Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Sri Lanka’s sanctions-busting first Test skipper dies at 68

Bandula Warnapura

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s first Test captain, who was hit with a 25-year ban for leading a rebel cricket team to South Africa in breach of an international boycott, died Monday, his colleagues said. Bandula Warnapura, 68, died of a heart attack after undergoing a leg amputation for complications arising from diabetes, people close to him told AFP. … Read more