Sunday Island by Rex Clementine
Explosive opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is set to succeed Kumar Sangakkara as the next Sri Lankan cricket captain, an authoritative source at Sri Lanka Cricket told Sunday Island yesterday. The 34-year-old right-handed batsman is currently playing in the Indian Premier League and is expected to come down to Colombo during the week to meet the selectors and pick the squad for Sri Lanka’s tour of England that gets underway on the 14th of May.
"Right now, Dilshan is the only eligible candidate," the source told Sunday Island. "If you take Kumar (Sangakkara), he has quit. Mahela (Jayawardene) doesn’t want to lead the side anymore. Thilan (Samaraweera) is not too sure of a place in all three forms of the game and so is Upul (Tharanga). So the only choice is Dilshan," the source said.
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