Tillakaratne Dilshan (pictured) has resigned as Sri Lanka's captain in all three formats of the game following his team's disastrous tour of South Africa.

The 35-year-old took up the captaincy on a series-to-series basis after Kumar Sangakkara stepped down after the 2011 World Cup final.

The side lost both the Test and one-day series in South Africa.

"Dilshan has resigned as captain in all three formats of the game," Sri Lanka Cricket said, without naming a successor.

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