Edward Ranjit Fernando was born on 22 February 1944 and is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played three One Day Internationals, all of which were during the 1975 Cricket World Cup during which he was the wicket-keeper and opening batsman.
13 Facts About Ranjit Fernando
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Ranjit Fernando is married to Sri Lankan entrepreneur Ramani Fernando and they have four children, Rashika Fernando, Rishen Fernando, Rehan Fernando and Rakhil Fernando.
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Ranjit Fernando started playing first eleven school cricket at St Benedict's College, Colombo, in 1960 and was a leading schoolboy cricketer in his time being amongst the best wicket keeper - batsman.
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Ranjit Fernando was adjudged the Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in 1964.
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Ranjit Fernando was selected to tour England with the Ceylon team in 1968, but the tour was cancelled just before it was due to begin.
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Ranjit Fernando represented the Nondescripts Cricket Club from 1963 to 1979 and played in the Premier Division for an unbroken period of 16 years, captaining the club to many championship titles.
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Ranjit Fernando toured with the Sri Lanka team, on its first official test tour as Assistant Manager handling the cricket aspects of the tour and continued to serve in national team management capacities from time to time for a number of years, juggling assignments with his own business responsibilities.
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Ranjit Fernando served on the executive committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka for 12 consecutive years, serving on the Coaching Committee for most of the time.
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Ranjit Fernando worked tirelessly concentrating on the aspects of fielding, and Sri Lanka's consistent development in fielding standards, even up to the winning of the World Cup in 1996 is attributed to his efforts.
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Ranjit Fernando served as the Executive Secretary of the Sri Lanka Cricket Foundation which was set up to support the needs of cricket in Sri Lanka, in keeping with its newly acquired status as a full member of the ICC.
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Ranjit Fernando succeeded the first Executive Secretary Mahinda Wijesinghe and conducted the affairs of the organization for three years.
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Ranjit Fernando served as a National Selector from 1983 to 1988, and in 2011, and was on the ICC Cricket Committee for a period, representing Sri Lanka.
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Ranjit Fernando is currently a member of Coaching Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket.