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Sunil Ramsay de Silva Wettimuny (born 2 February 1949), or Sunil Wettimuny, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who played three One Day International (ODI) matches in the Cricket World Cup tournaments of 1975 and 1979 as an opening batsman.

Sunil is the elder brother of two other Sri Lankan cricketers, Mithra and Sidath. After his cricketing career ended, he became a commercial pilot. He was the pilot of the special flight which brought the 1996 World Cup winning team from Lahore, in Pakistan, to Sri Lanka.

References

1. "Sunil Wettimuny". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
2. "Lanka's 'Pilot' Episode". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

External links

• Sunil Wettimuny at ESPNcricinfo

v t e Sri Lanka squad – 1975 Cricket World Cup
1 Tennekoon (c) 2 GRA de Silva 3 DS de Silva 4 Fernando (wk) 5 Heyn 6 Kaluperuma 7 Mendis 8 Opatha 9 Pieris 10 Ranasinghe 11 Tissera 12 Warnapura 13 Wettimuny

v t e Sri Lanka squad – 1979 Cricket World Cup
1 Tennekoon (c) 2 GRA de Silva 3 DS de Silva 4 DLS de Silva 5 Dias 6 Gunatilleke 7 Jayasinghe (wk) 8 Madugalle 9 Mendis 10 Opatha 11 Pasqual 12 Warnapura 13 Wettimuny

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