The legend who made Team India the 2011 World Cup champion becomes the head coach of Sri Lankan cricket, Sanath Jayasuriya leaves the post

Gary Kirsten: The performance of the Sri Lankan cricket team in the T20 World Cup 2026 was poor. The Sri Lankan team was eliminated from the Super-8 itself, after which Sanath Jayasuriya resigned from the post of head coach. Now Sri Lanka has announced its new head coach. Sri Lanka Cricket Board has appointed former South African legend Gary Kirsten as its new head coach. Let us tell you that under the coaching of Gary Kirsten, India won the title of ODI World Cup 2011.

Gary Kirsten becomes head coach of Sri Lankan cricket team

Gary Kirsten will take over as the head coach of Sri Lanka from 15 April. He has been appointed head coach with a 2-year contract. His tenure will end on 14 April 2028. Let us tell you that Gary Kirsten was the consultant of Namibia team in T20 World Cup 2026. After becoming the head coach, Gary Kirsten’s focus will be on the 2027 ODI World Cup. The Sri Lankan team would like to do well in the upcoming World Cup under his coaching. Gary Kirsten has previously played the role of coach of many teams. He has also been the head coach of India and Pakistan team. Now the Sri Lankan team would like to perform better under his coaching.

Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed former South African cricketer Gary Kirsten as the new head coach of the national men’s team, effective from April 15, 2026, on a two-year contract ending on April 14, 2028.- Hiru pic.twitter.com/t7C71pQPEI

— Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 (@SriLankaTweet) March 9, 2026

Sri Lankan team was out of Super-8 in T20 World Cup 2026

Let us tell you that T20 World Cup 2026 was being hosted by India and Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan team could not perform well in the T20 World Cup 2026 at home and was eliminated from the Super-8, after which Sanath Jayasuriya resigned from the post of head coach.

Sri Lanka Cricket Board wrote this in its press release about Gary Kirsten

Sri Lanka Cricket Board gave this information in a press release. Sri Lanka Cricket wrote in the press release, Gary Kirsten’s main responsibilities will include guiding the Sri Lanka National Team in its preparation and campaign for the ICC ODI World Cup 2027. Kirsten was one of South Africa’s most successful batsmen during his career from 1993 to 2004. Talking about Gary Kirsten’s cricket career, he has scored more than 14000 runs in Test and One Day Internationals. During this period, he has scored 21 centuries in Tests and 13 centuries in ODIs.

India won the 2011 ODI World Cup title under the coaching of Gary Kirsten.

Former South African legend Gary Kirsten has a lot of coaching experience. It was under Kirsten’s coaching that Team India won the 2011 ODI World Cup title. After this, for the next two years from 2011 to 2013, he took up the responsibility of coaching his national team South Africa.

Has been the head coach of Pakistan gary kirsten

Not only this, Gary Kirsten has played the role of head coach of Pakistan cricket team. However, Kirsten’s tenure in Pakistan was surrounded by a lot of controversies. Pakistan’s performance was not good under his coaching. Now it remains to be seen how the Sri Lankan team performs under his coaching. Now the next World Cup is in 2027.

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