Arjuna Ranatunga

SLC seeks Rs 43.5 crore in damages from Arjuna Ranatunga for defamatory accusations

SLC decided to take legal action against Ranatunga after he made "false, derogatory and distorted statement" during media interview.

From joining protests to serving tea, how Sri Lanka’s cricketers won a million hearts amid crisis

Cricketing great Sanath Jayasuriya has been empathic toward the everyday Sri Lankan throughout the crisis. On Wednesday, he lambasted the ruling dispensation after embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives

'Wonderful player and tough competitor': Arjuna Ranatunga pays tribute to late Shane Warne ahead of Galle Test

Sri Lanka paid tribute to the late Shane Warne, who died aged 52 of a suspected heart attack in March, ahead of the first Test against Australia in Galle.

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sanath Jayasuriya demand Sri Lanka president resign over economic crisis

Cricket is avidly followed in the Indian Ocean island nation and the pair called on other former players to support attempts to oust President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

'India has been an elder brother to us': Arjuna Ranatunga lauds PM Modi for helping Sri Lanka during economic crisis

Sri Lanka is battling a severe economic crisis with food and fuel scarcity affecting a large number of the people in the country

India vs Sri Lanka: Mohammad Kaif backs Shikhar Dhawan's leadership skills, disagrees with 'second-string' tag for squad

Former India batsman Kaif, who has worked alongside Dhawan in the Delhi Capitals franchise in the IPL, expected the southpaw to have a "a good time" in the tour with the young squad.

India vs Sri Lanka: Aravinda De Silva refutes Arjuna Ranatunga's second-string remark, praises Indian team's depth

Former captain Ranatunga had slammed the country's cricket board for agreeing to host a second string Indian team, saying that it is nothing short of an 'insult'.

India vs Sri Lanka: Arjuna Ranatunga slams SLC for hosting 'second string Indian team’; board defends decision

With India's major stars like skipper Virat Kohli and his limited-overs deputy Rohit Sharma in England for an upcoming Test series, the team in Sri Lanka is being led by opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan and features half-a-dozen uncapped players.

Sri Lankan cricket in need of system overhaul to arrest slide in international cricket

The prolonged failure of Sri Lankan team has exposed a system that is no longer producing top-quality players.

Former World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga slams Sri Lanka Cricket for hiring 'garbage' foreign coaches

Ranatunga said former national players such as his 1996 vice-captain Aravinda de Silva, as well as Mahela Jayawardene and Marvan Atapattu, were among the best batting coaches in the world.