Ever since Sri Lanka went on to win the World Cup in 1996, they have been highly impressive at major ICC events, but victory at the big moment has somehow eluded them in recent years.
Sri Lanka kept their hopes alive of making it to the Semi Finals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 by beating hosts England in a high-scoring Group A Match at The Oval in London. Kumar Sangakkara with a 15th ODI century steered the Lankans to a 7-wicket win with 17 balls in a run chase of 294.