Individual Most Matches As Captain

Most matches as captain for Sri Lanka in List A

Most matches as captain

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	% Tied	% Draw	%NR	%
A Ranatunga	1988-1999	193	89	95	1	0	8	0.93	46.11	49.22	0.51	-	4.14	48.37
ST Jayasuriya	1998-2006	130	71	53	3	0	3	1.33	54.61	40.76	2.30	-	2.30	57.08
DPMD Jayawardene	2004-2013	130	68	52	1	0	9	1.30	52.30	40.00	0.76	-	6.92	56.61
AD Mathews	2012-2018	108	50	52	1	0	5	0.96	46.29	48.14	0.92	-	4.62	49.02
MS Atapattu	2000-2006	66	38	27	0	0	1	1.40	57.57	40.90	-	-	1.51	58.46
LRD Mendis	1982-1987	63	12	47	0	0	4	0.25	19.04	74.60	-	-	6.34	20.33
KC Sangakkara	2009-2011	46	28	14	0	0	4	2.00	60.86	30.43	-	-	8.69	66.66
MD Shanaka	2021-2023	41	23	17	0	0	1	1.35	56.09	41.46	-	-	2.43	57.50
TM Dilshan	2010-2012	26	11	15	0	0	0	0.73	42.30	57.69	-	-	-	42.30
WU Tharanga	2016-2017	22	4	16	0	0	2	0.25	18.18	72.72	-	-	9.09	20.00
PA de Silva	1992-1996	18	5	12	0	0	1	0.41	27.77	66.66	-	-	5.55	29.41
KIC Asalanka	2024-2025	17	11	4	1	0	1	2.75	64.70	23.52	5.88	-	5.88	71.87
FDM Karunaratne	2019-2021	17	10	7	0	0	0	1.42	58.82	41.17	-	-	-	58.82
BKG Mendis	2023-2024	16	8	7	0	0	1	1.14	50.00	43.75	-	-	6.25	53.33
RS Madugalle	1988-1988	13	2	11	0	0	0	0.18	15.38	84.61	-	-	-	15.38
LD Chandimal	2013-2018	12	6	5	0	0	1	1.20	50.00	41.66	-	-	8.33	54.54
SL Malinga	2017-2019	9	0	9	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
B Warnapura	1979-1982	8	3	5	0	0	0	0.60	37.50	62.50	-	-	-	37.50
MDKJ Perera	2021-2021	6	1	4	0	0	1	0.25	16.66	66.66	-	-	16.66	20.00
HDRL Thirimanne	2015-2019	5	1	4	0	0	0	0.25	20.00	80.00	-	-	-	20.00
HP Tillakaratne	1998-1998	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.50	60.00	40.00	-	-	-	60.00
APB Tennekoon	1975-1979	4	0	4	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
NLTC Perera	2017-2017	3	1	2	0	0	0	0.50	33.33	66.66	-	-	-	33.33
RS Mahanama	1994-1994	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
DS de Silva	1983-1983	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
SHT Kandamby	2011-2011	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
CK Kapugedera	2017-2017	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-
JR Ratnayeke	1988-1988	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	-	-	100.00
WPUJC Vaas	2006-2006	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-	-	-

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The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

Somerset vs Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, County Championship Division One 55th Match, Jul 29-Aug 1, 2025 [First-class]