Jayawardene Resigns as Sri Lanka T20 Captain

Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene has resigned as the Twenty20 captain after his team lost the World Twenty20 final against West Indies in Colombo on Oct. 7, 2012.

The 35-year-old would continue to play for the country in this format of cricket. He has played 44 T20 Internationals so far scoring 1,224 runs with a highest score of 100. His T20 career strike rate is 133.77 and has an average of 32.21.