Rangana Herath
Sri Lankan cricketer
Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath (Sinhala: රංගන හේරත්; Tamil: ரங்கன ஹெரத்; born 19 March 1978), known as Rangana Herath, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played all forms of cricket and captained his country. Herath, a slow left arm spin bowler, has taken most Test wickets by a southpaw and was a member of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. Herath was the first left-arm spinner to take 400 Test wickets. On 10 February 2018, during a Bangladesh tour, Herath became the leading left-handed Test wicket taker. He has the longest Test cricket career for Sri Lanka with a span of 19 years from 1999 to 2018.
On 29 May 2016, Herath became the third Sri Lankan bowler to take 300 wickets in Test cricket. On 8 November 2016, Herath became only the third bowler in history to take five-wicket hauls against all Test-playing nations. On 2 October 2017, he became the second Sri Lankan bowler to take 400 Test wickets. He is the oldest player to reach 350 as well as 400 Test wickets.
On 23 October 2016, Herath was announced as captain for Sri Lanka's tour of Zimbabwe.
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