The ex-Sri Lanka captain is going to replace Silverwood for the coach role
On Monday, former captain of the Sri Lanka cricket team and one-time chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya said he would be the new head coach after Chris Silverwood quit following the country’s early exit from the T20 World Cup.
Ahead of a white-ball series against India this month and Sri Lanka’s tour of England in August, Jayasuriya said he had been asked by Sri Lanka Cricket to coach the national squad.
Jayasuriya said, “I have been asked to take over coaching, and I am happy to do it.”
Jayasuriya is a former Test and ODI captain and has also been a national selector. After the end of the ongoing T20 Lanka Premier League on July 21, he is going to take over.
according to Sri Lanka Cricket, which thanked him for his “valuable contributions during his tenure." The former coach of England, Silverwood, quit for “personal reasons.”
At the T20 World Cup tournament, Sri Lanka won only one match, against the Netherlands, and finished third behind South Africa and Bangladesh in their group.
In April 2022, Silverwood took over and enjoyed immediate success, as Sri Lanka won the T20 Asia Cup later that year.