List of Sri Lanka national cricket captains

This is a list of all men, boys and women who have captained a Sri Lankan national cricket team at official international level. Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council on 21 July 1981. Previously they were an associate member of the ICC from 1965, which made them eligible to compete in the ICC Trophy, the leading one-day tournament for associate members. Just after Sri Lanka gained Test status in 1981 a team of rebel players toured apartheid South Africa under the banner "Arosa Sri Lanka" (the term "Arosa" being derived from the promoter's name). All players who toured Sri Lanka were banned from official cricket matches for life, thereby setting Sri Lanka's development back. Sri Lanka's greatest success in One Day Internationals was when they won the Cricket World Cup in 1996 under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga.

Men's cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan cricket team for at least one Test match.[1] The table of results is complete including the first Test against Bangladesh which ended on 4 February 2018. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player captained this side for a minor proportion in a series.

Sri Lankan Test match captains
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn W%
1 Bandula Warnapura[2] 1981/82EnglandSri Lanka1010 0%
1981/82PakistanPakistan2020
1982/83IndiaIndia1001
Total4031
2 Duleep Mendis[3] 1981/82†PakistanPakistan1001 0%
1982/83AustraliaSri Lanka1010 0%
1983/84New ZealandSri Lanka3021 0%
1984EnglandEngland1001 0%
1985IndiaSri Lanka3102 33%
1985/86PakistanPakistan3021 0%
1985/86PakistanSri Lanka3111 33%
1986/87IndiaIndia3021 0%
1986/87New ZealandSri Lanka1001 0%
Total19289 10.53%
3 Somachandra de Silva[4] 1982/83New ZealandNew Zealand2020 0%
Total2020
4 Ranjan Madugalle[5] 1987/88AustraliaAustralia1010
1988EnglandEngland1010
Total2020
5 Arjuna Ranatunga[6]
1989/90AustraliaAustralia2011 0%
1990/91IndiaIndia1010 0%
1990/91New ZealandNew Zealand3003 0%
1992AustraliaSri Lanka3012 0%
1992/93New ZealandSri Lanka2101 50%
1992/93EnglandSri Lanka1100 100%
1993IndiaSri Lanka3012 0%
1993South AfricaSri Lanka3012 0%
1993/94West IndiesSri Lanka1001 0%
1993/94IndiaIndia3030 0%
1994PakistanSri Lanka2020 0%
1994/95ZimbabweZimbabwe3003 0%
1994/95New ZealandNew Zealand2101 50%
1995/96PakistanPakistan3210 66.67%
1995/96AustraliaAustralia2020 0%
1996/97ZimbabweSri Lanka2200 100%
1996/97New ZealandNew Zealand2020 0%
1996/97PakistanSri Lanka2002 0%
1997West IndiesWest Indies2011 0%
1997IndiaSri Lanka2002 0%
1997/98IndiaIndia3003 0%
1997/98ZimbabweSri Lanka2200 100%
1997/98South AfricaSouth Africa2020 0%
1998New ZealandSri Lanka3210 66.67%
1998EnglandEngland1100 100%
1998/99IndiaSri Lanka1001 0%
Total56121925 21.43%
6 Aravinda de Silva[7]
 1991EnglandEngland1010 0%
1991/92PakistanPakistan3012
1995/96†AustraliaAustralia1010
1998/99†PakistanBangladesh1010
Total6042
7 Hashan Tillakaratne[8] 1998/99PakistanPakistan1001 0%
2003New ZealandSri Lanka2002 0%
2003West IndiesWest Indies2011 0%
2003/04EnglandSri Lanka3102 33.33%
2003/04AustraliaSri Lanka3030 0%
Total11146 9%
8 Sanath Jayasuriya[9]
 1999AustraliaSri Lanka3102 33.3%
1999/2000ZimbabweZimbabwe3102 33.33%
1999/2000PakistanPakistan3210 66.67%
2000PakistanSri Lanka3021 0%
2000South AfricaSri Lanka3111 33.33%
2000/01South AfricaSouth Africa3021 0%
2000/01EnglandSri Lanka3120 33.33%
