22 Facts About Roshan Mahanama

Deshabandu Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former ICC match referee.

Roshan Mahanama was a key member for 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team for Sri Lanka.

Roshan Mahanama is the first man to have stood as a match referee in a day-night test match in Test history.

In September 2015, Mahanama said that he would step down from the ICC match referee panel at the end of the year; he will spend his time with his family and his businesses.

Roshan Mahanama was regarded as one of the finest match referees at international cricket and was deemed one of the finest fielders during his playing days.

Roshan Mahanama was popularly nicknamed as the Jonty Rhodes of Sri Lanka.

Roshan Mahanama began playing cricket at school level representing Nalanda College and went onto captain his school cricket team.

Roshan Mahanama soon rose to prominence as a popular schoolboy cricketer with his unbeaten knock of 145 runs in the Annual Big Match against arch-rivals Ananda College.

The partnership between Jayasuriya-Roshan Mahanama still stands as the highest partnership for the second wicket in Test cricket.

Roshan Mahanama captained the depleted Sri Lankan team at the 1994 Austral-Asia Cup which was held in Sharjah whereas main players such as Aravinda de Silva and Arjuna Ranatunga pulled out of the tournament for personal reasons.

Roshan Mahanama played a key pivotal role in Sri Lanka's maiden triumph at an ICC Cricket World Cup event which came in 1996 where Sri Lanka crowned as unbeaten winners of the tournament defeating Australia in the final by 6 wickets which was held in Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Roshan Mahanama featured in four ICC Cricket World Cup tournaments in 1987,1992,1996 and 1999 during his international career and retired from international cricket following the 1999 World Cup.

Roshan Mahanama made his debut as a match referee in the ODI between West Indies and Bangladesh in Kingstown 2004, subsequently making his test debut in the same series.

Roshan Mahanama officiated his 200th ODI on 21 October 2014 during the first match between New Zealand and South Africa in Mount Maunganui.

Roshan Mahanama stepped down from the refereeing panel in 2015, with his last appearance in the last test match between New Zealand and Australia.

Roshan Mahanama joined the elite panel in 2004 and has refereed in 61 Tests, 222 ODIs and 35 T20Is till 15 September, including in three World Cups and the 2009 Champions Trophy.

Roshan Mahanama became the first match referee to serve in a day-night Test match in the history of the game, where the pink ball was used for the first time as well.

Roshan Mahanama served as a match referee at the 2020 Pakistan Super League and 2021 Pakistan Super League.

Anyway, until retirement, Roshan Mahanama has scored 4 Test centuries and 4 ODI centuries.

Roshan Mahanama used to run pharmaceutical distribution business in Sri Lanka and owns several startups including Zamon, an app which enables the consumers to order coffee and food from connected cafes.

Roshan Mahanama was appointed as the brand ambassador of Hemas Outreach Foundation.

Roshan Mahanama appealed to his fellow citizens to stand up together and care for each other in the face of this extraordinary crisis.