Bandula Warnapura
- January 10, 2024
- Cricketer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Bandula Warnapura |
| Occupation | Cricketer |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 1, 1953(1953-03-01) |
| Age | 71 |
| Birthplace | Rambukkana |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Bandula Warnapura Biography
| Name | Bandula Warnapura |
| Birthday | Mar 1 |
| Birth Year | 1953 |
| Place Of Birth | Rambukkana |
| Birth Country | Sri Lanka |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Bandula Warnapura is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on March 1, 1953 in Rambukkana, Sri Lanka.
Bandula Warnapura (Sinhala:බන්දුල වර්නපුර) (born 1 March 1953) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He played 4 Test matches and 12 One Day Internationals (ODI) during his international cricketing career from 1975 to 1982. He was a right-handed opening batsman and a right-handed medium pace bowler.
Warnapura was the 11th Sri Lankan ODI cricket cap. His One Day International (ODI) debut was against West Indies on 7 June 1975, in a 1975 Cricket World Cup match that was also Sri Lanka’s first ODI. He was dismissed for 8 runs in that match, which Sri Lanka lost. He was given the captaincy of the team to temporarily replace Anura Tennekoon (who was injured) in his fifth match, which was played against India on 16 June 1979, as part of the 1979 Cricket World Cup. He led the team to victory, scoring 18 runs in the match and taking a wicket. It was also the only victory in the series by an Associate Member nation (Sri Lanka had not yet gained Full Member status) in the tournament.
Bandula Warnapura Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Cricketer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Bandula Warnapura is one of the richest Cricketer from Sri Lanka. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bandula Warnapura 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Bandula Warnapura was born on 1 March 1953 in Rambukkana. Malinda Warnapura, who currently plays for the Sri Lanka national cricket team, is his nephew. He is an old boy of Nalanda College Colombo. Bandula captained Nalanda College Colombo first XI cricket team in 1971. Warnapura has worked as an ICC match referee and an umpire, and is also a certified cricketing coach. He has served as the coach for the Sri Lanka national cricket team, before he was appointed Director of Coaching in 1994. He became Director of Operations of Sri Lanka Cricket in 2001. He functioned in that post for eight years before he resigned in 2008. He is now the Development Manager of the Asian Cricket Council. He has also refereed two Tests and three ODIs in 2001
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Warnapura was the first Sri Lankan Test cricket cap. got the opportunity to lead the Sri Lanka national cricket team in their very first Test match, which was played against England in 1982. The five-day match started on 17 February 1982 at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium. Warnapura and English captain Keith Fletcher made the toss in the morning, which was won by Warnapura. He elected to bat first, and opened the batting for Sri Lanka with Sidath Wettimuny. He faced the first delivery of the match, and scored the first Test run for his country. According to a local newspaper, he was even the first Sri Lankan batsman to get hit on the chest. However, he was dismissed for only 2 runs, when he was caught by David Gower off the bowling of Bob Willis. The first player to bat in a Test match for Sri Lanka had faced 25 deliveries during the 35 minutes he batted. During the Sri Lankan second innings, Warnapura made 38 runs off 155 deliveries – the second highest score in that innings. England won the match, and Warnapura’s 38 would remain as his highest Test individual score.
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Natural Ranked on the list of most popular Cricketer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sri Lanka. Bandula Warnapura celebrates birthday on March 1 of every year.