Dihan Avishka Gunawardene (born 26 May 1977),[1] is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Tests and One Day Internationals.
Despite a few centuries, avoidable dismissals stopped Gunawardene from regularly appearing for the team.
Gunawardene's opportunity arose in the Asia Cup in 2004 when Marvan Atapattu was rested for a game.
[7] In August 2021, he was appointed as the batting coach of Afghanistan national cricket team.
[10] Gunawardene was born in Colombo and was educated at Ananda College where he played for the school's cricket team alongside Thilan Samaraweera.