_ප:ව 6.20
දිල්ෂාන්ගෙන් පුරප්පාඩු වූ ක්‍රිකට් නායකත්ව තනතුර සඳහා මහේල ජයවර්ධන පත් කර තිබෙනවා

ප:ව 5.40
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායමේ නායක තිලකරත්න දිල්ශාන් තම ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායමේ නායකත්වයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වන බව සඳහන් කරමින් ක්‍රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලයට ලිපියක් මගින් දන්වා ඇත.


ඩිල්ශාන්ගෙන් පසු නායකත්වයට එන ලෙස මහේල හා සංගක්කාර ට බලපෑම් එල්ලවී තිබෙන අතර ඔවුන් එයට පැහැදිලි ප්‍රතිචාරයක් දක්වා නැහැ.

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Tillakaratne Dilshan has stepped down as Sri Lanka captain in all three formats, a day after the ODI series against South Africa concluded. Dilshan took over as captain from Kumar Sangakkara after the 2011 World Cup, led his team on tours to England, the UAE [against Pakistan] and South Africa and at home against Australia. His captaincy came under severe criticism as Sri Lanka lost both the Test and ODI series against all the four countries.

Dilshan's form with the bat dipped during his captaincy as well and despite a historic Test win in Durban, Sri Lanka's first in South Africa, the loss in the Test series as well as the five-match ODI series put him under added pressure. Sri Lanka Cricket was expected to offer the captaincy to Mahela Jayawardene, who said he will take some time to think over it after the offer was made.

Dilshan led Sri Lanka in 11 Tests since May 2011, of which his team won one Test and lost five. His own average during his tenure was 33.60, as opposed to his overall average of 40.89. In the same period, he led in 21 ODIs, winning 8 and losing 13. His batting suffered more on the ODI front, as he averaged 20.95 in comparison to his overall figure of 34.68.

Dilshan's resignation has become part of a series of changes in Sri Lanka's leadership during and since the tour to South Africa. SLC appointed a new selection panel with Ashantha de Mel as chairman, replacing the one led by Duleep Mendis, and Geoff Marsh is to be replaced as coach by South African Graham Ford.




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