Arjuna is to Sri Lanka what Imran was to Pakistan, says Jayasuriya
3 years, 9 months ago

Arjuna is to Sri Lanka what Imran was to Pakistan, says Jayasuriya

The Hindu  

Sanath Jayasuriya is 51, but as he starts speaking about Sri Lanka’s historic World Cup win of 1996, he walks back in time. In Sri Lanka, we have a good school cricket setup and I played in the school teams in under-11, under-13, under-15, under-17 and under-19 levels and I banked on my natural game. From that very day when Australia did not come to Sri Lanka, Arjuna told us that “I want to face Australia in the final.” And that’s what happened in Lahore. At a time when we are celebrating 25 years of that iconic World Cup win, things don’t look too impressive for Sri Lankan cricket.

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