India, March 18 -- It's no secret that Shane Warne and Arjuna Ranatunga weren't friends - far from it, in fact. If anything, they simply did not like each other, and that equation remained unchanged even after both had retired from the game. In his book, Shane Warne's Century: My Top 100 Test Cricketers, Warne ranked Ranatunga 93rd, while the former Sri Lankan World Cup-winning captain famously labelled the Australian spin great an "overrated" bowler and 'not a role model' for youngsters.

It has been four years since Warne's passing, and while it remains unclear whether Ranatunga still holds the same view, his long-time teammate Aravinda de Silva has revealed an intriguing conversation he once had with Warne - one that had remained under...