Indika head coach at FCA

Former Sri Lanka cricketer Indika De Saram has been appointed as the head coach at Fingara Cricket Acadamy. De Saram who played four Tests and 15 one-dayers for Sri Lanka is also a level II coach. He still plays for Moors SC in the current premier inter club tournament.

Indika de Saram entered the national side in the 1999-2000 tour of Zimbabwe. He was educated at St Thomas' College in Matara, with whom he also kept wicket and became one of the most consistent scorers in the country.

The highlight of his schools career was when he scored 304 runs in just 149 balls, including 25 sixes and 19 fours at the Uyanwatte Stadium against Sri Devananda College, Ambalangoda. He was a regular in the A team before getting into the national team.

He was dropped from the side in 2001 and eight years later, made a comeback when he was included in the Twenty20 squad against the touring Indians and later for the ICC World Twenty20 in England.