Sharjah: Former skipper and the in-form Mahela Jayawardene has allayed all possibilities of a comeback into the Sri Lankan squad for the 2016 ICC World T20 to be held in India in March-April.

Jayawardene, who was in a zone of his own with a well-struck 124 in the Sagittarius Strikers’ 63-run win over Libra Legends in the Masters Champions League on Thursday, said he is enjoying life following his retirement from the Sri Lankan squad.

“I made the decision to step away from top-class cricket only when I knew the time was right for me to leave and hand over the responsibility to younger members. At the moment I am enjoying the cricket that I am playing and I think I am headed in the right direction,” Jayawardene told media.

“The idea was always to step back after a fulfilling career and right now I feel I am having fun still playing in tournaments like the MCL. That was the plan all along and I doubt I will reconsider a comeback,” he added.

In Thursday’s match against the Libra Legends, Jayawardene crossed the 100-mark in 54 deliveries in the 18th over. And in the next few deliveries he stepped it up to reach 124 runs that included 10 boundaries and nine sixes in his 60-ball inning.

However, the classy batsman has been playing in the MCL with a nagging hamstring injury that he picked up during the Big Bash in Australia last month. “Yes, batting out there does look easy. But I have been struggling with the injury. I doubt I will be tempted to consider a return (to the Sri Lankan squad),” Jayawardene said.

“I was still struggling a bit and trying to manage. The batting is okay, but running between the wickets is a problem,” he added.

For most of this century, Jayawardene teamed up with Kumar Sangakkara to build a world-class cricketing squad. While Sangakkara decided to stay in the Test squad, Jayawardene felt he had had enough in all three formats as both announced that the series against Pakistan in August last year would be their last. Since then, the 38-year-old Jayawardene has been involved with playing in domestic cricket leagues around the world.

Off the field too, Jayawardene has had many a thing going his way, with one notable accolade being named as consultant along with Paul Collingwood for the England cricket team.

Jayawardene is among four batsmen – Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum and Shane Watson are the other three - in the world to hit centuries in all three formats of the game.