He scored a triple century against India
Apart from this, India also lost to Sri Lanka in the recently played 3-match ODI series. Sri Lanka won the series 2-0. The stature of the Sri Lankan cricket team has increased under his coaching. In 1997, Jayasuriya scored 340 runs as an opening batsman while playing for the Sri Lankan cricket team. Jayasuriya faced 578 balls in this match and hit 36 fours and 2 sixes. However, this match remained a draw.
Jayasuriya's brilliant career
Sanath batted in 110 Test matches for Sri Lanka and scored 6973 runs at an average of 40.07. This player scored 13430 runs in 445 ODI matches at an average of 32.36. Apart from this, Jayasuriya scored 629 runs in 31 T-20 matches. He has scored 14 centuries in Tests and 28 centuries in ODIs.