I don't understand Sinhala since I'm Indian but I really appreciate the genius leadership of this man. People talk a lot about Border being a broad chested, bold captain but Ranatunga did it with a smaller, less fancied and untapped team. He took Sri Lanka from being just a competitor to being World champions and best cricketing team in the world from 1995-98. Fearless and ahead of his time, he shaped the careers of Sanath Jayasuriya, Muralidaran, Mahela, Roshan Mahanama, Chaminda Vaas etc.
@Mel_Jay_ Жыл бұрын
Captions are available in English. Thanks so much for your love and interest
Thank u Rex and team for bringing the greatest captain of SL cricket to the show..
@pubuduprasad75894 жыл бұрын
දේෂපාලනයෙන් තොරව ..ඔහු ඇත්තටම Captain cool .
@nuwansameera46644 жыл бұрын
Yes
@hariharanvenkataramani73117 ай бұрын
Arjuna's impact on Sri Lankan cricket is incredible and inspiring. Respect! My favorite stories from the many above were 1. On how Sobers helped him early on in his Test career and 2. On the one with Aravinda de Silva and the Sony Walkman :)
@arthiff60594 жыл бұрын
What a leader. Every single word that he spoke is a lesson. I cried a few times listening to this interview as some of the stories I heard it for the first time. Every time he addresses former sports minister, he calls him Gamini Dissanayake Mahatthaya. This gives me goosebumps and it is enough for me to learn and picture how he respects others and Sri Lanka. There are so much Sri Lanka can gain from this legend and, unfortunately, we are so unlucky to take the advantages.
@shnzenal76264 жыл бұрын
ලංකාවේ බිහිවු විශිෂ්ටතම නායකයා.❤
@buddhijayasekera14864 жыл бұрын
Huge respect towards you Mr Ranathunga you are under appreciated by sri lankan people. In my opinion you are the best captain and leader of all time. Miss the golden days
@champikabasnayake41134 жыл бұрын
Lion heart ...father of Sri Lanken cricket ...thanks..you make our childhood great ...❤️❤️❤️
Arjuna ayya you are a national treasure, you have brought pride, character and Honor to Sri Lanka. Utmost respect to you sir.
@jpisaac854 жыл бұрын
Such a special interview. Thank you!
@shaunthepostman4 жыл бұрын
What a feisty Captain and player! The way he led his team in 1996 was simply unforgettable. Love from India!
@richarddamion14594 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful speech and the things we did not know about Arjuna needs to be known. Watch this Video and specially the last 15 minutes which makes me respect Arjuna for sharing the moneys paid to them. Hope all our people continue this trend.
@Chakre864 жыл бұрын
Lessons on leadership throughout the interview. Easily the best captain we ever had. Money destroyed the spirit of cricket as you rightly said and SL cricket will never rise again. Thank you for the memories captain cool!
@SMGEEK4 жыл бұрын
We love him so much ❤️🇱🇰🇱🇰
@nispyahamed1194 жыл бұрын
I love him The Greatest Captain in cricket history
The temperament of a bulldog combined with the strategic capabilities of Alexander the Great - We miss you cap
@Janithlowe4 жыл бұрын
Here is my two cents on Captain Cool. Undoubtedly, he's the bedrock of SL cricket. He wanted SL Cricket to be played under his supervision at all times; in other words he wanted to be the "God Father" and lay the upper hand on SLC as he was instrumental in drawing great amount of international attention from all over the world after winning the WC. It didn't go as planned. He believed he has all the rights in the world to take control of SLC any given day. Because, this gentleman knows what he's done to bring Cricket to where it was from. However,trying to be the sole proprietor of SLC was a bad move made by him and he went to war against corrupt giants of SLC as one man army. Not to mention, SL Cricket will always be in debt to him no matter what he brings to the SLC table.
@jeyarajahthuraiappah63334 жыл бұрын
Yes.. I still remember when there was a test match, cricket board called back Lasith Malinga from IPL, he came and said I'm retiring and send my back to play IPL. if cricket board would have sacked him from that point, our cricket would have been learned.
@dilanatapattu40904 жыл бұрын
Mahela and sanga it was appeoved
@janithahettiarachchi75634 жыл бұрын
Greatest Sri Lankan Captain Ever!
