Sangakkara a great leader, but Preity real captain

New Delhi : Yuvraj Singh heaped praises on his successor Kumar Sangakkara, saying that the Sri Lankan is the best person to lead Kings XI Punjab.

"Oh he [Sangakkara] is great — he's a great person. He understands all the local players, he takes feedback from everyone, especially Mahela [Jayawardene] and myself, and when Brett Lee was there as well. Kumar has been captaining the Sri Lankan team for a while now, so he's done a great job for Sri Lanka and I hope he does a great job for Kings XI as well," said Yuvraj.

Sangakkara took over the reins after Yuvraj was removed as the Kings XI Punjab captain.

On a lighter note, Yuvraj said it was co-owner Priety Zinta, who was the main leader.

"She's actually the main captain. I think Priety is great. I think, in the last series she learnt a lot about cricket and cricketers and she's very generous and she makes sure the boys are like a family..."