WC Tales: Sri Lanka, Most Impressive Recent Team After Australia

Sri Lanka have reached the finals thrice in the last 5 editions, losing in the last two consecutive editions. Arjuna Ranatunga, Aravinda de Silva, Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan have appeared in maximum 5 editions and were responsible for their only title in 1996. In 1992 they had the youngest team, while in 1999 they had a team that had only one player without any experience in past World Cup. 41 year old Somachandra de Silva ((1983) is their oldest while 18 year old Sudath Pasqual (1979) is their youngest player in the World Cup. Anura Tennekoon, Duleep Mendis and Arjuna Ranatunga have led the team twice in the World Cup. Check their squads and captains of all the editions.

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Sri Lanka
1975

Captain: Anura Tennekoon
Wicketkeeper: Ranjit Fernando
Youngest: Anura Ranasinghe (19)
Oldest: Michael Tissera (36)
Team (Age): Michael Tissera (36), Somachandra de Silva (33), Ranjit Fernando (31), David Heyn (30), Anura Tennekoon (29), Mevan Pieris (29), Tony Opatha (28), Lalith Kaluperuma (26), Sunil Wettimuny (26), Ajit de Silva (23), Duleep Mendis (23), Bandula Warnapura (22), Anura Ranasinghe (19)

1979
2nd: Somachandra de Silva, Anura Tennekoon, Tony Opatha, Sunil Wettimuny, Ajit de Silva, Duleep Mendis, Bandula Warnapura

Captain: Anura Tennekoon
Wicketkeeper: Sunil Jayasinghe
Youngest: Sudath Pasqual (18)
Oldest: Somachandra de Silva (37)
Team (Age): Somachandra de Silva (37), Anura Tennekoon (33), Tony Opatha (32), Sunil Wettimuny (30), Ranjan Gunatilleke (28), Ajit de Silva (27), Roy Dias (27), Duleep Mendis (27), Ranjan Madugalle (26), Bandula Warnapura (26), Sunil Jayasinghe (24), Stanley de Silva (23), Sudath Pasqual (18)

1983
3rd: Somachandra de Silva, Duleep Mendis
2nd: Roy Dias, Ranjan Madugalle

Captain: Duleep Mendis
Wicketkeeper: Guy de Alwis
Youngest: Rumesh Ratnayake (19)
Oldest: Somachandra de Silva (41)
Team (Age): Somachandra de Silva (41), Roy Dias (31), Brendon Kuruppu (31), Duleep Mendis (31), Ranjan Madugalle (30), Sidath Wettimuny (27), Guy de Alwis (24), Ashantha de Mel (24), Vinothen John (23), Athula Samarasekera (22), Arjuna Ranatunga (20), Rumesh Ratnayake (19)

1987
4th: Duleep Mendis
3rd: Roy Dias, Ranjan Madugalle
2nd: Brendon Kuruppu, Ashantha de Mel, Vinothen John, Arjuna Ranatunga, Rumesh Ratnayake

Captain: Duleep Mendis
Wicketkeeper: Brendon Kuruppu
Youngest: Roshan Mahanama (21)
Oldest: Sridharan Jeganathan (36)
Team (Age): Sridharan Jeganathan (36), Roy Dias (35), Brendon Kuruppu (35), Duleep Mendis (35), Ranjan Madugalle (34), Ashantha de Mel (28), Ravi Ratnayeke (27), Vinothen John (27), Arjuna Ranatunga (24), Rumesh Ratnayake (23), Aravinda de Silva (22), Don Anurasiri (21), Asanka Gurusinha (21), Roshan Mahanama (21)

1992
3rd: Arjuna Ranatunga
2nd: Aravinda de Silva, Don Anurasiri, Asanka Gurusinha, Roshan Mahanama

Captain: Aravinda de Silva
Wicketkeeper: Hashan Tillakaratne
Youngest: Pramodya Wickramasinghe (21)
Oldest: Arjuna Ranatunga (28)
Team (Age): Arjuna Ranatunga (28), Graeme Labrooy (28), Kapila Wijegunawardene (28), Champaka Ramanayake (27), Aravinda de Silva (26), Don Anurasiri (25), Hashan Tillakaratne (25), Asanka Gurusinha (25), Roshan Mahanama (25), Chandika Hathurusingha (24), Sanath Jayasuriya (23), Ruwan Kalpage (22), Pramodya Wickramasinghe (21)

1996
4th: Arjuna Ranatunga
3rd: Aravinda de Silva, Don Anurasiri, Asanka Gurusinha, Roshan Mahanama
2nd: Sanath Jayasuriya, Pramodya Wickramasinghem Hashan Tillakaratne

