as a father to not see his daughter for 135 days due to staying in quarantines and bubbles since June 2021. During his brief stint with the side during the World Cup, he was understood to have raised the standards of the players as well as the level of data analysis utilized by the team. He was appointed by Sri Lanka Cricket as the consultant coach of Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, Sri Lanka national U19 cricket team as well as the Sri Lanka A cricket team starting with immediate effect from 1 January 2022 for a time period of one year. His coaching stint would be split in order to make room for his coaching stints in franchise cricket for Mumbai Indians in the IPL and for Southern Brave in The Hundred. During his one-year deal as consultant coach of Sri Lanka national side, he would provide strategic support for players and management teams at SLC's high performance centre. Business In July 2021, he joined the board of Janashakthi Insurance PLC after accepting an invitation and it also marked the first instance for Mahela to have joined a listed company. He was appointed as the non executive/independent director of Janashakthi Insurance. Product and brand endorsements Mobitel (Sri Lanka) DSI holdings Ltd. Reebok - Credits Television Player statistics Career performance Centuries Jayawardene has 34 test, 19 ODI and 1 T20I centuries. He is the first Sri Lankan and third overall to score hundreds in all forms of the game. Honours ICC Captain of the Year 2006 Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2007 ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2013 ICC Hall of Fame 2021 International records Tests Highest partnership for any wicket – 624 for the third wicket with Kumar Sangakkara against South Africa in 2006. Highest partnership for the fourth wicket – 437 with Thilan Samaraweera against Pakistan in 2009. Second highest for the fourth wicket of all time. Highest partnership for the sixth wicket – 351 with Prasanna Jayawardene Highest partnership for the eighth wicket – 170 with Chaminda Vaas against South Africa in 2004. "c Jayawardene b Muralitharan" is the most common bowler-fielder combination in the history of Test cricket (77). Highest individual score in Tests by a Sri Lankan – 374 runs against South Africa in 2006. Highest test score by a visiting batsman in India - 275 runs at Ahmedabad in 2009. Most test catches