Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan has resigned as Sri Lanka captain on Monday after less than a year in the job, a day after the end of his team’s losing tour to South Africa.
Sri Lanka, who lost the test series 2-1, fought back to win the last two one-day internationals (ODI) against the Proteas, eventually going down 3-2.
Dilshan took over from Kumar Sangakkara last year’s World Cup, where Sri Lanka lost in the final to India.
But his stint in charge was not successful, Sri Lanka suffering Test series defeats in England, at home to Australia and in South Africa.
“T.M. Dilshan sent his resignation from the captaincy of the national team to Sri Lanka Cricket a short while ago,” Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC) said in a text message alert to its subscribers.
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