Arjuna Ranatunga

Ranatunga's Sri Lanka won the 1996 World Cup by attacking the new ball with Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana, using the early fielding restrictions as no team had before, then strangling opponents with spin. He was fiercely protective of his players, famously leading his team towards the boundary when Muralitharan was called for throwing in 1999. A captain of strategy and stubbornness.