Russel Premakumaran Arnold, or Russel Arnold, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil descent, who played all forms of the game. He played as the finisher role in the Sri Lankan team batting down the order at international level. Arnold currently works as an international commentator. He was the first Twenty20 International cap for Sri Lanka as he was part of Sri Lanka's first ever T20I team. With Sri Lanka, he was a part of the team which were joint-winners with India at the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy. He retired from cricket in 2007 after playing the final in 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup. From Wikipedia