Former Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne has announced his retirement from Test cricket. Karunaratne who registered scores of 7 and 0 against Australia in the first Test of the series has decided to hang his boots. It will be Karunaratne’s 100th Test match.
Karunaratne will retire as Sri Lanka’s fourth-highest run-scorer in Tests. So far, the opener has scored 7,172 runs from 99 Tests at an average of 39.40 including 16 centuries and 39 fifties.
The recent dip in his form is the reason behind the retirement. His last Test century came against Ireland in April 2023. In last seven innings, he has not scored the fifty-run mark in red-ball cricket. His last half-century was against New Zealand in Galle. He failed against South Africa, scoring just 27 runs from two Tests.
The second Test of the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy 2025 wil start on February 6. It is also the last Test of the current World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle. Sri Lanka are currently placed fifth on WTC table. Irrespective of the result of the second Test, they will maintain the fifth position.
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