Arjuna Ranatunga Viral Pic: Fans Stunned As Post Claims Man Beside Kapil Dev Is Sri Lanka's 1996 ODI WC-Winning Captain

Arjuna Ranatunga Viral Picture: In a picture that has taken the internet by storm, the former Sri Lanka captain looks unrecognisable as he poses with Kapil Dev.

Arjuna Ranatunga Viral Picture: Sri Lanka's 1996 ODI World Cup-winning captain poses with Kapil Dev for a picture which has now broken the internet.

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Arjuna Ranatunga Viral Picture: Arjuna Ranatunga is one of the legends of not only Sri Lankan cricket but also world cricket. The man led Sri Lanka to an ODI World Cup win in 1996. And now in a viral picture, he could be seen posing along with another legend of the game and ODI World Cup-winning captain in Kapil Dev who led India to their first-ever world title in 1983.

While the two cricketing legends posing together is enough reason for a picture to go viral, this particular piece of visual had all the more reasons with Ranatunga looking unrecognisable. The former Sri Lanka skipper has seemingly undergone body transformation, shedding a lot of kilos as he appeared thin and slender, standing beside Dev.

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The picture left cricket fans in complete shock who left all forms of reactions on it.

Two World Cup winning captains. pic.twitter.com/zJane9Oq0u

— Rex Clementine (@RexClementine) July 16, 2024

People are saying the man next to Kapil is Arjuna Ranatunga. I've watched many of his matches, I'm not ready to believe it's him. This is the Ranatunga I know.
How can those 2 be the same people?!?! pic.twitter.com/b4w2zvznt9

— Sam ALT Man (@k0ol1) July 16, 2024

June 2022 😯😯 unbelievable transformation pic.twitter.com/iJzOY9gTZB

— He (@just_honestly_1) July 16, 2024

I was like who is this man in left?? My god!! Still can't belive my eyes!!

— Animesh Sen (@animeshsen07) July 16, 2024

What happened to Ranatunga? Is he alright?

— Devananth (@DevAKoppite) July 16, 2024

Mr Ranatunga looks amazing. Looks like he can make a comeback :)

— Faisal Shariff (@faisalshariff) July 16, 2024

Arjuna Ranatunga's International Career In Numbers

Ranatunga represented Sri Lanka in 93 Tests and 269 ODIs. He featured in 205 first-class matches and 307 List A games. The left-handed batter amassed 5105 runs in the longest format, 7456 runs in ODIs and over 11,000 runs in first-class cricket. In addition, he was an occasion right-arm medium bowler and had 79 ODI and 16 Test wickets to his credit.