Angelo Mathews has stepped down as Sri Lanka skipper across all three formats after his team lost the ODI series against Zimbabwe 2-3. This was Sri Lanka’s first-ever loss to Zimbabwe in a bilateral series and it continued their torrid run in 2017. Following Sri Lanka’s three-wicket loss to Zimbabwe in the final ODI at Hambantota which led to their series loss, Mathews had said that he was reconsidering his decision to be captain of Sri Lanka. With this series loss to Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka are now under pressure for automatic qualification to the ICC World Cup in 2019 in England. He helped Sri Lanka to victory in all three formats during the 2014 tour of England.

Source: Hindustan Times July 11, 2017 17:37 UTC