Ex-Sri Lanka skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan joins politics
Updated On: 15 November, 2018 09:42 AM IST | Colombo | AFP
Several top Sri Lankan cricket stars have gone on to enter politics. Sri Lanka's World Cup winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga was a cabinet minister in the Wickremesinghe's government
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Tillakaratne Dilshan
Sri Lanka's former cricket captain Tillakaratne Dilshan Wednesday joined the political party of former leader Mahinda Rajapakse, soon after his controversial government was voted out by the legislature.
Rajapakse was named by the president as prime minister in October following the shock sacking of Ranil Wickremesinghe. After several weeks of political wrangling in which Wickremesinghe refused to stand down, Rajapakse was voted out in a no-confidence action.
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