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#5 Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka)

Arjuna Ranatunga

Arjuna Ranatunga, who captained the Sri Lankan team for 11 years, not just transformed Sri Lankan cricket but also played a key role in how the batsman approached the powerplay overs. He helped the Sri Lankan side to transform from a weak unit to a competitive side during his captaincy. He led the Island Nation to their greatest cricket triumph in the 1996 World Cup.

Of the 7456 runs that Ranatunga scored in his ODI career, 5608 runs came as the captain of the Sri Lankan team. Ranatunga's highest score of 131* as a batsman came in 1997 against India in Colombo. Chasing down a target of 228 set by India, the captain himself scored more than half of his team's runs and ensured that he stayed in the middle to help his side smoothly sail past the target.