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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 Lanka, and scored the winning boundary in the final.
Stocky left-hand batter Arjuna Ranatunga led Sri Lanka to their greatest cricketing triumph, the 1996 World Cup win.
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...
6 days ago · A recent photograph of Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka's iconic World Cup-winning captain, has taken social media by storm. Fans are stunned by the legendary cricketer's dramatic body transformation.
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.
Aug 9, 2023 · Arjuna Ranatunga, the skipper, hit the winning runs and Sri Lanka won their first title and became the first team to do so chasing in the final. Australia were beaten and Sri Lanka were the World Champions.
Jul 22, 2022 · Arjuna Ranatunga’s World Cup batting and fielding record: Matches 30, Highest Score 88*, Runs 969, Average 46.14, Strike-rate 80.95, Fifties 7, Catches 7 Also read - World cup most man of...
Dec 2, 2014 · Nishad Pai Vaidya. Arjuna Ranatunga, born on December 1, 1963, is one of Sri Lanka’s greatest captains. He changed the face of Sri Lanka cricket by leading them to victory in the 1996...
Arjuna Ranatunga Profile: Read about Arjuna Ranatunga Career details, ICC Ranking, batting score in T20, ODI and Test Matches and personal info of Arjuna Ranatunga at Crickit by HT.
Jul 13, 2004 · As an 18-year-old in 1982, Arjuna Ranatunga played in Sri Lanka's very first Test, against England in Colombo. Fourteen years later, in March 1996, he tickled the winning runs to third man, to...
