Arjuna Ranatunga Quotes

Deshamanya Arjuna Ranatunga is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and 1996 Cricket World Cup winning captain for Sri Lanka. He is regarded as the pioneer to lift Sri Lankan cricket from underdog status to one of great forces in cricketing world. After retirement, he worked in many posts of Sri Lanka Cricket administration. By entering his father's stream of politics, Ranatunga started his political career in 2005, and is now the cabinet minister of Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation.Upon retirement from playing cricket he entered politics, joining the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and entered parliament, from Colombo District, in the 2001 elections. He served a tenure as deputy minister for tourism, and also served as the president of Sri Lanka Cricket until December 2008. He joined the Democratic National Alliance in 2010 and contested the 2010 elections. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. December 1963
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Famous Arjuna Ranatunga Quotes

“I don't like him and I'm not in a club of one.”

Shane Warne
[Warne rapped for Ranatunga row, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/1999_cricket_world_cup/general_news/344731.stm, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1999-05-15, 2007-12-27]
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“You get him out and half the battle is won.”

Arjuna Ranatunga on Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Sachin Tendulkar: Quotable quotes on the batting legend http://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/20131112/ARTICLE/311129977/1051.

“It does not matter if they come from Singapore, China, Japan or Ethiopia.”

Agreements with foreign investors will not affect national security: Arjuna http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=2016/03/05/political/agreements-foreign-investors-will-not-affect-national-security-arjuna, a meeting in the Trincomalee district, March 5, 2016.

“Arjuna made us believe in ourselves. He did it for two decades. We owe a lot to him. He helped us become a force in world cricket. He is definitely the most influential cricketer Sri Lanka ever produced.”

Muttiah Muralitharan, quoted on sports.ndtv, "Kumar Sangakkara Not Sri Lanka's Most Influential Cricketer, it's Arjuna Ranatunga: Muralitharan" http://sports.ndtv.com/sri-lanka-vs-india-2015/news/247531-kumar-sangakkara-not-sri-lanka-s-most-influential-cricketer-it-s-arjuna-ranatunga-muralitharan, August 25, 2015.
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“There is a group within the SLFP who abuse that freedom and democracy. They go on instigating people and rousing racism. Many of those who held leading positions of the SLFP sometime back are supporting that campaign. Disciplinary action should be taken immediately against them.”

Ports and Shipping Minister Arjuna Ranatunga has demanded that SLFP members who attended the recent Joint Opposition rally at Hyde Park in Colombo be sacked from the party, quoted on island.lk, "Arjuna wants SLFP rebels sacked over Hyde Park rally" http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=142648, March 26, 2016.

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