@donpadmasiriamarakoondissa77974 жыл бұрын
He is the first and only player who played the first test match of a country as well as the 100th test match of that country.
@hasindusiyambalape90654 жыл бұрын
Looks like the dads, grandads & uncles of Gehan Blok & Dino, were running the SSC back then. Hats off to Arjuna, for giving opportunities to youngsters based on their talent, rather than what language they speak or what school they went to. Sri Lankan Cricket wouldn't have flourished otherwise.
The greatest captain of SL cricket , Thank you Sir for setting an example of leadership.❤
@shobishobi87634 жыл бұрын
Its glad to see you arjuna and nice to hear past cricket
@handleofmm4 жыл бұрын
29:25 ☹️, kind of leadership the country has lost! Can't imagine a standing ovation to any politician of the modern day.
@44Bravo4 жыл бұрын
Yes...those days we had well educated and very intelligent people who loved the country from the bottom of their heart as politicians...hence our country was in a proper position compared to these days...but now days all of them are uneducated crooks and thugs who just talk to the gallery and deep inside are corrupted...their key weapon is racism and nationalism...they win elections by spreading hate within races and religion...very sad! All we need right now is people like D.S. Senanayaka, Gamini Disanayaka, Lalth Athulathmudali
@thusharathushar62824 жыл бұрын
දෙශපාලනයෙන් තොර මට ඔබ සොදුරැ මිනිසෙක්
@dineshperera77264 жыл бұрын
මේවගේ අය තමයි දේශපාලනේ ඉන්න ඕනේ... රටට සහ මිනිස්සුන්ට ආදරේ මිනිසෙක්... also good leadership qualities...
@shashikahettiarachchi43094 жыл бұрын
@@dineshperera7726අැත්ත..
@bharathathilakarathna36964 жыл бұрын
Great leader. Not only for cricket but also for the mother land
@pramudithaperera84964 жыл бұрын
Hope to see a film based on his story one day :-)
@Zah-yq5qn4 жыл бұрын
Interesting and inevitable too . ❤️👋🏼👋🏼
@nethminaj83253 жыл бұрын
Sir. Arjuna ranathunga. Great cricketer in the world 🇱🇰💪
@sbidikar2 жыл бұрын
Love & Respect Ranatunga Sir, As One Of The Leading Captains of the Century! Down To Earth & A Game Changer In The Making Of Sri Lank's Fierce Entries In The 90's. Not only was the world fearful of its crazy roaring batting line up, their bowlers were equally if not that terrifying. I would have sleepless nights before the SL Vs India games, whilst I would get dreams of Muraleedharan's eyes popping out to hit wickets faster than his deliveries, while Jayasuriya making a mockery of, with a 'i care a damn f#@*' signal to go after every bowler of that decade, and Aravinda De'Silva was what Rahul Dravid Was To India, The Wall 🙏🏾 More Importantly, All Were A Soft Spoken Lot!
@tnt73754 жыл бұрын
Great interview. Thanks, Rex.
@pissukollek71344 жыл бұрын
We are proud of you and appreciate your service to SL Cricket ! Much Respect !!
@pandulagodawatta73984 жыл бұрын
ලංකාවේ බිහිවූ විශිෂ්ඨතම ක්රීඩකයා
@saleemkirmani55836 ай бұрын
Ranatunga was a genius 👏. Respect from Pakistan 🇵🇰.
@shandisa20734 жыл бұрын
Much awaited to see our great legend ..
@LasithaChathuranga894 жыл бұрын
This man made Sri lankan cricket 💙🇱🇰💙 🙏
@madhurasvideos65184 жыл бұрын
I always had a doubt why this man is poor in politics. Now I realize Sir Arjuna Ranathunga you too good to be a politician. May live long You are the living God of SLC!
@pereraindra44454 жыл бұрын
A GREAD MAN WITH A GOLDEN HEART.I SALUTE YOUR GREAD WORK AND LORD PROTECT HIM. GODAK ADARAYA KARANA CHARETHAYAK.
@chathuravishwanath3 жыл бұрын
Best captain ever!
