_(cropped).jpg) Chandika in 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Upul Chandika Hathurusingha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1968-09-13)13 September 1968 (age 57) Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armmedium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Chaminda Hathurusingha (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 48) | 22 February 1991 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 4 March 1999 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 65) | 10 January 1992 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 19 March 1999 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–2005 | Tamil Union C&AC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | Moors SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | United Arab Emirates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Sri Lanka A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013/14 | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,19 May 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Upul Chandika Hathurusingha (Sinhala:උපුල් චන්දික හතුරුසිංහ; born 13 September 1968) is a Sri Lankancricket coach and former player. He represented theSri Lanka national cricket team from 1991 to 1999 as anall-rounder.
Hathurusingha was born inColombo and played club cricket forTamil Union andMoors Sports Club. He played 26Test and 35One Day International (ODI) matches for Sri Lanka during his international career. He was a squad member in the1992 and1999 Cricket World Cups.
As a coach, Hathurusingha has had head coaching stints withUnited Arab Emirates (2005–2006),Bangladesh (2014–2017 and 2023 - present) and Sri Lanka (2017–2019). He was reappointed head coach of Bangladesh in 2023. He has also coached in Australian domestic cricket withNew South Wales and theSydney Thunder.
An opening batsman, Hathurusingha most often opened alongsideRoshan Mahanama. A useful pace-bowler, Hathurusingha was not called into the Test side until an injury to Mahanama stopped him from playing. Hathurusingha started his career by piecing together a trio of half-centuries in his first three matches. After a long layoff from the side when other players took over in the opening batsman position, and the subsequent discovery ofSanath Jayasuriya in just that position, Hathurusingha began to play once again, but this time as a strong middle-order batsman and medium-pace bowler. This was not to prove overly effective, though, and when Hathurusingha was not called upon to play in theCricket World Cup in 1999, this brought about an end to his international career. He played once again in the Premier Tournament and became Player of the Tournament three seasons running (2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04). His Twenty-20 career began in 2005–06.[1]
Having retired fromfirst-class cricket at the end of the 2004–05 season, andTwenty20 cricket at the end of the following season, Hathurusingha was appointed coach of theUnited Arab Emirates in December 2005 on a one-year contract.[2] Following the completion of this contract, he was named coach ofSri Lanka A on a three-year contract withSri Lanka Cricket.[3] In 2009, he was named senior assistant to Sri Lanka's national coach,Trevor Bayliss, but he was fired in June 2010 due to disciplinary reasons, after returning early from a tour of Zimbabwe to attend a coaching course in Australia.[4] Despite a request fromKumar Sangakkara, the national team'scaptain at the time, for him to be retained in the position, Hathurusingha was not reappointed, and subsequently obtainedpermanent residency in Australia.[5] He was a coaching consultant for theCanada national cricket team at the2011 World Cup,[6]
Hathurusingha was appointed assistant coach ofNew South Wales in September 2011, on a two-year contract.[7] When senior coachAnthony Stuart was dismissed from the position in December 2012, midway through the 2012–13 season, Hathurusingha was named acting coach for the remainder of the season.[8]Trevor Bayliss was appointed coach of New South Wales for the 2013–14 season, with Hathurusingha remaining as senior assistant and also taking over fromShane Duff as coach of theSydney Thunder in theBig Bash League, as part of a restructure ofCricket NSW's coaching system.[9][10]
In May 2014, Hathurusingha was named as coach of theBangladesh national side, replacingShane Jurgensen, who had resigned following the2014 ICC World Twenty20.[11][12] Up to 2017, he is the most successful coach to ever get involved in Bangladesh cricket, with ODI series victories against India, Pakistan and South Africa, and Test victories against Sri Lanka (away), England and Australia. During his tenure, Bangladesh moved higher in Team Rankings and qualified for the2017 ICC Champions Trophy and directly qualified for2019 ICC Cricket World Cup as well.[13]
| Chandika's record as Bangladesh Coach | |||||
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| Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn/NR | ||
| Test | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | |
| ODI | 51 | 25 | 23 | 3 | |
| T20I | 29 | 10 | 19 | 2 | |
On 9 November 2017, Hathurusingha resigned from coaching the Bangladesh team. On 8 December Sri Lanka Cricket announced that he would be the head coach of the national team after their2018 tour in India.[14]
| Chandika's record as Sri Lanka Coach | |||||
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| Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn/NR | ||
| Test | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | |
| ODI | 44 | 10 | 29 | 5 | |
| T20I | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
Updated: 28 June 2019
He was reappointed as head coach of the squad of Bangladesh on 31 January 2023. Although Bangladesh played well in T20Is during this tenure ship, their ODI stint has been disastrous. In his first assignment, Bangladesh whitewashed world T20 champion England for the first time 3–0. Bangladesh also beat Afghanistan in T20 series by 2-0 in August. However, they lost both ODI series and an unremarkable performance in Asia Cup and ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
On 15 October 2024, Hathurusingha was suspended by theBangladesh Cricket Board for misconduct following allegations that he had assaulted a member of the national team. He was replaced byPhil Simmons for a tenure lasting until theICC Champions Trophy in February 2025.[15] He said he had to flee Bangladesh while fearing for his life.[16] He also denied assault allegations.[16]
| Chandika's record as Bangladesh Coach | |||||
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| Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn/NR | ||
| Test | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| ODI | 35 | 13 | 19 | 3 | |
| T20I | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | |
Media related toChandika Hathurusingha at Wikimedia Commons| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | Coach of theUnited Arab Emirates December 2005 – September 2006 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Coach ofSri Lanka A September 2006 – September 2009 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Coach ofNew South Wales December 2012 – March 2013 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Coach ofSydney Thunder April 2013 – May 2014 | Succeeded by Vacant |
| Preceded by | Coach ofBangladesh May 2014 – November 2017 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Coach ofSri Lanka December 2017 – August 2019 | Succeeded by |
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Anamul Haque was not initially in the squad, but was named as a replacement for Shakib Al Hasan. | ||