Lanka never groomed Sanga, Mahela's replacements: Gurusinha

He has been roped in to arrest the downslide in Sri Lankan cricket and Asanka Gurusinha's assessment of the fall is quite simple -- not grooming anyone to fill in Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara's shoes.

"The main reason why the rebuilding phase is taking long is because there was never an emphasis on grooming new talent once Kumar and Mahela were reaching the end of their careers.

We simply didn't groom anyone to replace the duo," Gurusinha, who played 41 Tests and 147 ODIs, told

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