Tuduwa Kankanamge Dhammika Sudarshana (born 19 June 1976) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and current head coach of
Sri Lanka U19 cricket team. He pursued his education at the
Richmond College, Galle
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.
Career
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
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History
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. 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
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.
In February 2004, he was included in Sri Lanka Board XI squad captained by
Russel Arnold for List A match
against touring Australia. He made his
Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for
Moors Sports Club in the
2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
He was chosen by
Sri Lanka Cricket
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for a short stint as the batting coach as he spent his time in the
bio-secure bubble prior to the series against India.
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Uva cricketers
Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI cricketers
Kandurata cricketers
Sri Lankan cricketers
Sri Lankan cricket coaches
Galle Cricket Club cricketers
Moors Sports Club cricketers
Alumni of Richmond College, Galle
Cricketers from Galle
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