List of Sri Lanka national cricket captains
Test match captains
Table:
Sri Lankan Test match captains

Number

Name

Year

Opposition

Location

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

1

Bandula Warnapura[2]

1981/82
England
Sri Lanka
1
0
1
0

1981/82
Pakistan
Pakistan
2
0
2
0

1982/83
India
India
1
0
0
1

Total
4
0
3
1

2

Duleep Mendis[3]

1981/82†
Pakistan
Pakistan
1
0
0
1

1982/83
Australia
Sri Lanka
1
0
1
0

1983/84
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
3
0
2
1

1984
England
England
1
0
0
1

1985
India
Sri Lanka
3
1
0
2

1985/86
Pakistan
Pakistan
3
0
2
1

1985/86
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
3
1
1
1

1986/87
India
India
3
0
2
1

1986/87
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
1
0
0
1

Total
19
2
8
9

3

Somachandra de Silva[4]

1982/83
New Zealand
New Zealand
2
0
2
0

Total
2
0
2
0

4

Ranjan Madugalle[5]

1987/88
Australia
Australia
1
0
1
0

1988
England
England
1
0
1
0

Total
2
0
2
0

5

Arjuna Ranatunga[6]

1989/90
Australia
Australia
2
0
1
1

1990/91
India
India
1
0
1
0

1990/91
New Zealand
New Zealand
3
0
0
3

1992
Australia
Sri Lanka
3
0
1
2

1992/93
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
2
1
0
1

1992/93
England
Sri Lanka
1
1
0
0

1993
India
Sri Lanka
3
0
1
2

1993
South Africa
Sri Lanka
3
0
1
2

1993/94
West Indies
Sri Lanka
1
0
0
1

1993/94
India
India
3
0
3
0

1994
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
2
0
2
0

1994/95
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
3
0
0
3

1994/95
New Zealand
New Zealand
2
1
0
1

1995/96
Pakistan
Pakistan
3
2
1
0

1995/96
Australia
Australia
2
0
2
0

1996
Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
2
2
0
0

1996/97
New Zealand
New Zealand
2
0
2
0

1996/97
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
2
0
0
2

1996/97
West Indies
West Indies
2
0
1
1

1997
India
Sri Lanka
2
0
0
2

1997/98
India
India
3
0
0
3

1997/98
Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
2
2
0
0

1997/98
South Africa
South Africa
2
0
2
0

1998
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
3
2
1
0

1998
England
England
1
1
0
0

1998/99
India
Sri Lanka
1
0
0
1

Total
56
12
19
25

6

Aravinda de Silva[7]

1991
England
England
1
0
1
0

1991/92
Pakistan
Pakistan
3
0
1
2

1995/96†
Australia
Australia
1
0
1
0

1998/99†
Pakistan
Bangladesh
1
0
1
0

Total
6
0
4
2

7

Hashan Tillakaratne[8]

1998/99
Pakistan
Pakistan
1
0
0
1

2003
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
2
0
0
2

2003
West Indies
West Indies
2
0
1
1

2003/04
England
Sri Lanka
3
1
0
2

2003/04
Australia
Sri Lanka
3
0
3
0

Total
11
1
4
6

8

Sanath Jayasuriya[9]

1999
Australia
Sri Lanka
3
1
0
2

1999/2000
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
3
1
0
2

1999/2000
Pakistan
Pakistan
3
2
1
0

2000
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
3
0
2
1

2000
South Africa
Sri Lanka
3
1
1
1

2000/01
South Africa
South Africa
3
0
2
1

2000/01
England
Sri Lanka
3
1
2
0

2001
India
Sri Lanka
3
2
1
0

2001/02
Bangladesh1
Sri Lanka
1
1
0
0

2001/02
West Indies
Sri Lanka
3
3
0
0

2001/02
Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
3
3
0
0

2001/02
Pakistan²
Pakistan
1
1
0
0

2002
England
England
3
0
2
1

2002
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
2
2
0
0

2002/03
South Africa
South Africa
1
0
1
0

Total
38
18
12
8

9

Marvan Atapattu[10]

