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‘I would love if Kumar Sangakkara plays for few more years’

Posted March 16th, 2015, 03:41 PM IST

‘I would love if Kumar Sangakkara plays for few more years’

Sydney: Sri Lanka great Sanath Jayasuriya has said he would love Kumar Sangakkara to go back on his decision to quit One-day Internationals after the World Cup after witnessing his "unbelievable" batting feats during the tournament.

The Islanders head into their quarter-final against South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday with Sangakkara in sensational form after becoming the first batsman to score hundreds in four successive ODI matches.

Read: Kumar Sangakkara should not play for records, says his mother

Since being dismissed for seven by Afghanistan in a World Cup group match in Dunedin last month, the 37-year-old left-hander has made scores of 105 not out against Bangladesh, 117 not out against England, 104 against Australia and 124 against Scotland.

"Unbelievable," said Jayasuriya, now Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors, when asked about his former teammate during a training session at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday.

"It's one of the rarest things you can see, him playing four (hundreds) in a row. I'm lucky to be here to watch all four innings.

"I'm very happy and what I want, as chairman of selectors, is for him to continue his form right throughout the World Cup. I know he's a great player for Sri Lanka and he also wants to continue his form."

Read: ‘I’ve been on my knees asking Kumar Sangakkara not to retire’

Jayasuriya, a key member of the Sri Lanka side that won the 1996 World Cup, said age was not yet a barrier to Sangakkara continuing in white-ball cricket.

"He's (still) playing Test cricket but definitely I would love him to continue for a few years. It's all in his hands."

Jayasuriya, asked if there was a secret to wicketkeeper/batsman's Sangakkara's success, added: "Since he came into the side in 2000 he has been working really hard, his keeping, his batting and he wants to improve his game every day.

"That's what he's doing even when he's playing his last one-day series. He's mentally a very strong guy and he wants to do well all the time.”

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