Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced today that Upul Tharanga and Dinesh Chandimal would replace Angelo Mathews as captains of the Sri Lanka cricket team.

Angelo Mathews stepped down from his captaincy this morning after a historic series defeat to Zimbabwe. 

SLC announced that Upul Tharanga would captain the Sri Lanka team in the One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty-Twenty (T20) format.

It was decided that Dinesh Chandimal will captain Sri Lanka in the Test format of the game.