Dimuth Karunaratne
Dimuth karunaratne career: The Australian team won the second Test against Sri Lanka by 9 wickets. With this, Australia won 2–0 in the two-Test series. With this match, Sri Lankan star batsman Dimuth Karunaratne’s career is over. He had already announced his retirement. The second Test was also the 100th Test match of his career. But he could not play a big innings in his last match. He played innings of 36 and 14 runs. ICC chairman K Jai Shah has also praised him.
Jai Shah gave best wishes for the future
ICC President Jai Shah said that Dimuth’s career has been very good. He performed brilliantly as a batsman in the traditional format of the game and became the seventh player of his country to play 100 Tests. He has been a great player of the game. I am sure fans of Test cricket around the world will remember him. I want to congratulate him for the best career from the ICC and best wishes for the future. I hope that he will continue to contribute to the game in the coming years using his experience of playing in different countries.
Sri Lankan team has captained
Dimuth Karunaratne started his career in the Test in 2012. After this, this 36 -year -old batsman has scored 7222 runs in the Test at an average of about 40. During this time his highest score was 244 runs. He has scored 1316 runs in 50 ODIs. He captained Sri Lanka in 30 Tests between 2019 and 2023, winning 12 and 12.
All 16 centuries came as Test Opener
Dimuth Karunaratne made his international debut in International cricket in 2011 with an ODI against England in Manchester. All his 16 Test centuries have come as an opener. He is jointly on top with former captain Marvan Atapattu in the list of scoring the most centuries for Sri Lanka as an opener. His most memorable achievement in Tests is to defeat South Africa 2–0 at its home ground in 2019. Sri Lanka became the first Asian country to win on her home soil after South Africa’s return to Test cricket.
(Input: PTI)
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