Sri Lanka consultant Mahela Jayawardene has informed that he would leave the Sri Lankan team and T20 World Cup bio-bubble after the sides’ last Round 1 game tonight against the Netherlands.
The former Sri Lanka captain reasoned that it was impossible for him to be away from his family, especially his daughter for so long and said that he has been away for more than four months from his family, shifting from one bio-bubble to another.
"It’s tough. I just counted that I have been 135 days in quarantine and bubbles since June and I am in (the) last legs. I hope that anyone can understand that being a father that I haven’t seen my daughter for that many days. I definitely need to get back home,” Jayawardene said ahead of the team’s last Round 1 game.
Before signing up for the job in September, Sri Lanka Cricket and a much-travelled coach Mahela, who was involved with Southern Brave in The Hundred and Mumbai Indians in the IPL had made it clear that he would only be there with the team for the first round.
“I totally understand [leaving the team mid-way] and I told them I will be with the group with the technology that we have,” added the 44-year-old saying that he would remain in touch with the side through video conferences.
Sri Lanka would most likely top Group A in Round 1 and will qualify to Group 1 in Super 12 where it would be placed with England, West Indies, Australia, South Africa and Bangladesh.