Arjuna Ranatunga, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Arjuna Ranatunga

Sri Lankan cricketer

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1963

Place of Birth: Gampaha, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Profession: politician, cricketer

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Deshamanya Arjuna Ranatunga (Sinhala: ?????? ??????; born 1 December 1963) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and 1996 Cricket World Cup winning captain for Sri Lanka.
he 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.