Arjuna Ranatunga will always be amongst the first names associated with Sri Lankan cricket. In 1996, he put Sri Lanka on the cricketing map by leading the side to a historic World Cup triumph.

Sri Lanka's former captain Arjuna ... quitting cricket, Ranatunga took a plunge into politics and was also a Member of Parliament. The former SL skipper was also credited for the team's change ...

Sri Lanka's World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga is tipped to head the country's cricket administration ... stock to replace the ageing national team. Ranatunga played 93 Tests and 269 ...

Sri Lanka great Arjuna Ranatunga's transformation has taken social media by storm. The World Cup-winning captain under whom Sri Lanka reached the pinnacle of world cricket in 1996 recently posed ...

Sri Lankan sports authorities were forced this week to go to the Foreign Ministry to get clearance for the national cricket team to go to ... by the now dismissed Interim Committee of Sri Lanka ...

Former Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee Chairman Jayantha Dharmadasa who was mainly at the butt end of the barrage of accusations by his successor Arjuna Ranatunga ... efficient team that comprised ...

the next edition brought forth the most unlikely winner of a major international cricket tournament thus far. Sri Lanka's victory over Australia in the 1996 final was the climax to an outstanding ...

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Mark Taylor of Australia (left) shows his dismay as Shane Warne of Australia (right) is driven for four by Arjuna Ranatunga of Sri Lanka Source: Chris Turvey/EMPICS via Getty Images ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday interacted with members of the 1996 World Cup-winning Sri Lankan cricket team and said ... Stadium, the Arjuna Ranatunga-led Sri Lanka chased down ...

Colombo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with members of the 1996 World Cup-winning Sri Lankan cricket team in a meeting on Saturday. He remarked that their historic victory had inspired a ...