Former England pacer Darren Gough pipped Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardane as the Guardiola of Cricket world speaking to EspnCricInfo.
Pep Guardiola is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Premier League club Manchester City. He is often considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time and holds the record for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga and the Premier League and winning all the respective league titles.
Darren Gough said as Pep Guardiola, Mahela seems to get into big teams and his calming influence and excellent coaching ability has bought him success which his reflected in team’s he manages.
Mahela Jayawardane was instrumental in winning three IPL titles for Mumbai Indians in his four years with them. He currently coaches the Southern Brave in the The Hundred competitions and Southern Brave have already qualified to the finals of the competition.