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Individual Most Matches As Captain
Most matches as captain for Sri Lanka in ODIs
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
DPMD Jayawardene
2004-2013
126
68
49
1
0
8
1.38
53.96
38.88
0.79
-
6.34
58.05
ST Jayasuriya
1998-2003
118
66
47
2
0
3
1.40
55.93
39.83
1.69
-
2.54
58.26
AD Mathews
2012-2018
106
49
51
1
0
5
0.96
46.22
48.11
0.94
-
4.71
49.00
MS Atapattu
2001-2006
63
35
27
0
0
1
1.29
55.55
42.85
-
-
1.58
56.45
LRD Mendis
1982-1987
61
11
46
0
0
4
0.23
18.03
75.40
-
-
6.55
19.29
KC Sangakkara
2009-2011
45
27
14
0
0
4
1.92
60.00
31.11
-
-
8.88
65.85
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
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
-
-
-
-
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