Colombo: Former Sri Lankan captain Marvan&nbsp;Atapattu today resigned from the post of chief coach of the&nbsp;national cricket team following their recent 1-2 Test series&nbsp;defeat against India.
Atapattu's resignation comes after the island nation lost back to back Test series against continental neighbours Pakistan and India in last three months.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/sep/Atapattu-Ramanayake.jpg" alt="Marvan Atapattu (right) and bowling coach Champaka Ramanayake" />Sri Lanka's chief coach Marvan Atapattu (right) and bowling coach Champaka Ramanayake look on during a practice session at the Suriyawewa Mahinda Rajapakse International Cricket Stadium in the southern district of Hambantota in July. Pic/AFP
It has been learnt that Atapattu's resignation has been accepted by the Sri Lanka Cricket's interim chief Sidath Wettimuny.
Atapattu, one of Sri Lanka's batting mainstay during his&nbsp;playing days, had held the position of chief coach from&nbsp;September 2014 after Paul Farbrace took over as England's&nbsp;assistant coach.
He had also worked as a batting coach of the team from&nbsp;2011 and was also the interim head coach for some time before&nbsp;he was assigned the full charge of the team.
According to reports, SLC is likely to approach former&nbsp;Sri Lanka batsman Chandika Hathurusinghe for the post of chief&nbsp;coach as he has done remarkably well with the Bangladesh&nbsp;national side. Apart from guiding them to the quarter-final of the ICC&nbsp;Cricket World Cup, the Bangladesh team beat Pakistan, India&nbsp;and South Africa in three successive ODI series.&nbsp;
The other name that is doing rounds is of Graham Ford.&nbsp;
44-year-old Atapattu has played 90 Test matches and 268&nbsp;ODIs for Sri Lanka scoring 5502 and 8529 runs respectively.&nbsp;

Former Sri Lankan captain Marvan&nbsp;Atapattu today resigned from the post of chief coach of the&nbsp;national cricket team following their recent 1-2 Test series&nbsp;defeat against India

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