Jayasuriya takes on the function completely after overseeing the boys’s nationwide workforce’s current Take a look at and one-day collection wins.
Sri Lanka’s cricket board has named Sanath Jayasuriya because the nationwide males’s workforce’s head coach till the top of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026.
The previous captain’s appointment was confirmed on Monday, almost 4 months after he took up the function briefly from Chris Silverwood, who give up following the nation’s early exit from the T20 World Cup.
The 55-year-old led Sri Lanka to a 2-0 house Take a look at collection win over New Zealand in September. He was additionally in cost when Sri Lanka beat England in an away Take a look at match for the primary time in 10 years final month.
“The Govt Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket made this choice, considering the workforce’s good performances within the current excursions in opposition to India, England, and New Zealand,” Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) introduced in a press release.
“The appointment got here into impact on October 1, 2024, and can stay till March 31, 2026,” the SLC stated.
Sri Lanka Cricket needs to announce the appointment of Sanath Jayasuriya as the pinnacle coach of the nationwide workforce.
The Govt Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket made this choice considering the workforce’s good performances within the current excursions in opposition to India, England,… pic.twitter.com/IkvAIJgqio
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) October 7, 2024
Underneath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka additionally received a one-day worldwide collection in opposition to India for the primary time in 27 years in August.
He was thought to be one of many best one-day worldwide batsmen of all time and was pivotal within the nation’s maiden ICC Cricket World Cup victory in 1996.
The left-handed opening batter and spin bowler represented Sri Lanka 586 instances throughout the three codecs of the sport, hitting 42 centuries and taking 440 wickets. He performed his final worldwide in 2011.
The previous nationwide selector has additionally had a brush with the Worldwide Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) and was banned from all types of cricket for 2 years in 2019.
Jayasuriya was charged after failing at hand over his cellphones and was accused of obstructing or delaying any investigation into corruption within the recreation.
He’s additionally an ex-lawmaker and a former deputy minister of the postal service.
Sri Lanka will host West Indies in a three-match T20 collection later in October. They’re scheduled to co-host the T20 World Cup, beginning February 2026, with India.
