Another last-ball T20 loss guarantees more debate about the Australian cricket team's schedule.
T20 captain Aaron Finch said that is for others to decide - all he can do is try to make sure his team rallies for the third and final match against Sri Lanka.
Finch was gutted after Asela Gunaratne produced an outstanding innings and led Sri Lanka to a two-wicket win on Sunday night in Geelong.
He hit the winning runs off the last ball and Australia also lost on the last delivery in Friday night's game at the MCG.
Finch is leading an under-strength team, with a handful of top players unavailable due to the Test tour of India.
That has led to criticism of the T20 series, with former player Stuart Clark deriding it as the 'Who Cares Cup'.
"Any time Australia lose there are always questions asked of everyone, no matter what the format of the game," Finch said.
"All those questions will come up, no doubt.
"It's well above my pay grade to make decisions like that.
"It's been a talking point the whole time, when you take out a handful of world-class players, but the guys we have here deserved their spots, absolutely".
Paceman Jhye Richardson made an impressive debut on Sunday night, Moises Henriques top-scored with 56no and 36-year-old debutant Michael Klinger has scored 38 and 43 in the series.
Ben Dunk also belted 32 from 14 balls in Geelong.
"We're very disappointed, obviously - it's a tough loss to take," Finch said.
"I thought we had enough runs ... but credit to Gunaratne, he played a hell of an innings."
Australia made 173 and then had Sri Lanka by the throat at 5-40, only for Gunaratne to win the game with his unbeaten 84.
"I second-guess every decision that I made out there as a captain ... obviously there were a few guys still with some overs up their sleeve," Finch said.
"But I went with what I thought was the right decision and I will reflect on that with the coaches, talk to some other players as well.
"You also have to be able to defend in that situation as well and unfortunately we didn't do that.
"A freak innings and a little bit of mis-executing and you get rolled."
Legspinner Adam Zampa was a surprise omission from Sunday's team, but Finch said that was purely because of the wet conditions.
Finch also defended the venue after a small crowd of 13,500.
"Being about minus seven degrees doesn't help and bucketing down with rain all day," he said.
"But the crowd was still fantastic.
"The surface, after so much of a downpour, was unbelievable (and) the wicket played really well."
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