Dead body found in De Silva's house (Photo-PTI)
There has been a stir after the dead body was found in the house of former Sri Lankan cricketer and batsman who won the World Cup in 1996, Arvind de Silva. The name of the person whose dead body was found from Arvind de Silva's house is Kapila Chandrasena. The deceased was the CEO of Sri Lanka Airlines and was found unconscious in De Silva's house. When the checkup was done, Chandrasena was dead. Let us tell you that both Chandrasena and Arvind de Silva are close relatives. It is being told that Chandrasena has committed suicide by going to Arvind de Silva's house.
A bribery case was going on against Kapila Chandrasena. He was accused of corruption in a deal worth US$2.3 billion. It is being told that Chandrasena had taken 2 million dollars in bribe through a shell company. Colombo Chief Magistrate had issued an arrest warrant against him. After the issuance of this warrant, on May 7, Chandrasena reached Aravind de Silva's house and committed suicide there.
Arvind de Silva He is one of the great batsmen of Sri Lanka. He played 93 test matches for Sri Lanka and scored 6361 runs. This player scored a total of 20 centuries. Arvind de Silva scored 9284 runs in ODIs and scored 11 centuries. In first class cricket, De Silva scored 15 thousand runs with the help of 43 centuries. De Silva also took 106 wickets in ODIs and this player took 29 wickets in Tests.
In the 1996 World Cup, Arvind de Silva scored the highest score of 448 runs for Sri Lanka. This right-handed batsman's average was close to 90 and his strike rate was 107.69. De Silva had scored 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries in the World Cup. Arvind de Silva scored a brilliant century in the final match against Australia and won by 7 wickets. Sri Lanka had to score 242 runs in the final and De Silva had scored unbeaten 107 runs at number four. He, along with Asanka Gurusinha and Arjun Ranatunga, made Sri Lanka world champion for the first time.
