New Delhi: Kumara Sangakkara will lead Sri Lanka in the World T20 Championship in England later this year.
Sangakkara has been Sri Lanka's vice-captain for three years and succeeds Mahela Jayawardene, who stepped down as captain at the end of the two-test series in Pakistan that was abandoned last week after terrorists attacked the team's bus in Lahore.
Muttiah Muralitharan has been appointed his deputy in the provisional 25-member squad announced by the Sri Lankan Cricket Board's selection committee.
Sri Lanka do not have any international fixtures until the World Twenty20 tournament which begins on the June 5.
Source:http://cricketnext.in.com/news/sangakkara-appointed-sri-lanka-skipper/38998-13.html
Sangakkara has been Sri Lanka's vice-captain for three years and succeeds Mahela Jayawardene, who stepped down as captain at the end of the two-test series in Pakistan that was abandoned last week after terrorists attacked the team's bus in Lahore.
Muttiah Muralitharan has been appointed his deputy in the provisional 25-member squad announced by the Sri Lankan Cricket Board's selection committee.
Sri Lanka do not have any international fixtures until the World Twenty20 tournament which begins on the June 5.
Source:http://cricketnext.in.com/news/sangakkara-appointed-sri-lanka-skipper/38998-13.html
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