Captains for
in Chronological Order
|
Player
|
First Match
|
Last Match
|
Mat
|
Won
|
Lost
|
Tied
|
Toss
|
1
|
A P B Tennekoon
|
07/06/1975
|
09/06/1979
|
4
|
0 (0.00%)
|
4 (100.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
2 (50.00%)
|
2
|
B Warnapura
|
16/06/1979
|
26/09/1982
|
8
|
3 (37.50%)
|
5 (62.50%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
5 (62.50%)
|
3
|
L R D Mendis
|
31/03/1982
|
30/10/1987
|
61
|
11 (18.03%)
|
46 (75.41%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
29 (47.54%)
|
4
|
D S De Silva
|
02/03/1983
|
02/03/1983
|
1
|
0 (0.00%)
|
1 (100.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
1 (100.00%)
|
5
|
R S Madugalle
|
02/01/1988
|
27/10/1988
|
13
|
2 (15.38%)
|
11 (84.62%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
7 (53.85%)
|
6
|
A Ranatunga
|
29/10/1988
|
30/05/1999
|
193
|
89 (46.11%)
|
95 (49.22%)
|
1 (0.52%)
|
102 (52.85%)
|
7
|
J R Ratnayeke
|
02/11/1988
|
02/11/1988
|
1
|
1 (100.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
1 (100.00%)
|
8
|
P A de Silva
|
10/01/1992
|
14/01/1996
|
18
|
5 (27.78%)
|
12 (66.67%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
11 (61.11%)
|
9
|
R S Mahanama
|
14/04/1994
|
18/04/1994
|
2
|
0 (0.00%)
|
2 (100.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
2 (100.00%)
|
10
|
S T Jayasuriya
|
26/01/1998
|
07/04/2003
|
117
|
65 (55.56%)
|
47 (40.17%)
|
2 (1.71%)
|
61 (52.14%)
|
11
|
M S Atapattu
|
27/03/2001
|
17/03/2006
|
63
|
35 (55.56%)
|
27 (42.86%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
32 (50.79%)
|
12
|
D P M D Jayawardene
|
08/12/2001
|
23/01/2013
|
130
|
72 (55.38%)
|
49 (37.69%)
|
1 (0.77%)
|
60 (46.15%)
|
13
|
W P U J C Vaas
|
29/01/2006
|
29/01/2006
|
1
|
0 (0.00%)
|
1 (100.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
1 (100.00%)
|
14
|
K C Sangakkara
|
30/07/2009
|
02/04/2011
|
45
|
27 (60.00%)
|
14 (31.11%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
25 (55.56%)
|
15
|
T M Dilshan
|
30/05/2010
|
22/01/2012
|
26
|
11 (42.31%)
|
15 (57.69%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
13 (50.00%)
|
16
|
A D Mathews*
|
04/08/2012
|
17/09/2018
|
106
|
49 (46.23%)
|
51 (48.11%)
|
1 (0.94%)
|
56 (52.83%)
|
17
|
D Chandimal*
|
20/07/2013
|
23/10/2018
|
12
|
6 (50.00%)
|
5 (41.67%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
6 (50.00%)
|
18
|
H D R L Thirimanne*
|
23/01/2015
|
02/10/2019
|
5
|
1 (20.00%)
|
4 (80.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
3 (60.00%)
|
19
|
W U Tharanga
|
14/11/2016
|
23/10/2017
|
22
|
4 (18.18%)
|
16 (72.73%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
12 (54.55%)
|
20
|
C K Kapugedera
|
27/08/2017
|
27/08/2017
|
1
|
0 (0.00%)
|
1 (100.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
1 (100.00%)
|
21
|
S L Malinga
|
31/08/2017
|
16/03/2019
|
9
|
0 (0.00%)
|
9 (100.00%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
4 (44.44%)
|
22
|
N L T C Perera
|
10/12/2017
|
17/12/2017
|
3
|
1 (33.33%)
|
2 (66.67%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
2 (66.67%)
|
23
|
D Karunaratne*
|
21/05/2019
|
14/03/2021
|
17
|
10 (58.82%)
|
7 (41.18%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
8 (47.06%)
|
24
|
M D K J Perera*
|
23/05/2021
|
04/07/2021
|
6
|
1 (16.67%)
|
4 (66.67%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
1 (16.67%)
|
25
|
D Shanaka*
|
18/07/2021
|
10/10/2023
|
41
|
23 (56.10%)
|
17 (41.46%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
20 (48.78%)
|
26
|
B K G Mendis*
|
16/10/2023
|
18/03/2024
|
16
|
8 (50.00%)
|
7 (43.75%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
7 (43.75%)
|
27
|
K I C Asalanka*#
|
02/08/2024
|
07/08/2024
|
3
|
2 (66.67%)
|
0 (0.00%)
|
1 (33.33%)
|
3 (100.00%)
|
# Current Captain
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