What happened when Sanath was handed over the captaincy in 1999 with a young team?

‘Soon after the disastrous 1999 world cup camping, the selectors decided to axe the seniors of the team and take away the captaincy from Arjuna. Four of the most senior players who had played over 100 ODI matches were immediately dropped from the side, Arjuna, Aravinda, Hashan, and Mahnama. Arjuna and Mahanama never played ODI Cricket again as they decided to bid farewell from the game, Arjuna with 269 ODI matches and Mahanama with 213 matches.

The selectors then decided to hand over the Captaincy to 30 year old Sanath Jayasuriya who had to lead a relatively young team. And what happened in his first ODI series and Test Series as caprain is something brilliant…