The triumph in 1996 is Sri Lanka’s greatest achievement in sports. No one had given it a chance to win the cricket World Cup, but Arjuna Ranatunga’s side took the world by storm.
Sri Lanka has a pretty decent record in cricket World Cups. Although the island became a full member of the International Cricket Council only in 1981, it has played all 11 editions of the World Cup. Out of the 76 World Cup games it has played, Sri Lanka has won 37.
For the inaugural edition, Sri Lanka was invited along with East Africa. But four years later, it had to play a qualifying tournament. The Anura Tennekoon side qualified by winning the ICC Trophy, played just before the World Cup.
Coming into the global cricket arena with little exposure in 1975, the Sri Lankans had to face the harsh realities of international cricket. Its first ever One-Day International was against West Indies and it was blown away for 86 runs at Old Trafford.
The next game was equally terrifying against Ian Chappell’s Australians. Chasing 329 to win, Sri Lanka was 150 for two at one point when Jeff Thomson sent Duleep Mendis and Sunil Wettimuny to the hospital with his brutal pace.
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