Arjuna Ranatunga isn't looking to further any business or political ambitions © AFP

Former captain Arjuna Rantaunga has just completed a turbulent first year as the president of the Sri Lankan board. Nirgunan Tiruchelvam writes in the Island that while Ranatunga hasn't done the best of jobs, he deserves to remain in the post.

The finance are in a shambles, with no takers for the TV rights. The players resent him. His former prodigies Jayasuriya and Muralitharan are openly defying their mentor. Bridges have been burnt with the Indian board

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(but) Arjuna is the first board president, who has taken the post purely for cricket’s sake. Unlike others who took to further their business and political ambitions, Ranatunga is the first full-time Board President. He burns the midnight oil, toiling 12 hours a day.