Dammika Ranatunga
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| Born | 12 October 1962 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Arjuna Ranatunga (brother) Nishantha Ranatunga (brother) Sanjeeva Ranatunga (brother) Prasanna Ranatunga(brother) Ruwan Ranatunga(brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 43) | 8 December 1989 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 16 December 1989 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 60) | 5 December 1990 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 21 December 1990 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 November 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dammika Ranatunga (born 12 October 1962) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in two Test matches and four One Day Internationals in 1989.[1][2][3]
He is the eldest brother of former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga,[4] Sanjeeva Ranatunga, Nishantha Ranatunga,[5] Prasanna Ranatunga[6][7] and Ruwan Ranatunga.[8]
In 2015, Ranatunga was appointed by Arjuna Ranatunga as the country's Ports and Shipping Minister.[9]
References
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- ^ "Dammika Ranatunga". Wisden.
- ^ "Dammika Ranatunga". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Hopps, David (15 November 2000). "Ranatunga empire close to collapse". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Dammika Ranatunga noticed by court over threatening media men". Daily Mirror. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Legendary Lankan cricketer Ranatunga's brother sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for extortion". The New Indian Express. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Sri Lankan cricketer Ranatunga's brother sentenced to two years imprisonment for extortion". The Times of India. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Arjuna Ranatunga - The Winner of 1980 & 1982". Sunday Observer. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Arjuna in post-fixing, appoints brother as ports chief". The Sunday Times. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2022.