Jayasuriya, in a letter to Minister of Sports Navin Dissanayake, cited the impending end of his tenure as the head of the selection committee as the reason for his resignation.
I am always available if Sri Lanka Cricket needs me to serve the country in the future," he said in his letter of resignation.
Under his tenure Sri Lanka enjoyed success, by winning the World T20 2014, Asia Cup and a Test series in England, also reaching the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013. But Jayasuriya came under fire for his selection in the quarter-final of the recently concluded Cricket World Cup, where Sri Lanka lost in a lopsided contest against South Africa.
With the appointment of a new interim committee earlier this week to run Sri Lanka Cricket till the next elections, Jayasuriya’s future was put in doubt, with new Interim Committee Chairman Sidath Wettimuny hinting that the tenure of the selectors would not be extended.
His tenure was originally due to end on March 31, but with the postponement of the Sri Lanka Cricket elections, was extended by a further month.