Great captain. Review on Arjuna Ranatunga

Who thought about the fact that Sri Lanka could win the World Cup in 1996? A team just started from group league as under dogs, and won the cup? And I think that the success of that team belongs to the great Asian captain Arjuna Ranatunga.

:::::::::Leadership::::::

As a leader Arjuna Ranatunga is one of the best Asian captains in the recent past. He not only captained his side brilliantly, but he always strongly supported his teammates against any type of sledging. Just remember Muralitharan?s no-ball incident in Australia. He left the ground with all of his teammates. Isn?t it great leadership?

At the recent times Jayasuriya is the best batsman of Sri Lanka. Ranatunga discovered him in one of the beaches of Sri Lanka and brought him up in his house. He improved a general low graded Sri Lanka team with his talent and made it one of the fiercest side of world cricket. Ranatunga first applied the 15 over batting policy in the subcontinent pitches which is now the most important tactics of batsmen.

Though his ?Team Sri lanka? wasn?t able to make big impression in the wet pitches but we should consider this as the ?general problem of the subcontinent? batsmen. In the year 1992 or 1993 Sri Lanka was team like contemporary Bangladesh or Zimbabwe but Ranatunga turned it to World Champions. As a captain Ranatunga did have a very cool head over his shoulder.

:::::::::As a Player:::::::::::

Ranatunga was a quality left handed batsman. He was quite fatty like Injamam-Ul-Haque but his fitness was great. Despite of his figure, Ranatunga fielded brilliantly. As a batsman Ranatunga was a match winner. Arjuna was a middle order batsman. It was a very tough job to bowl him out. Can you remember the batting of Rabin Singh? Ranatunga?s batting was quite similar to that. Only Ranatunga did have better off side.

:::::::Retirement and politics:::::::::

After retirement Ranatunga is now a member of the Singhalese parliament, wish him a successful political and personal life.