About Romesh Kaluwitharana
Deshabandu Romesh Shantha Kaluwitharana (Sinhala: රොමේෂ් ශාන්ත කලුවිතාරණ; born 24 November 1969) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who represented the Sri Lanka national cricket team from 1990 to 2004. He was a key member and wicketkeeper for the 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team and renowned for his aggressive batting style. Kaluwitharana and his erstwhile opening batting partner Sanath Jayasuriya are credited for revolutionizing one-day international cricket with explosive batting in the mid-1990s. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Colts Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. He was appointed as the interim cricket coach of Malaysia on 17 May 2008. He was educated at St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa. == International career == === ODI career === Kaluwitharana made his ODI debut against India at Margao in December 1990, but was not required to bat as Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets. He played his next ODI against New Zealand at Dunedin in February 1991, in which he opened the batting for Sri Lanka. Thereafter he batted in the middle order (mostly, in the late middle order) until the 1995–96 World Series in Australia.
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