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Jayasuriya to quit as Sri Lanka coach after T20 World Cup 2026 exit

Sanath Jayasuriya has decided to step down as Sri Lanka's head coach in the wake of his team's abysmal performance in the T20 World Cup. Co-hosts Sri Lanka lost all their games in the Super 8s stage. In the preliminary stage they were beaten by Zimbabwe and recorded wins against Australia and the lowly Oman and Ireland. "My contract ends in June but I will go before that, I will be talking to Sri Lanka Cricket to decide my stepping down," Jayasuriya told reporters after Sri Lanka lost to Pakistan on Saturday. "We should have done better, I am sorry and I apologize to fans," Jayasuriya, the player-of-the-tournament when Sri Lanka won the 1996 ODI World Cup, said. He said Sri Lanka was badly hampered by the injuries to Wanindu Hasaranga, Matheesha Pathirana and Kusal Mendis. "Their replacements could not perform to the levels required. Hasaranga was my best player you can't easily find a replacement for him," Jayasuriya said blaming both bowler and batter inconsistency for the poor

Updated On : 01 Mar 2026 | 11:44 AM IST

Sanath Jayasuriya named Sri Lanka head coach until 2026 T20 World Cup

Jayasuriya was appointed as the interim coach for the series against India, England and New Zealand but has now got the job on a permanent basis.

Updated On : 07 Oct 2024 | 12:42 PM IST

Sri Lanka board set to extend Sanath Jayasurya's contract as head coach

Sanath Jayasuriya is poised to have his contract as the head coach of the Sri Lanka men's cricket team extended for another year, following a successful interim period marked by notable victories.Since taking over in early July, Jayasuriya has led the team to a series win against India in ODIs, a Test victory at The Oval, and another Test win in Galle against New Zealand.Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had advertised for a permanent head coach following Chris Silverwood's departure in late June.However, with the significant improvements observed under Jayasuriya's leadership, the board is now moving towards securing him on a long-term basis."We are in the final stages of negotiating the contract with him," said SLC CEO Ashley de Silva to ESPNcricinfo."Probably in the next two or three days you will hear more," he added, as per quoted by ESPNcricinfo.Initially appointed as a cricket consultant in December last year, Jayasuriya's role was primarily focused on working with the High Performance ..

Updated On : 29 Sep 2024 | 4:34 PM IST

Asia Cup 2023: Sanath Jayasuriya defends Pallekele as host for tournament

Sri Lanka legend Sanath Jayasuriya on Tuesday defended the choice of Pallekele as one of the venues for the ongoing Asia Cup, saying the city has witnessed "unusual weather" in the past few days. The organisers have come in for criticism for picking Sri Lanka as the co-host for the Asia Cup and not the UAE, with the second half of India's contest against Pakistan being washed out and the match against Nepal being truncated owing to rain. Jayasuriya told PTI in an exclusive interaction that while he recalls playing cricket back home in the month of September, the city of Pallekele was not expected to get such rains. "I think we did, I cannot remember. I played long time ago; we would have played in the months of August and September," said Jayasuriya, who came for the trailer launch of his Sri Lanka teammate Muttiah Muralitharan's biopic '800'. "We never expected this kind of weather. Normally, in Pallekele, it is a dry zone you do not get much rains and it is only seasonal rains.