Sri Lanka national cricket team

The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, nicknamed The Lions, represents Sri Lanka in men's international cricket and is administered by Sri Lanka Cricket. It is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International status. The side first played first class cricket as Ceylon in 1926 to 1927, made its international debut at the 1975 Cricket World Cup and was awarded Test status in 1981, becoming the eighth Test playing nation. It won the Cricket World Cup in 1996 under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga, shared the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy with India, won the 2014 ICC T20 World Cup, and was runner-up at the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups.