With Kumar Sangakkara who was appointed captain of the Kandurata Warriors team in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League Tournament set to start on the 11th of August picking up an injury in the 3rd ODI against India yesterday and has been ruled out of cricket for 6 weeks, former Sri Lankan Captain and opening batsmen and Member of Parliament Sanath Jayasuriya is tipped to be appointed as captain to lead the Kandurata team informed sources say.
Sanath who captained the Sri Lanka national cricket team from 1999 to 2003 retired from all forms of International cricket in June 2011. Sanath is the only player who has scored more than 13000 runs and captured more than 300 wickets in the limited over games and is considered one of the best all rounders in the history of international cricket and also a game changer in the limited over format.
The Kandurata team management is yet to officially announce the new captain and with the tournament set to begin in less than 15 days, quick decision needs to be made.
SRI LANKAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2012 is starting from 11th August, 2012 in Sri Lanka just before the ICC T20 WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT. There will be 24 matches in this T20 tournament, 8 will be held in Kandy, 16 in Colombo.
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