Mahela steps down as VC

6 April 2011 08:15 am

Sri Lankan vice captain Mahela Jayawardane has written to Sri Lanka Cricket informing them that he has stepped down from the Vice Captaincy of the national team, Secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket Nishantha Ranatunga said.

Nishantha Ranatunga making a statement said “Mahela had taken up the Vice Captaincy duty only till the end of the World Cup. This morning, he handed in a letter stating that he did not like continuing as the Vice Captain of the team”.

Yesterday, World Cup captain Kumar Sangakkara handed in his letter of resignation, citing the need for the team to be led by a player at his peak, at the next World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2015.

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