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Captains for
in Chronological Order
|
|
Player
|
First Match
|
Last Match
|
Tests
|
Won
|
Lost
|
Drawn
|
Toss
|
|
1
|
B Warnapura
|
17/02/1982
|
17/09/1982
|
4
|
0 (0.00%)
|
3 (75.00%)
|
1 (25.00%)
|
2 (50.00%)
|
|
2
|
L R D Mendis
|
14/03/1982
|
16/04/1987
|
19
|
2 (10.53%)
|
8 (42.11%)
|
9 (47.37%)
|
10 (52.63%)
|
|
3
|
D S De Silva
|
04/03/1983
|
11/03/1983
|
2
|
0 (0.00%)
|
2 (100.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
1 (50.00%)
|
|
4
|
R S Madugalle
|
12/02/1988
|
25/08/1988
|
2
|
0 (0.00%)
|
2 (100.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
|
5
|
A Ranatunga
|
08/12/1989
|
24/02/1999
|
56
|
12 (21.43%)
|
19 (33.93%)
|
25 (44.64%)
|
29 (51.79%)
|
|
6
|
P A de Silva
|
22/08/1991
|
12/03/1999
|
6
|
0 (0.00%)
|
4 (66.67%)
|
2 (33.33%)
|
3 (50.00%)
|
|
7
|
H P Tillakaratne
|
04/03/1999
|
24/03/2004
|
11
|
1 (9.09%)
|
4 (36.36%)
|
6 (54.55%)
|
5 (45.45%)
|
|
8
|
S T Jayasuriya
|
09/09/1999
|
08/11/2002
|
38
|
18 (47.37%)
|
12 (31.58%)
|
8 (21.05%)
|
25 (65.79%)
|
|
9
|
M S Atapattu
|
15/11/2002
|
18/12/2005
|
18
|
8 (44.44%)
|
6 (33.33%)
|
4 (22.22%)
|
9 (50.00%)
|
|
10
|
D P M D Jayawardene
|
28/02/2006
|
03/01/2013
|
38
|
18 (47.37%)
|
12 (31.58%)
|
8 (21.05%)
|
21 (55.26%)
|
|
11
|
K C Sangakkara
|
04/07/2009
|
16/06/2011
|
15
|
5 (33.33%)
|
3 (20.00%)
|
7 (46.67%)
|
9 (60.00%)
|
|
12
|
T M Dilshan
|
26/05/2011
|
03/01/2012
|
11
|
1 (9.09%)
|
5 (45.45%)
|
5 (45.45%)
|
9 (81.82%)
|
|
13
|
A D Mathews*
|
08/03/2013
|
12/01/2017
|
34
|
13 (38.24%)
|
15 (44.12%)
|
6 (17.65%)
|
21 (61.76%)
|
|
14
|
H M R K B Herath
|
29/10/2016
|
26/07/2017
|
5
|
3 (60.00%)
|
2 (40.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
3 (60.00%)
|
|
15
|
D Chandimal*
|
14/07/2017
|
22/01/2021
|
19
|
4 (21.05%)
|
10 (52.63%)
|
5 (26.32%)
|
10 (52.63%)
|
|
16
|
R A S Lakmal*
|
23/06/2018
|
23/11/2018
|
5
|
3 (60.00%)
|
2 (40.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
2 (40.00%)
|
|
17
|
D Karunaratne*
|
13/02/2019
|
24/07/2023
|
30
|
12 (40.00%)
|
12 (40.00%)
|
6 (20.00%)
|
17 (56.67%)
|
|
18
|
D de Silva*#
|
02/02/2024
|
27/11/2024
|
9
|
6 (66.67%)
|
3 (33.33%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
8 (88.89%)
|
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