Tuduwa Kankanamge Dhammika Sudarshana (born 19 June 1976) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and current head coach of Sri Lanka U19 cricket team.[1] He pursued his education at the Richmond College, Galle.
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| Full name | Tuduwa Kankanamge Dhammika Sudarshana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1976 Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career edit
Dhammika started playing school cricket for Richmond College and also went onto captain his school cricket team. He played domestic cricket for Moors Sports Club, Galle Cricket Club and Panadura Sports Club. He also captained the Galle CC in domestic cricket for a brief stint. The then head coach of Sri Lanka Dav Whatmore influenced his inclusion in the Sri Lanka A team but his first national callup was hampered after sustaining a knee injury while warming up playing football.[2] In February 2004, he was included in Sri Lanka Board XI squad captained by Russel Arnold for List A match against touring Australia.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Moors Sports Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[4]
After his retirement, he served as the head coach of Richmond College cricket team and under his coaching Richmond cricket team had shown improvement from being in relegation to a prominent national school cricket team within ten years.[5][6]
In January 2021, he was appointed as the interim head coach of the Sri Lanka Under19 cricket team replacing Hashan Tillakaratne with the focus on 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[7][8]
In July 2021, he was appointed as the temporary batting coach of Sri Lankan team for the home bilateral limited overs series against India replacing Grant Flower who was tested positive for COVID-19.[2][9][10] He was chosen by Sri Lanka Cricket for a short stint as the batting coach as he spent his time in the bio-secure bubble prior to the series against India.[11]
References edit
- ^ "Dhammika Sudarshana profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Sri Lanka names temporarily replacement for Grant Flower". CricWire. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Arnold to lead President's XI against Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ Association, Richmond College Old Boys' (14 March 2018). "Dhammika Sudarshana(Coach)". Richmond College. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Clementine, Rex (19 December 2020). "On that Galle's cricket talent factory called Richmond". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Dhammika Sudarshana appointed interim Under-19 coach | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Sanjeewa, Kanishka (24 June 2021). "U-19 Coach Sudarshana reveals plans for World Cup ". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Sudarshana appointed interim batting coach of Sri Lanka cricket team". Daily News. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Sanjeewa, Kanishka (12 July 2021). "Dhammika Sudarshana appointed as temporary Batting Coach of Sri Lanka team". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Weerasooriya, Sahan (14 July 2021). "Sudarshana brought in as Batting Coach". Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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