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Sanath Jayasuriya Coach IND vs SL
Sanath Jayasuriya appointed Sri Lanka coach. After a strong journey in the ODI World Cup and then continuing their campaign in the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2024, Team India created history by winning the World Cup. Captain Rohit Sharma has announced his retirement from T20 international cricket after making Team India the champion. After this World Cup, Team India is on a tour of Zimbabwe in the absence of senior players and immediately after that the tour of Sri Lanka will begin on July 27. Team India will play three ODIs and three T20Is against Sri Lanka, but due to their poor performance in the T20 World Cup, they were eliminated in the opening round, which was followed by a lot of criticism.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka have made a big move ahead of the series against India. Meanwhile, former Sri Lankan skipper Sanath Jayasuriya has been appointed as the team’s interim head coach ahead of the limited-overs home series against India later this month. Jayasuriya, a 55-year-old left-arm spin bowler with aggressive opening batting, will replace England’s Chris Silverwood. Silverwood resigned after the team’s poor performance in the T20 World Cup. In this World Cup played in West Indies and America, the team could not go beyond the league stage.
According to a report in the ‘Daily Mirror’ newspaper, Jayasuriya will also take charge of Sri Lanka’s Test tour of England. Jayasuriya has also been the chief selector of the team earlier. One of the most aggressive batsmen of his time, Jayasuriya was the team’s consultant during the T20 World Cup. Jayasuriya scored 6973 runs in 110 Tests for Sri Lanka between 1991 and 2007. During this period he averaged 40.07 and scored 14 centuries and 31 fifties. He has scored 13,430 runs in 445 ODIs with 28 centuries and 68 fifties. Jayasuriya has taken 98 wickets in Tests and 323 wickets in ODIs. He was a key member of the Sri Lankan team that won the World Cup in 1996.
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