Mahela Jayawardene will continue to lead Sri Lanka till the end of next year’s World Cup in West Indies. Ashantha de Mel, the chairman of selectors, said that the decision to hand Jayawardene an extended run was based on merit, after being named Captain of the Year and the captain of the World ODI Team of the Year at the ICC Awards in Mumbai last week.
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This is an assuring news coming straight from Sri Lanka’s camp. Jayawardene has all the qualities of an attacking captain. He has been seen in mighty decent form in recent times, and with him standing tall from the front with both as a batter and as a captain aggressor, the threat of Sri Lanka continues to hover on the forefront.