Mahela Jayawardana to lead Shane Warne’s Greatest Sri Lanka XI

Sydney: Australian spin legend Shane Warne named his greatest Sri Lanka XI during an Instagram live session out of those he has played against in his illustrious 15-year international career. W

Warne chose Mahela Jayawardene as the captain of his Sri Lankan XI which also featured Kumar Sangakkara, who succeeded Jayawardene as captain and both players led Sri Lanka to consecutive World Cup finals. The team also featured Muttiah Muralitharan, who with a whopping 800 Test wickets, is the only one to have more scalps in the longest format of the game than Warne, who took 708.

Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Aravinda de Silva, Mahela Jayawardene (c), Kumar Sangakkara, Arjuna Ranatunga, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Chaminda Vaas, Rangana Herath, Muttiah Muralitharan and Rumesh Ratnayake.

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