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#2 Kumar Dharmasena
He was one of the most important members of the Sri Lankan spin bowling arsenal from 1993 to 2004 and Kumar Dharmasena remains one of the nation's iconic, having played a role in the country's historic World Cup triumph in 1996.
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He was a steady off-spin bowler, a handy lower order batsman and contributed heavily towards the team's success in 31 Test matches and 141 ODIs. Following his retirement, the former tweaker took to umpiring and first officiated in an ODI between India and Sri Lanka back in 2009.
The following year he became a Test match umpire and since then, he has been a fixture in Test matches all over the world. Currently, he is one of the best umpires in the world and has won awards for his excellence as an umpire.
He has stood in 51 Test matches, 84 ODIs and 22 T20 internationals so far. He will all set to officiate in many more games in the years to come since he is still only 46 years old.
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