22 Facts About Hashan Tillakaratne

Deshabandu Hashan Prasantha Tillakaratne was born on 14 July 1967 and is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former Test captain for Sri Lanka.

Hashan Tillakaratne was a key member for 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team for Sri Lanka.

Hashan Tillakaratne is currently a politician and involved in many aspects of cricket within the country.

Hashan Tillakaratne subsequently made his test debut in the Sri Lankan cricket team as a wicketkeeper-batsman in December 1989 against Australia and scored a duck on test debut.

Hashan Tillakaratne continued as a specialist batsman from December 1992 and decided to quit the glovework in 1994.

Hashan Tillakaratne was part of the Sri Lankan cricket team that won the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

Hashan Tillakaratne was dropped from the Sri Lankan Test and ODI teams after the 1999 Cricket World Cup, but returned to the Test team in 2001 following success in domestic first-class cricket, where he played for Nondescripts Cricket Club.

Hashan Tillakaratne became the first and only Sri Lankan to have scored a test century at Centurion SuperSport Park.

Hashan Tillakaratne became captain of the Sri Lanka Test team in April 2003, but won only one of his ten matches in charge.

Hashan Tillakaratne announced his retirement from international cricket in 2004 and retired from all forms of cricket in 2006 to pursue his career in coaching.

Hashan Tillakaratne nearly pulled off a Javed Miandad type masterclass innings of his own by scoring a century coming into bat at seven giving Sri Lanka a fair chance of getting closer to the winning target from nowhere.

Hashan Tillakaratne went to become the first batsman in the world to score an ODI century when batting at number 7 position.

Hashan Tillakaratne continued his association with cricket serving on various SLC committees at the invitation of the newly appointed president, Arjuna Ranatunga.

Hashan Tillakaratne was granted honorary life membership of the MCC in March 2008.

Hashan Tillakaratne's claims were supported by former Sri Lankan Test captain Arjuna Ranatunga who claimed that there was corruption within the administration of the game.

Hashan Tillakaratne joined the Sri Lanka Cricket selection panel in 2013.

Hashan Tillakaratne was appointed as a temporary batting coach of Sri Lankan cricket team in 2017.

Hashan Tillakaratne became the coach of the Sri Lanka national under-19 cricket team in 2018 and up until 2020 on a two-year agreement with the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup being his last assignment as U19 coach.

Hashan Tillakaratne served as batting coach of Sri Lanka Emerging Team for a brief stint.

In 2019, there were reports that the test cap of Hashan Tillakaratne Tillekaratne was to be sold in an online auction.

However, Hashan Tillakaratne himself refused such reports and insisted that he would never sell his national pride for money.

Hashan Tillakaratne was appointed as the coach of the Kandy Tuskers franchise for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League in 2020.