@julieshyju20144 жыл бұрын
1996 World Cup is the amazing world cup, people think group matches srilankan explosive batting not work in knock outs matches, the world never thought srilanka get the 96 world cup, in group stage before India srilanka matches most people think INDIA easily win, world thinks may be south africa get the world cup or west indies, Australia.... India like that, THIS WORLD CUP IS THE MOST POPULAR AND THRILLING WORLD CUP, BECAUSE SRILANKANS INTRODUCED A NEW REVOLUTION AND THEY WIN, GREAT WORLD CUP MEMORIES.
@chandanajudewithanageperer7559 Жыл бұрын
Hai Arjuna Rantunga You was the Best Cricket Captain of the World Budu Saranai, God Bless
@motivationkokilanadaya4955 Жыл бұрын
96 අවංක නායකයා අපි love friend
@sasiru4 жыл бұрын
Wooow! I'm crying now 🥺 such a patriotic Sri Lankan son 🇱🇰❤️
@pradeepfernando76323 жыл бұрын
Don’t tough any dirty of politics in your hands ,; you will have a great future.: most Srilankans love you.
I made several comments regarding him. Actually we still didn't appreciate his leadership. My proposal was we must construct cricket stadium for the name of Arjuna.
@Zah-yq5qn4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely ❤️
@chathuraweerasekara98694 жыл бұрын
Srilankan cricket legend..
@sarojinidevithambapillai91464 жыл бұрын
Arujuna R is really Gentleman cricketer I hope he become president of srilanka and fix Sinhala Tamil issues and every body live in peace
Respect from India to the master captain Arjuna Ranatunga. I had been to Sri Lanka sometime back and the first thing I was searching for was Arjuna's floppy hat haha
@ranjaniekotigala31624 жыл бұрын
අප සදා ආදරය කල captain cool ...ජයවේවා ...!
@pathumperera80524 жыл бұрын
The legend.... 💜💜💜
@anudeepchhadidar53342 жыл бұрын
Lol western media think Steve waugh is a toughest cricketer.........there is no one tough as arjuna ranatunga love from 🇮🇳
@dayanchameeragunathilake92184 жыл бұрын
The legend of sri lankan cricket...
@islander_kool_kat3 жыл бұрын
Arjuna should be heading the Junior cricket in Sri Lanka. His cricket brain is tapped and was never sadly used by the cricket board . Its time theh utilised his smarts.
To producer - Is this a radio program.මේක රේඩියෝ වැඩසටහනක් ද. Where are the library footage.කෝ මේ කියන දේවල් වලට අදාල රූප. Very interesting prog. You have spoiled it. අපරාදෙ ලස්සනට කරන්න තිබුන වැඩසටහනක් .මොකද පපරේ ගාව library footage නැතුවද
@shashikahettiarachchi43094 жыл бұрын
අැත්ත. මේක පරණ වැඩසටහනක්. එ්ක නිසා වෙන්න අැති.
@sajiththennakoon4684 жыл бұрын
I respect sir... Thank you
@onthelinewithyou4 жыл бұрын
we miss you captain cool !
@namalbandara50984 жыл бұрын
Great cricketer sir not a politicians
@divanetcorner3 жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT INTERVIEW
@ashanprabodha60793 жыл бұрын
ඔරිජිනල් කැප්ටන් කූල් ❤️❤️😍😍
@imb45644 жыл бұрын
Captain cool Sir Arjuna
@noahgamage94513 жыл бұрын
To be honest , this guy didn’t do much to win 96 WC. It was mainly by Jayasuriya and Aravinda who contributed 90%of the wins in that 96 WC series. In the finals, yes Arjuna and Gurusinghe made half centuries... but still , without Aravinda 100 , SL could not have lift the trophy. Also , without Aravinda’s 65 runs in the semifinals, SL couldn’t have reached Finals. Now , many others try to be highlighted and take credit to their accounts. But those two are the real heroes of 96WC win.
@MaqboolAhmad-n5f6 ай бұрын
Love from ❤❤ Pakistan
@MaqboolAhmad-n5f6 ай бұрын
I like his captain 1996 leader ship
@kaleelurrahman2045 Жыл бұрын
Ahagana inna hari aasai❤. Den innavane moosalayo tika. Meka balapan