Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga and Asanka Gurusinghe are jubilant after the team won the 1996 Cricket World Cup after comprehensively beating Australia in the final in Lahore.
MARCH 17, 1996: Nobody gave Sri Lanka a chance before the World Cup – they were 100-1 outsiders – but their fairy-tale victory was completed with a comprehensive defeat of Australia in the final in Lahore today. No true sporting underdog has ever won a major tournament with such relentless conviction. After demolishing England and India in the quarter- and semi-finals, Sri Lanka brushed Australia aside with ease. Aravinda de Silva made a wonderfully pure 107 not out, to add to three wickets, two catches, and one of the more inevitable Man-of-the-Match awards, and Arjuna Ranatunga glided the winning runs with 22 balls and seven wickets to spare.
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