Sangakkara and Jayawardene to retire from T20


  • Cricket
  • Tuesday, 18 Mar 2014

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara plays a ball against Afghanistan during their one-day international (ODI) cricket match at the Asia Cup 2014 in Dhaka March 3, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka stalwarts Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene have announced they will retire from international Twenty20 cricket after the World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh.

Both players led their country to the finals of the World T20, Sangakkara in 2009 in England when Sri Lanka lost to Pakistan and Jayawardene in 2012 in Sri Lanka when his team was beaten by West Indies.

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