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Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s legendary captain, likely to be arrested for corruption charges

December 16, 2025 10:54 am

It pertains to an alleged 800million loss to Ceylon Petroleum Corporation due to tendering process when Ranatunga was minister of Petroleum.

Ex-Sri Lanka skipper Arjuna Ranatunga says his 1996 team would beat this Indian team, in India

February 10, 2025 8:24 pm

Ranatunga said: "Can India produce Gavaskars, Vengsarkars, Amarnaths? Maybe Tendulkars, Dravids? Tell you honestly, I have my doubts now. We Sri Lankans have the same problem."

Cricket World Cup: Jay Shah is running Sri Lanka Cricket, says Arjuna Ranatunga

November 13, 2023 2:58 pm

Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga said that Sri Lanka Cricket officials had created a situation where they are submissive to the BCCI.

'Traitorous and corrupt': Arjuna Ranatunga to head interim cricket committee after minister suspends Sri Lanka cricket board over World Cup humiliation

November 07, 2023 8:12 am

The board's suspension comes amid growing public anger against the administrators and players over Sri Lanka's dismal performance in the ongoing World Cup tournament in India.

‘India need R Ashwin at the World Cup; teams will target Kuldeep Yadav otherwise’: Arjuna Ranatunga also picks his semi-final teams

September 19, 2023 7:24 am

The legendary Sri Lankan captain of the 1996 world cup winning team explains why he puts New Zealand ahead of Pakistan in the semi-final spot

ICC is toothless and unprofessional: Arjuna Ranatunga

September 16, 2023 7:07 am

The firebrand former Sri Lanka captain accuses the board of caving in to the pressures of powerful associations.

Ranatunga masterminded Lanka's '96 WC victory: Upul Chandana

September 13, 2023 5:30 pm

The leg-spinner, who played 147 ODIs and 16 Tests, was part of Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup winning side, but he didn't get a game the whole tournament. But that hardly mattered to him then, and even now

Shane Warne’s cricket brain was ahead of his time: Arjuna Ranatunga

July 04, 2022 5:56 pm

The former Sri Lankan captain, one of the great cricketing rivals of Warne, heaps praise on the late Australian legspinner

On This Day: Sri Lanka became first team to chase down 300-plus score in ODIs

February 23, 2022 6:14 pm

Arjuna Ranatunga scored a 61-ball 88 as Sri Lanka defeated Zimbabwe by three wickets with four balls to spare.

Lankan cricket legend Arjuna Ranatunga quits United National Party

November 30, 2021 1:32 pm

🔴 Ranatunga, 57, held a ministerial position in the previous government led by the UNP between 2015 and 2019.

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