Now this country in Asia has become India's arch rival…
The last ICC trophy won by the Sri Lankan cricket team was in 2014. That year sri lanka became the t20 world cup winner, but after that this team has been struggling in all three formats of cricket. The team's failure to reach the ninth position in the 2023 ODI world cup and then the Super-8 of the t20 world cup 2024 was a big failure. In such a situation, Mahela Jayawardene resigned from the post of consultant coach under pressure. But within the last 2 months, the Sri Lankan team has kept not only Asia but other teams of the world in trouble.
In such a situation, on 8 July 2024, legendary cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya was appointed as the interim coach of the Sri Lankan team. He got this responsibility till the end of September, but whether he will continue to be the coach or not. This decision will be in the hands of the board. But it is certain that after Jayasuriya became the coach, sri lanka has created problems for india, england and then New Zealand.
The Sri Lankan team became a star overnight
Sanath Jayasuriya took over the responsibility of interim coach during the indian team's tour of Sri Lanka. However, india whitewashed sri lanka by defeating them 3-0 in the t20 series. But when the Sri Lankan team won 2-0 in the ODI series, Jayasuriya standing in the dugout was overjoyed.
After that, even though they had to lose the Test series against england 2-1, they stunned england in the third Test match of the series. For the first time in the last 10 years, sri lanka was successful in defeating england in a Test match on their own soil. Now, under Jayasuriya's coaching, sri lanka defeated new zealand by 63 runs in the first Test match and now it is close to registering a big win in the second match as well. It would not be wrong to say that while some time back pakistan was considered India's arch rival in Asia, now that status is coming to Sri Lanka.
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