According to The Columbo Times, Sangakkara has been named the new captain of the Sri Lanka cricket team. Here is the full report:
Kumar Sangakkara has been named as Sri Lanka's new captain.
The 31-year-old left-handed batsman and wicketkeeper, who played for Warwickshire in 2007, made his Test debut against South Africa in 2000.
Sangakkara had been vice-captain since 2006 and was long seen as the heir apparent of Mahela Jayawardene.
Jayawardene stepped down as captain after the tour of Pakistan, which was abandoned when the Sri Lanka team bus was attacked in Lahore on 3 March.
Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has been appointed as Sangakkara's deputy.
Sangakkara's first tournament in charge will be the ICC World Twenty20 in England from 12 to 21 June, for which the Sri Lanka selectors have named a provisional 25-man squad.
The final 15 will be picked after an inter-provincial Twenty20 tournament that is to be held between 25 March and 5 April.
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