Mahela Jayawardene has resigned as Sri Lanka's Twenty20 cricket captain following his country's loss to the West Indies in the World T20 final at Colombo.
But Jayawardene insists it has nothing to do with the 36-run defeat to the Windies - Sri Lanka's fourth World Cup final loss in five years.
Jayawardene says he told the selectors before the tournament started that he would step down, and they need to groom someone else for the future.
The 35-year-old will continue as a player in the shortest format and will also lead in both test and one-day cricket.
Sri Lanka have now lost two successive 50-over World Cup finals in 2007 and 2011 and two World Twenty20 finals in 2009 and 2012.
