status to England after suffering a humiliating 4-0 whitewash.<br /><br />"They seem to have got carried away with their IPL. It seems like they don't need outside influences to harm Indian cricket, the BCCI is doing it," Ranatunga said.<br /><br />Ranatunga attributes lack of preparation as the main reason which caused the Indian down fall in England.<br /><br />"After winning the World Cup all of India's leading cricketers went straight to play in IPL and then some of them opted to miss out the West Indies tour.<br /><br />"Some of them even delayed surgery after the World Cup not wanting to miss the cash rich IPL, and after arriving in England half-fit broke down half-way through the England tour," Ranatunga told 'The Island'.<br /><br />Ranatunga is a known IPL critic as in 2008 as the head of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) he wanted his players to undertake a tour of England to fill the void of Zimbabwe.<br /><br />But the players opted to play in IPL backed by powerful local politicians. His opposition to IPL had primarily cost his place as the head of SLC. </p>.<p>The legendary skipper felt going into the England Test series with just a solitary warm up game did not serve well for Indians.<br /><br />Ranatunga though praised Rahul Dravid, who was outstanding in the series because "he had been well prepared".<br /><br />He also cited the example of Sri Lanka's wicket keeper batsman Prasanna Jayawardene, a non IPL player who was the man of the series in the Sri Lanka-England series which preceded India's tour.<br /><br />Jayawardene averaged 54 in the series as opposed to 30 by Sangakkara and just 17 by his name sake Mahela.<br /><br />"For a batsman of Kumar Sangakkara's quality it took nearly a month to adjust to the conditions in England. Mahela Jayawardene with his quality couldn't score a hundred. To succeed in England preparation is extremely vital and to my surprise India ignored it," Ranatunga said. </p>
<p>India surrendered its numero uno status to England after suffering a humiliating 4-0 whitewash.<br /><br />"They seem to have got carried away with their IPL. It seems like they don't need outside influences to harm Indian cricket, the BCCI is doing it," Ranatunga said.<br /><br />Ranatunga attributes lack of preparation as the main reason which caused the Indian down fall in England.<br /><br />"After winning the World Cup all of India's leading cricketers went straight to play in IPL and then some of them opted to miss out the West Indies tour.<br /><br />"Some of them even delayed surgery after the World Cup not wanting to miss the cash rich IPL, and after arriving in England half-fit broke down half-way through the England tour," Ranatunga told 'The Island'.<br /><br />Ranatunga is a known IPL critic as in 2008 as the head of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) he wanted his players to undertake a tour of England to fill the void of Zimbabwe.<br /><br />But the players opted to play in IPL backed by powerful local politicians. His opposition to IPL had primarily cost his place as the head of SLC. </p>.<p>The legendary skipper felt going into the England Test series with just a solitary warm up game did not serve well for Indians.<br /><br />Ranatunga though praised Rahul Dravid, who was outstanding in the series because "he had been well prepared".<br /><br />He also cited the example of Sri Lanka's wicket keeper batsman Prasanna Jayawardene, a non IPL player who was the man of the series in the Sri Lanka-England series which preceded India's tour.<br /><br />Jayawardene averaged 54 in the series as opposed to 30 by Sangakkara and just 17 by his name sake Mahela.<br /><br />"For a batsman of Kumar Sangakkara's quality it took nearly a month to adjust to the conditions in England. Mahela Jayawardene with his quality couldn't score a hundred. To succeed in England preparation is extremely vital and to my surprise India ignored it," Ranatunga said. </p>