HYDERABAD, (PTI): Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has said that he and his national teammates, playing in the Indian Premier League(IPL) will have to abide by the decision taken by their Cricket Board regarding returning home midway of the Twenty20 league for a tour of England. “We have a tour of England happening by the end of May. I think the Board (SLC) will start calling us back. I am not sure if it is going to be May 5 or not (date of returning home),” Sangakkara, the captain of the Deccan Chargers, said.
“It is up to the BCCI and SLC to negotiate on this (date of return). What we as players can do is to abide by the decision of our Board. I hope the players would be communicated after a decision is taken by the BCCI and SLC.
We have to abide by that,” he said at the post-match press conference after Deccan Chargers beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 33 runs.
When asked who he thinks is suitable to replace him as the captain in the Deccan Chargers team, Sangakkara said, “In T20 cricket anyone can replace a player.
No one is indispensable. It is not a great deal. Cameron White, who is the vice-captain, is also back. Moreover, there are a lot of other great international and local players in the side.”
Sangakkara described his team’s win against the Bangalore outfit as a team effort and said it was a relief that Deccan finally won at home in the IPL.
“It is great to win at home. It is relief and joy at last. It was a great team effort. Everybody contributed to the win. Chipli played a brilliant innings. Gony and Steyn bowled exactly according to the plan,” he said.