Deshamanya Arjuna Ranatunga (Sinhala: අර්ජුන රණතුංග; Tamil: அர்ஜூன ரணதுங்க; born 1 December 1963), is a Sri Lankan politician and former cricketer, who was the 1996 Cricket World Cup winning captain for Sri …

Stocky left-hand batter Arjuna Ranatunga led Sri Lanka to their greatest cricketing triumph, the 1996 World Cup win. Ranatunga made his debut in Sri Lanka's inaugural Test at the age of 18, and...

6 days ago · Arjuna Ranatunga is known to speak his mind and has been strident in his beliefs. Here is one cricketer who had voiced his reservations against franchise cricket, IPL in particular, since its onset in 2008. “We have created a monster that will go on to destroy international cricket,” Ranatunga ...

4 days ago · Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga criticised current cricket players lacking essential skills and blamed franchises for the international game suffering. Ranatunga elaborated on his argument by saying that his 1996 Lankan team would easily defeat the current Indian team in India. “When I was captaining in the early 90s, you look at ...

3 days ago · Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga, who led his team to the 1996 World Cup win, has made a bold claim, stating that his champion side would have defeated the current Indian cricket team in India inside three days. The Indian cricket team recently lost two consecutive Test series.

Arjuna Ranatunga's leadership was solely responsible for lifting a tiny sleepy island nation to dizzying heights of world domination on the cricket field with the pinnacle culminating in the form ...

Dec 1, 2020 · Arjuna Ranatunga led Sri Lanka to World Cup glory in 1996 and later elevated their Test status with a win in England in 1998. He was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1999. Arjuna Ranatunga played his final Test in August 2000 and finished with 5,105 runs at 35.69, while in 269 ODIs he aggregated 7,456 runs at 35.84.

Oct 17, 2000 · Arjuna Ranatunga was a brilliant batsman capable of scoring heavily against any bowling anywhere, which he often did. He batted with power and timing.

Arjuna Ranatunga Records, Test match, ODI, T20 international batting bowling fielding records. Matches (18) Sri Lanka vs Australia (1) WCL 2 (1) Sheffield Shield (3) Ranji Trophy (4)

The portly figure of Arjuna Ranatunga redefined the definition of conservation of energy by walking most of his 5000 odd runs that he scored in Test cricket.