Wanindu Hasaranga on Thursday stepped down because the Sri Lanka captain in T20 Internationals forward of the upcoming three-match sequence in opposition to India.
India will tour Sri Lanka for a limited-overs sequence which begins with the three T20Is to be performed on July 26, 27 and 29 on the Pallekele Worldwide Stadium, adopted by three ODIs in Colombo.
“Sri Lanka Cricket needs to tell the general public that Nationwide Males’s 20I Captain Wanindu Hasaranga has determined to resign from the captaincy,” a launch from Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) stated.
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“Hasaranga stated it’s in the very best curiosity of Sri Lanka Cricket that he determined to relinquish the captaincy duties and stay within the facet as a participant,” the discharge added.
Hasaranga’s final project as Sri Lanka skipper was within the T20 World Cup the place the 2014 champions didn’t make the Tremendous Eight spherical.
“Sri Lanka will all the time have my utmost greatest efforts as a participant, and I’ll assist and stand by my staff and management as all the time,” Hasaranga was quoted as saying within the assertion.
The SLC added that it has accepted Hasaranga’s resignation. “Sri Lanka Cricket, whereas accepting his resignation, needs to state that Hasaranga will stay an necessary participant for us in our worldwide cricketing plans,” SLC stated.