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Kumar Sangakkara Retires as Captain
- Thread starter Himannv
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centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
Dilshan to be the next captain? Cant think of any other candidates.
Howe_zat
Audio File
Angelo Matthews has been mentioned as a possibility. Seems doubtful.
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
what? premature.
Howe_zat
Audio File
M0rphin3
International Debutant
Oh fair enough then.
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
Not true. He's test captain still on interim basis but not captain of ODI's and T20's. Still continuing as a player in all formats.
angad
U19 12th Man
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
Very unlikely to be Mahela unless its a temporary fix. Tharanga is extremely unlikely as he's not even a permanent choice for T20's.
Dilshan or Mathews is most likely. Dilshan has done it before and Mathews has been touted as a captain for the future. My guess is that they'll give intermin command to Dilshan until they feel Mathews is ready.
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
10 minute delay after it was announced on radio here. One of my friends works in their branch over here. They must be having correspondents monitoring this sort of stuff with SLC I suppose.CricInfo is fast.
pup11
International Coach
Sanga's decision is sort of a instinctive knee-jerk one AFAIC, one can't see any planning having been done for this. Dilshan, Sanga and Mahela all fall in the same age bracket so any one of them leading the side isn't really a long-term move.
Whereas Matthews or some other young talented player being made the captain is now the best thing for Sri Lankan cricket in the long run.
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Whereas Matthews or some other young talented player being made the captain is now the best thing for Sri Lankan cricket in the long run.
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Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
Got this from cricinfo:
"I would like to announce that after careful consideration I have concluded that it is in the best long-term interests of the team that I step down now as national captain so that a new leader can be properly groomed for the 2015 World Cup in Australia", a statement from Sangakkara said.
"This was a decision I made prior to the 2011 World Cup. I will be 37 by the next World Cup and I cannot therefore be sure of my place in the team. It is better that Sri Lanka is led now by a player who will be at the peak of their career during that tournament."