Former Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Mahela Jayawardena today said he is happy to serve his country even as a slave.

“I am happy to be a slave to build my country and will never be a slave to ruin it.."

Jayawardena tweeted in response to another tweet. He tweeted in response to tweets criticizing his work with the recently formed national sports council.

“like to thank Sports council members for committed work on creating a structure and a plan for sports.Very productive meeting in advising Hon minster @RajapaksaNamal and officials. Excited to be part of the vision and mission of sports in SL and challenges ahead,” he tweeted.

In reply one tweet said "Mahela is from down South so he has the Slave genes in him."