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#3 Mahela Jayawardene

Mahela excelled as an opener in t20 cricket — Jayawardene excelled as an opener in T20 cricket

Sri Lanka Cricket has seen many legends. The island nation is known to produce the best in the business and Mahela Jayawardene was one such batsman whose elegance and class remains unmatched.

Jayawardene and Sangakkara formed the strongest of middle orders for Sri Lanka in the early 2000s. Together, the two batsmen stitched numerous partnerships.

Jayawardene had an appetite to score big hundreds in Test matches and the right-handed batsman's late-cut was a treat to watch. He excelled beautifully in T20 cricket as well.

In a format full of aggressive slogging, the former KXIP captain's textbook approach remained very influential. He was a part of the Sri Lanka team that won the 2014 T20 World Cup.

Interestingly, Jayawardene finished as the highest run-scorer for Sri Lanka in T20 cricket.