2001IndiaSri Lanka3210 66.67%
2001/02Bangladesh1Sri Lanka1100 100%
2001/02West IndiesSri Lanka3300 100%
2001/02ZimbabweSri Lanka3300 100%
2001/02Pakistan²Pakistan1100 100%
2002EnglandEngland3021 0%
2002BangladeshSri Lanka2200 100%
2002/03South AfricaSouth Africa1010 0%
Total3818128 47.37%
9 Marvan Atapattu[10] 2002/03†South AfricaSouth Africa1010 0%
2004ZimbabweZimbabwe2200 100%
2004AustraliaAustralia2011 0%
2004South AfricaSri Lanka2101 50%
2004/05PakistanPakistan2110 50%
2004/05New ZealandNew Zealand2011 0%
2005West IndiesSri Lanka2200 100%
2005/06BangladeshSri Lanka2200 100%
2005/06IndiaIndia3021 0%
Total18864 44.44%
10 Mahela Jayawardene[11]
 2005/06BangladeshBangladesh2200 100%
2005/06PakistanSri Lanka2011 0%
2006EnglandEngland3111 33%
2006South AfricaSri Lanka2200 100%
2006/07New ZealandNew Zealand2110 50%
2007BangladeshSri Lanka3300 100%
2007/08AustraliaAustralia2020 0%
2007/08EnglandSri Lanka3102 33%
2007/08West IndiesWest Indies2110 50%
2008IndiaSri Lanka3210 66%
2008/09BangladeshBangladesh2200 100%
2008/09PakistanPakistan2002 0%
2011/12EnglandSri Lanka2110 50%
2012PakistanSri Lanka3102 33%
2012/13New ZealandSri Lanka2110 50%
2012/13AustraliaAustralia3030 0%
Total3818128 47.37%
11 Kumar Sangakkara[12]
 2009PakistanSri Lanka3201 66%
2009New ZealandSri Lanka2200 100%
2009/10IndiaIndia3021 0%
2010IndiaSri Lanka3111 33%
2010/11West IndiesSri Lanka3003 0%
2011†EnglandEngland1001 0%
Total15537 33.33%
12 Tillakaratne Dilshan[13]
 2011EnglandEngland2011 0%
2011AustraliaSri Lanka3012 0%
2011/12PakistanUnited Arab Emirates3012 0%
2011/12South AfricaSouth Africa3120 33%
Total11155 9.09%
13 Angelo Mathews[14]
 2012/13BangladeshSri Lanka2101 50%
2013/14PakistanUnited Arab Emirates3111 33%
2013/14BangladeshBangladesh2101 50%
2014EnglandEngland2101 50%
2014South AfricaSri Lanka2011 0%
2014PakistanSri Lanka2200 100%
2014/15New ZealandNew Zealand2020 0%
2015PakistanSri Lanka3120 33%
2015IndiaSri Lanka3120 33%
2015/16West IndiesSri Lanka2200 100%
2015/16New ZealandNew Zealand2020 0%
2016EnglandEngland3021 0%
2016AustraliaSri Lanka3300 100%
2016/17South AfricaSouth Africa3030 0%
Total3413156 38.24%
14 Rangana Herath[15]
 2016/17ZimbabweZimbabwe2200 100%
2016/17BangladeshSri Lanka2110 50%
2017IndiaSri Lanka1010 0%
Total5320 60%
15 Dinesh Chandimal[16]
 2017ZimbabweSri Lanka1100 100%
2017IndiaSri Lanka2020 0%
2017/18PakistanUnited Arab Emirates2200 100%
2017/18IndiaIndia3012 0%
2017/18BangladeshBangladesh2101 50%
2018West IndiesWest Indies2011 0%
2018/19EnglandSri Lanka1010 0%
2018/19New ZealandNew Zealand2011 0%
2018/19AustraliaAustralia2020 0%
2020/21 England Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0 0%
Total194105 21.05%
16 Suranga Lakmal[17]
 2018West IndiesWest Indies1100 100%
2018South AfricaSri Lanka2200 100%
2018/19EnglandSri Lanka2020 0%
Total5320 60%
17 Dimuth Karunaratne[18]


2018/19South AfricaSouth Africa2200 100%
2019New ZealandSri Lanka2110 50%
2019/20PakistanPakistan2011 0%
2019/20ZimbabweZimbabwe2101 50%
2020/21South AfricaSouth Africa2020 0%
Total10442 40%
Grand total[19]2939211388 31.40%

Notes:

  • 1 Asian Test Championship
  • ² Final of the Asian Test Championship

Updated 31 January 2020

Men's One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan cricket team for at least one One Day International. Sri Lanka's greatest success was when they won the 1996 cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga.

