Sinala( born 27 May 1977), known as Mahela Jayawardene, is a former professional Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lankan Cricket team.He is a specialist batsman .He retired from all international form of the game on 18 March 2015.Jayawardene made his Test cricket debut in 1997 and his One Day International (ODI) debut the following season.In 2006 he made the highest ever score by a Sri Lankan in Test cricket scoring 374 in the second Test of Sri Lanka's home series against South Africa.He has a test cricket average of over 50 and a One Day average in the 30s. He is the first player in the history of Sri Lankan cricket to score over 10,000 Test runs. Despite his relatively low ODI average, Jayawardene is considered to be one of the best batsmen produced by Sri Lanka and is generally held in high regard as a legend of the modern game along with team-mate Kumar Sangakkara.
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