Avishka Gunawardene. Has been appointed as the batting coach of Afghanistan.
Earlier, former Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait was appointed as the bowling coach of the Afghanistan national team.
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The Afghanistan team will have a new batting coach in former Sri Lankan player Avishka Gunawardene, the conflict-hit country’s cricket board announced on Tuesday amid fresh turmoil at home following the takeover by the Taliban.
In an international career spanning almost a decade, Gunawardene represented Sri Lanka in 6 Tests and 61 ODIs.
While he scored a total of 181 runs in Test cricket, Gunawardene scored 1708 runs in the ODI format with a century.
The International Cricket Council said in May that an independent tribunal had acquitted Gunawardene of two corruption charges, allowing him to participate in cricket-related activities.
Afghanistan are scheduled to play 3 ODIs against Pakistan in Sri Lanka next month.
On Monday, Taliban fighters who occupied Afghanistan announced that cricket could go on as usual.
Earlier, former Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait was appointed as the bowling coach of the Afghanistan national team.
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