Sri Lankan ODI captains
Number Name Year Played Won Lost NR Tied W%
1Anura Tennekoon[20]1975–197940400 0%
2Bandula Warnapura[21]1979–198283500 37.5%
3Duleep Mendis[22]1982–198761114640 18.03%
4Somachandra de Silva[23]198310100 0%
5Ranjan Madugalle[24]19881321100 15.38%
6Arjuna Ranatunga[25]1988–1999193899581 46.11%
7Ravi Ratnayeke[26]198811000 100%
8Aravinda de Silva[27]1992–19961851210 27.78%
9Roshan Mahanama[28]199420200 0%
10Sanath Jayasuriya[29]1998–2003117654732 55.56%
11Marvan Atapattu[30]2001–200663352710 55.56%
12Mahela Jayawardene[31]2004–2013126684981 53.97%
13Chaminda Vaas[32]200610100 0%
14Kumar Sangakkara[33]2009–201145271440 60%
15Tillakaratne Dilshan[34]2010–201226111500 42.31%
16Angelo Mathews[35]2012–2018104494951 47.12%
17Dinesh Chandimal[36]2013, 2018126501 50%
18Lahiru Thirimanne[37]2015/201951400 20%
19Upul Tharanga[38]2016–20172141502 19.05%
20Chamara Kapugedera[39]201710100 0%
21Lasith Malinga[40]2017–201990900 0%
22Thisara Perera[41]201731200 33.33%
23Dimuth Karunaratne[42]2019–present1410400 71.43%
Grand total[43]852389421348 45.66%

Updated 1 March 2020

Twenty20 International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan cricket team for at least one Twenty20 International.

Sri Lankan Twenty20 International captains
Number Name Period of captaincy Played Won Lost Tied No result W%
1Mahela Jayawardene[44]2006–2008, 20121912610 63.16%
2Tillakaratne Dilshan[45]2009, 201152300 40%
3Kumar Sangakkara[46]2009–20102213900 59.09%
4Thilina Kandamby[47]201111000 100%
5Angelo Mathews[48]2012–2016, 2018135701 38.46%
6Dinesh Chandimal[49]2013–2016, 201826131300 50%
7Lasith Malinga[50]2014–2016, 2018–20212371411 30.43%
8Upul Tharanga[51]201763300 50%
9Thisara Perera[52]2017–201890900 0%
10Dasun Shanaka[53]2019-Present33000 100%
Grand total[54]125596422 47.2%

Updated: 5 March 2020

ICC Trophy

The ICC Trophy is the leading one-day tournament from non-Test teams, and Sri Lanka participated in the tournament before they gained Test status. This is a list of the men who captained Sri Lanka in the ICC Trophy.

Sri Lankan ICC Trophy captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result Where finished
1Anura Tennekoon197933000Winners
2Bandula Warnapura197911000Winners
Grand total44000

Other Men's captains

Rebel tours to South Africa

In October and November 1982 a group of Sri Lankan cricketers went on a private tour of apartheid South Africa. It was the first time a tour comprising all non-white cricketers had toured white South Africa (a team of Kenyan Asians had previously visited the black areas of South Africa, and the International Wanderers XI and DH Robins' XI that had toured in the 1970s included a small number of non-white players). They played under the banner "Arosa Sri Lanka", the "Arosa" bit coming from their promoters. All players were banned from cricket for life as a result.

The Arosa Sri Lanka team was captained by Bandula Warnapura. They were soundly beaten in the two rebel Tests and four rebel ODIs that they played against the full South African cricket team.

