Dimuth Karunaratne will retire after the 100th Test: Last match against Australia in Gaul; Sri Lankan opener’s name 8000+ runs

Dimuth Karunaratne captained Sri Lanka in 30 Tests.

Former Sri Lankan captain and opening batter Dimuth Karunaratne will retire after playing 100th Test. The match against Australia in Gaul starting on 6 February will be the last international match of his career. The Sri Lanka team is currently trailing 0–1 in the series against Australia.

Karunaratne, 36, decided to retire after battling poor form. Karunaratne scored 7172 in 99 Tests for Sri Lanka and 1316 runs in 50 ODIs. He made his debut for the national team from ODI format in 2011. He scored 17 centuries in both formats.

Can only score 182 runs in the last 7 Tests In the first Test against Australia, Dimuth Karunaratne was able to score 7 runs in both innings. He was able to score 182 runs in the last 7 Tests. His name was the same half century, which came to the homeground last year against New Zealand. Out of form became a major reason for his retirement.

Dimuth Karunaratne is the only Asian captain to win the Test series in South Africa.

Test debut was made in Gaul itself After an ODI debut in 2011, Karunaratne got a chance to make a Test debut in 2012. He played his first match against New Zealand on the Gaul ground, scoring 60 runs. Now Karunaratne will also play the last international match of his career on the ground of Gaul. He scored 16 centuries in a Test career, 244 runs against Bangladesh was his best score.

The first century was held in New Zealand Karunaratne was an important part of Sri Lanka’s Test team. He scored the first Test century in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2014. Since 2015, he scored consecutive runs for the team at the opening position. He scored 196 runs in the day-night Test against Pakistan in 2017, after which he was handed over the Test captain in 2019.

Karunaratne scored 16 Test centuries for Sri Lanka.

First Asian Captain to win Test series in South Africa In 2019, Sri Lanka defeated South Africa 2–0 in his house under the captaincy of Karunaratne. With this, Sri Lanka became the first Asian team, which defeated South Africa in South Africa itself. In this series, Kusal Perera scored an exciting match to the team by playing an innings of 153 runs.

Karunaratne captained 30 Tests. In 12, the team also won and 12 defeat in 12. 6 Draws were drawn. He was the fourth most successful Test captain in Sri Lanka. He also became part of the ICC’s Test Team of the Year in 2018, 2021 and 2023.

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