Srinath Sooriyabandara is a player who is inseparable from the Sri Lanka Sevens rugby team. A fleet-footed runner who is known to mesmerize opponents with his dazzling runs, Sooriyabandara crossed the line many a time and is an inspiration to his team mates whenever he takes the field.
What is unique about the character of Sooriyabandara is that he is self-taught and came up the hard away to be where he is, the captain of the Sri Lanka team.
Excerpts of an interview with the Sunday Observer:
Q: Describe yourself in one word?
Simple
Q: Any words or phrases you overuse?
Doesn’t matter how you start. What matters is how you finish and finish strong
Q: What is your most marked characteristic?
Whatever I do I give my best
Q: If you could edit your past, what would you change?
All my injuries
Q: What is the most important thing in your life?
My family
Q: Who has influenced you the most?
My self
Q: Are you fashionable?
Yes
Q: If you had access to a time machine what would you change?
The pandemic
Q: What motivates you in your life?
My family
Q: If you could choose any career right now, what would it be?
DJ
Q: What forms of music do you listen to?
Depends on the mood
Q: What’s the best thing you would like to hear from someone?
The truth
Q. What made you to choose sports?
In my life I always prefer ground more than a classroom
Q. Thus far what was your most unforgettable sporting incident?
Selected to my school rugby team for the first time
Q. What’s your best school sporting achievement?
When we won all four Sevens tournaments in 2008
Q: What is your idea of happiness?
Be present in all things and thankful for all things
Q: What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Fake people
Q: What has been your biggest disappointment?
When we lost to Japan in Asian Games of 2018
Q: Most important lesson life has taught you?
Sometimes it is good to fail