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2024-05-05, 7:52 PM |
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Main » 2009 » February » 11 » Jayawardene announces to quit as Sri Lanka captain
Jayawardene announces to quit as Sri Lanka captain | 5:34 PM |
 COLOMBO: Mahela Jayawardene has announced here on Wednesday to resign as captain of the Sri Lanka's cricket team and said that the upcoming Test series in Pakistan would be his last series as captain.
The 31-year-old batsman said he has decided to resign in the best interest of the Sri Lankan cricket.
Jayawardene said that he has taken the decision after thoroughly considering it and it was the right time to leave the captaincy.
He said that the captaincy should be handed over to a young player for going into preparations for the 2011 World Cup.
Jayawardene said that the two-Test series in Pakistan would be his last series as captain.
Mahela Jayawardene's decision to quit came after India completed a 4-1 rout of Sri Lanka in the recent one-day series.
The middle-order batsman, who led Sri Lanka for the first time in April 2004, did not play in Tuesday's Twenty20 international here, which India won by three wickets.
Jayawardene however made it clear he was not quitting the team altogether.
Jayawardene guided Sri Lanka to the World Cup final in the West Indies in 2007, where they lost to Australia.
He captained Sri Lanka in 26 Tests, winning 15, losing seven with four draws.
In 94 one-day internationals under him, Sri Lanka won 54 and lost 35 while the rest ended in no-results.
The first Test in Pakistan will be played in Karachi from February 21-25, while the second and final match will be played in Lahore from March 1-5.
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