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The 55-year-old, a former captain and World Cup-winning all-rounder, led Sri Lanka to a 2-0 Test series win over New Zealand as interim head coach late last month.
The 55-year-old was appointed for the interim post after Englishman Chris Silverwood resigned last week as Sri Lanka head coach.
As part of his role Jayasuriya will ensure that the SLC's national programmes achieve an 'optimum level of professionalism' and that all players and coaching staff are monitored in order to deliver excellence, SLC added.
Athlete Eldhose won the second prize, while shuttler Treesa ended up third.
The former Sri Lankan captain is in Kochi to attend the Manorama Sports Awards.
Sanath Jayasuriya, who had been recently picked as Lanka’s tourism ambassador, is taking guard to start a new innings to prop up the battered economy riding on the huge tourism potential of the tear-drop-shaped island.
The superstar is in Sri Lanka to shoot a film part of a Netflix anthology.
While Sangakkara and Jayawardene took to social media to express their protests, World Cup winners Jayasuriya and Mahanama took to the streets in Lanka.
India Legends beat Sri Lanka Legends by 14 runs in the final of the Road Safety World Series 2021.
Onmanorama picks some individual performances which had a huge impact on the outcome of the knockout games in the past editions of the competition.
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