1996 World Cup

The 1996 World Cup was known for two things - due to the collapse of all the Sachin Tendulkar's World Cup batting record, Psl schedule and teams 2018 the other Sanath Jayasuriya's ability to bat in the ODIs would be changed to a new beginning.

Sachin Tendulkar scored the highest score, which included 523 runs in 7 innings, an average of 87 and five 50+ scores. Although India had lost in the semifinals, one of the batsmen could not even come near Sachin's figures.

On the other hand, Jayasuriya, who started a new trend of bringing the balls of the bowlers across the borders across the fielding restrictions, bringing revolutionary changes in the batting of one-day cricket. He finished the tournament with an average of 221 runs in 37 innings in six innings and in the meantime his strike rate was 131.5, which was unbelievable according to that period. Along with the ball, he had an economy of 4.5 and seven wickets at an average of 33.

In the end Jayasuriya was declared as the player of the tournament, and there was also an important role played by him in the success of his team in the tournament.

But there was also a player who had played a big part in winning the team for the team compared to Sri Lankan Jayasuriya in the entire tournament, and that was Arvind De Silva. With the match-winning century in the final, with the help of four half-centuries in the World Cup, right-handed batsman scored an average of 90 and 448 runs from 108 strike-rate. He also took four wickets in the tournament.

Considering all these figures, it was more appropriate for D Silva to be selected for the prize in place of his fellow player Jayasuriya.