Captain: Arjuna Ranatunga
Wicketkeeper: Romesh Kaluwitharana
Youngest: Ravindra Pushpakumara (21)
Oldest:Arjuna Ranatunga (32)
Team (Age): Arjuna Ranatunga (32), Aravinda de Silva (30), Hashan Tillakaratne (29), Asanka Gurusinha (29), Roshan Mahanama (29), Sanath Jayasuriya (27), Romesh Kaluwitharana (27), Marvan Atapattu (26), Kumar Dharmasena (25), Pramodya Wickramasinghe (25), Upul Chandana (24), Muttiah Muralitharan (24), Chaminda Vaas (22), Ravindra Pushpakumara (21)

1999
Only one player who had not been part of earlier World Cup teams.
5th: Arjuna Ranatunga
4th: Aravinda de Silva, Roshan Mahanama
3rd: Sanath Jayasuriya, Pramodya Wickramasinghem, Hashan Tillakaratne
2nd: Romesh Kaluwitharana, Marvan Atapattu, Upul Chandana, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Chandika Hathurusingha, Ruwan Kalpage

Captain: Arjuna Ranatunga
Wicketkeeper: Romesh Kaluwitharana
Youngest: Chaminda Vaas (25)
Oldest: Arjuna Ranatunga (35)
Team (Age): Arjuna Ranatunga (35), Aravinda de Silva (33), Hashan Tillakaratne (32), Roshan Mahanama (32), Chandika Hathurusingha (31), Sanath Jayasuriya (30), Romesh Kaluwitharana (30), Marvan Atapattu (29), Ruwan Kalpage (29), Pramodya Wickramasinghe (28), Upul Chandana (27), Muttiah Muralitharan (27), Eric Upashantha (27), Chaminda Vaas (25)

2003
5th: Aravinda de Silva
4th: Sanath Jayasuriya, Hashan Tillakaratne
3rd: Marvan Atapattu, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas

Captain: Sanath Jayasuriya
Wicketkeeper: Kumar Sangakkara
Youngest: Jehan Mubarak (22)
Oldest: Aravinda de Silva (38)
Team (Age): Aravinda de Silva (38), Hashan Tillakaratne (36), Sanath Jayasuriya (34), Marvan Atapattu (33), Muttiah Muralitharan (31), Pulasthi Gunaratne (30), Russel Arnold (30), Chaminda Vaas (29), Avishka Gunawardene (26), Kumar Sangakkara (26), Mahela Jayawardene (26), Dilhara Fernando (24), Charitha Buddhika (23), Prabath Nissanka (23), Jehan Mubarak (22)

2007
5th: Sanath Jayasuriya
4th: Marvan Atapattu, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas
2nd: Russel Arnold, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Dilhara Fernando, Jehan Mubarak

Captain: Mahela Jayawardene
Wicketkeeper: Kumar Sangakkara
Youngest: Upul Tharanga (22)
Oldest: Sanath Jayasuriya (38)
Team (Age): Sanath Jayasuriya (38), Marvan Atapattu (37), Muttiah Muralitharan (35), Russel Arnold (34), Chaminda Vaas (33), Tillakaratne Dilshan (30), Kumar Sangakkara (30), Mahela Jayawardene (30), Malinga Bandara (28), Chamara Silva (28), Dilhara Fernando (28), Nuwan Kulasekara (25), Lasith Malinga (24), Farveez Maharoof (23), Jehan Mubarak (22), Upul Tharanga (22)

2011
5th: Muttiah Muralitharan
3rd: Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Dilhara Fernando
2nd: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Silva, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Upul Tharanga

Captain: Kumar Sangakkara
Wicketkeeper: Kumar Sangakkara
Youngest: Thisara Perera (21)
Oldest: Muttiah Muralitharan (38)
Team (Age): Muttiah Muralitharan (38), Tillakaratne Dilshan (34), Kumar Sangakkara (34), Mahela Jayawardene (34), Thilan Samaraweera (34), Chamara Silva (32), Rangana Herath (32), Dilhara Fernando (32), Nuwan Kulasekara (28), Lasith Malinga (27), Upul Tharanga (26), Ajantha Mendis (25), Chamara Kapugedera (23), Angelo Mathews (23), Thisara Perera (21)

2015
4th: Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene
3rd: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga
2nd: Rangana Herath, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera

Captain: Angelo Mathews
Wicketkeeper: Kumar Sangakkara
Youngest: Dinesh Chandimal (25)
Oldest: Tillakaratne Dilshan (38)
Team (Age): Tillakaratne Dilshan (38), Kumar Sangakkara (37), Mahela Jayawardene (37), Rangana Herath (36), Nuwan Kulasekara (32), Jeevan Mendis (32), Dhammika Prasad (31), Lasith Malinga (31), Sachithra Senanayake (30), Angelo Mathews (27), Suranga Lakmal (27), Dimuth Karunaratne (26), Thisara Perera (25), Lahiru Thirimanne (25), Dinesh Chandimal (25)