Ranatunga, who is now Sri Lanka's petroleum minister, said Wednesday that he believed 2011 final when India beat Sri Lanka was tainted though he did not give details.
Sri Lanka's cricket chief on Thursday lambasted former skipper Arjuna Ranatunga for casting a corruption shadow over the country's 2011 World Cup defeat and in turn questioned Ranatunga's actions as a player. Sri Lanka Cricket president Thilanga Sumathipala said Ranatunga, who captained the country to its 1996 World Cup victory, should have followed "the right protocol" instead of raising doubts. Ranatunga, who is now Sri Lanka's petroleum minister, said Wednesday that he believed the 2011 final when India beat Sri Lanka was tainted though he did not give details. Sumathipala said Ranatunga's own conduct when he failed to defend the World Cup in 1999 could also be questioned.
"He (Ranatunga) could not come to the final round in 1999. We were out from the first round. We lost badly in some matches... and people were also saying at that time 'don't know whether this man has thrown the match'," Sumathipala said.
Sumathipala and Ranatunga are political arch-rivals. Ranatunga's brother Nishantha is standing against Sumathipala for the board presidency and a court on Wednesday suspended the vote.
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