Women's cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match. Sri Lanka have played only one women's Test.[55]

Sri Lankan women's Test match captains
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1Rasanjali Silva1997/8PakistanSri Lanka1100

Women's One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. The table of results is complete to the women's ODI against South Africa in the World Cup in 2004/5. Sri Lanka have never reached the semi-final stage in women's World Cups.

Sri Lankan women's ODI captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1Vanessa Bowen199772050
2Rasanjali Silva1998–20001510050
3Suthershini Sivanantham2002–031212000
4Thanuja Ekanayake200440040
5Chandimali Samanthi200410010
6Sandamali Dolawatta2005–201361041
7Shashikala Siriwardene2005–201754180342
8Chamani Seneviratna201021010
9Dilani Manodara2010115051
10Chamari Atapattu2014–2015111091
11Eshani Kaushalya201521010
12Inoka Ranaweera201740040
Grand total128510725

Women's Twenty20International captains
Sri Lankan women's T20I captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1Chamari Polgampola200931020
2Chamani Seneviratna201061050
3Shashikala Siriwardene2010–20143190202
4Dilani Manodara201251031
5Chamari Atapattu2014–2015124080
Grand total57160383

Youth cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. The table of results is complete to the second "Test" against Pakistan in 2004/5. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player was captain for a minor proportion in a series. The very nature of Under-19 cricket means that in practice no youth captains the side for more than one year.

Sri Lankan Under-19 Test match captains
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1Aravinda de Silva1983/4AustraliaAustralia3012
2Roshan Mahanama1984/5AustraliaAustralia1100
3Asanka Gurusinha1986EnglandEngland3012
4Denham Madena1986/7EnglandSri Lanka3003
5Suchithra Alexander1992EnglandEngland3012
6Avishka Gunawardene1993/4EnglandSri Lanka3102
7Nimesh Perera1996/7IndiaSri Lanka3021
8Upekha Fernando1998/9IndiaIndia1001
9Kaushalya Weeraratne2000EnglandEngland3210
10Thilina Kandamby2000/1AustraliaAustralia3030
11Farveez Maharoof2003PakistanSri Lanka2002
12Harsha Vithana2005PakistanPakistan2002
14Angelo Mathews2005EnglandEngland3030
15Sachith Pathirana2007IndiaSri Lanka2011
16Dinesh Chandimal2009BangladeshBangladesh2002
17Chathura Peiris2010EnglandEngland2110
18Bhanuka Rajapaksa2011BangladeshBangladesh2002
19Kusal Mendis2013IndiaSri Lanka4004
Grand total4761427

Youth One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Sri Lankan Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International. The table of results is complete to the end of the 2005/6 Afro-Asia Cup. Sri Lanka's best result in the Under-19 World Cup was as runners-up in 1999/2000 under the captaincy of Malintha Gajanayake.

Sri Lankan Under-19 ODI captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1Aravinda de Silva1983/431020
2Asanka Gurusinha198622000
3Denham Madena1986/732010
4Rohan Weerakkody1987/873040
5Marvan Atapattu1989/9031020
6Avishka Gunawardene1993/432010
7Pradeep Hewage1997/864020
8Upekha Fernando1998/930030
9Prasanna Jayawardene1998/910010
10Malintha Gajanayake1999/200086020
11Kaushalya Weeraratne200030030
12Thilina Kandamby2000/141012
13Dhammika Niroshana2001/2101081
14Jeewan Mendis2001/211000
15Farveez Maharoof2003-2003/41990100
16Harsha Vithana2004/532010
17Angelo Mathews2005–200694041
18Sameera de Zoysa200621010
19Sachith Pathirana2007103061
20Ashan Priyanjan2007/08157080
21Dinesh Chandimal200951040
22Chathura Peiris2009/1024120102
23Bhanuka Rajapaksa2009–201153011
24Yashodha Lanka201110010
25Angelo Jayasinghe201173040
26Sanitha de Mel201285030
27Kusal Mendis2013/14189081
28Sadeera Samarawickrama201411000
29Charith Asalanka2015/16198092
Grand total225105010812

See also

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