Mahela Jayawardene in an interview after the first test against Australia has said that this will be his last tour as captain as he wants to give way to a younger leader.
Jayawardene said, "I don't want to continue to captain after this tour so this will be my last. I hope I don't get any more SOS calls from them".
"It's been great, I've enjoyed the last year and what I've achieved but we need to move on to a younger leader. It's best that we get a new player in while the senior guys are still around so we can help him out in building a team," he added.
Jayawardene believes that Angelo Mathews will be the best person to replace him, "Angelo is the one everyone has earmarked, and I think he is good enough".
"Maybe the first few years will be tough for him but they'll grow into the job. If Angelo gets the opportunity, I think it will be easier for him if he has the senior players like Kumar Sangakkara, Dilshan and myself around him and we can build him through those tough periods."
35-year-old Jayawardene became captain of Sri Lanka for the second time replacing Dilshan in January.
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