Hashan Tillakaratne has been appointed as the batting coach of the Sri Lanka national cricket team.
Accordingly, the appointment will be effective from 20 August this year until 31 December next year.
Hashan Tillakaratne represented Sri Lanka from 1989 to 2003.
During his international career, he played 83 Test matches and 200 One-Day Internationals, scoring a total of 8,200 international runs.
He also served as captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team and was a member of the Sri Lankan side that won the 1996 World Cup.
Tillakaratne has also served as head coach of the Sri Lanka women’s national cricket team and previously held the position of head coach of the Bangladesh women’s cricket team.
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