Bandula Warnapura (Sinhala:බන්දුල වර්නපුර) (born 1 March 1953) is a former cricketer and captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He played 4 Test matches and 12 One Day Internationals (ODI) during his international cricketing career from 1975 to 1982. He was a right-handed opening batsman and a right-handed medium pace bowler.
Warnapura captained Sri Lanka's first Test match, and also faced the first delivery and scored the first run for his team. He captained Sri Lanka in all the Tests he played, although he could not lead his team to victory in any of them. However, Sri Lanka won the first ODI match he captained. He has scored one half-century in ODI cricket.
His career came to a controversial end when he received a ban from cricket for participating in a "rebel tour" in 1982. Although the ban was later revoked, he did not play international cricket again. He has functioned as the coach of the Sri Lankan team, and has also served in its administration. Warnapura is now an official of the Asian Cricket Council
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