Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 captain Mahela Jayawardene has resigned from his post on Sunday, but insisted it had nothing to do with the 36-run defeat to the West Indies in the World T20 final.
Talking to media representatives after the final, the captain said, “I had told the selectors before the tournament started that I won’t captain in T20 and they needed to groom someone else for the future.”
Jayawardene will however continue as a player in the shortest format and will also lead in both Test and one-day cricket.
The accomplished batsman has scored 1,224 runs in 44 Twenty20 internationals at a strike rate of 133.77 per 100 balls.
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