After back-to-back series losses, Sri Lanka coach Marvan Atapattu resigns

Marvan Atapattu (L) resigned after Sri Lanka lost back-to-back Test series against Pakistan and India. (Source: Reuters)

Sri Lanka’s coach Marvan Atapattu on Thursday resigned from his position following the team’s recent Test series losses to Pakistan and India.

Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement that it accepted Atapattu’s resignation.

Atapattu was appointed head coach in October last year and before that he held the positions of interim coach and batting coach.

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As interim coach he guided Sri Lanka to a Test series in against England in England and had moderate success in this year’s World Cup.

A former captain Atapattu played 90 Tests, 268 one-day internationala and two Twenty20 internationals.

Sri Lanka lost both the three-match Test series’ to Pakistan and India 2-1.