2002/03†
South Africa
South Africa
1
0
1
0

2004
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
2
2
0
0

2004
Australia
Australia
2
0
1
1

2004
South Africa
Sri Lanka
2
1
0
1

2004/05
Pakistan
Pakistan
2
1
1
0

2004/05
New Zealand
New Zealand
2
0
1
1

2005
West Indies
Sri Lanka
2
2
0
0

2005/06
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
2
2
0
0

2005/06
India
India
3
0
2
1

Total
18
8
6
4

10

Mahela Jayawardene[11]

2005/06
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
2
2
0
0

2005/06
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
2
0
1
1

2006
England
England
3
1
1
1

2006
South Africa
Sri Lanka
2
2
0
0

2006/07
New Zealand
New Zealand
2
1
1
0

2007
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
3
3
0
0

2007/08
Australia
Australia
2
0
2
0

2007/08
England
Sri Lanka
3
1
0
2

2007/08
West Indies
West Indies
2
1
1
0

2008
India
Sri Lanka
3
2
1
0

2008/09
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
2
2
0
0

2009
Pakistan
Pakistan
2
0
0
2

2011/12
England
Sri Lanka
2
1
1
0

2012
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
3
1
0
2

2012/13
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
2
1
1
0

2012/13
Australia
Australia
3
0
3
0

Total
38
18
12
8

11

Kumar Sangakkara[12]

2009
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
3
2
0
1

2009
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
2
2
0
0

2009/10
India
India
3
0
2
1

2010
India
Sri Lanka
3
1
1
1

2010/11
West Indies
Sri Lanka
3
0
0
3

2011†
England
England
1
0
0
1

Total
15
5
3
7

12

Tillakaratne Dilshan[13]

2011
England
England
2
0
1
1

2011
Australia
Sri Lanka
3
0
1
2

2011/12
Pakistan
United Arab Emirates
3
0
1
2

2011/12
South Africa
South Africa
3
1
2
0

Total
11
1
5
5

13

Angelo Mathews[14]

2012/13
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
2
1
0
1

2013/14
Pakistan
United Arab Emirates
3
1
1
1

2014
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
2
1
0
1

2014
England
England
2
1
0
1

2014
South Africa
Sri Lanka
2
0
1
1

2014
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
2
2
0
0

2014/15
New Zealand
New Zealand
2
0
2
0

2015
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
3
1
2
0

2015
India
Sri Lanka
3
1
2
0

2015
West Indies
Sri Lanka
2
2
0
0

2015/16
New Zealand
New Zealand
2
0
2
0

2016
England
England
3
0
2
1

2016
Australia
Sri Lanka
3
3
0
0

2016/17
South Africa
South Africa
3
0
3
0

Total
34
13
15
6

14

Rangana Herath[15]

2016/17
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
2
2
0
0

2016/17
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
2
1
1
0

2017
India
Sri Lanka
1
0
1
0

Total
5
3
2
0

15

Dinesh Chandimal[16]

2017
Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka
1
1
0
0

2017
India
Sri Lanka
2
0
2
0

2017
Pakistan
United Arab Emirates
2
2
0
0

2017
India
India
3
0
1
2

2018
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
2
1
0
1

2018
West Indies
West Indies
2
0
1
1

2018/19
England
Sri Lanka
1
0
1
0

2018/19
New Zealand
New Zealand
2
0
1
1

2018/19
Australia
Australia
2
0
2
0

Total
17
4
8
5

16

Suranga Lakmal[17]

2018
West Indies
West Indies
1
1
0
0

2018
South Africa
Sri Lanka
2
2
0
0

2018
England
Sri Lanka
2
0
2
0

Total
5
3
2
0

17

Dimuth Karunaratne[18]

2019
South Africa
South Africa
2
2
0
0

Total
2
2
0
0

Grand total[19]
283
90
107
86

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