The Sri Lankan Cricket Board (SLC) has made a major and shocking reshuffle amid the exciting Test series being played between India and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed former veteran player Hashan Tillakaratne as the new batting coach of the senior men's national cricket team. After the defeat in the Galle Test, this big step has been taken to strengthen its strategies against the visiting team and to improve the team's batting unit. Hasan Tillakaratne's brilliant cricketing career and experience 59-year-old Hasan Tillakaratne has had a very brilliant and long experience of both coaching and playing. Tillakaratne, who played match-winning innings for Sri Lanka in his time, played 83 Test matches and 200 ODIs during his international career, in which he scored more than 8200 runs with his bat. Apart from this, he was also an important part of the world-winning team that won the historic World Cup for Sri Lanka in 1996. After spending a long time on the field as a player, he entered the world of coaching and proved his ability. When will he take over the responsibility and what will be the tenure? This appointment of Hassan Tillakaratne has been made with immediate effect and his contract will remain effective till December 31, 2027. He will work closely with the national team players under the National High Performance Center of Sri Lanka Cricket. Even before this, Tillakaratne had handled many big responsibilities. He has also previously served as the batting coach of the national men's team and head coach of the women's team. Not only this, he has also worked as the head coach of Bangladesh women's national team, the benefit of which is now fully expected to be benefited by the Sri Lankan team. Counterattack of the host team before the second match of the series. Currently a two-match Test series is being played between India and Sri Lanka. In the first match of the series, the Indian team performed brilliantly and defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 165 runs at Galle ground. Now the second and final decisive Test match of the series is to be played in Colombo, which will start from 23 August 2026. On one hand, while the Indian team would like to completely capture the series by winning this second match, the Sri Lankan team will try to make a strong comeback by coming on the field under the guidance of new batting coach Hasan Tillakaratne.