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Dimuth Karunaratne, the former Sri Lanka captain, is set to retire from Test cricket after making his 100th appearance in the format in Sri Lanka's second match against Australia in Galle.
Dimuth Karunaratne had begun his final trek to the pavilion when his batting partner Dinesh Chandimal called out to him. They've shared dressing rooms, team buses, and hotels for a decade-and-a ...
The game, which starts on Thursday, holds added significance as it marks the farewell test for 36-year-old opening batsman Dimuth Karunaratne, who has amassed 7,172 runs and will be playing in his ...
Dimuth Karunaratne wants to step down as Test captain after the Ireland Tests next month. It is an ongoing conversation with the Sri Lanka selectors, who have not accepted his resignation yet.
Dimuth Karunaratne has been cleared to bat again after the fierce blow to the back of his head from a Pat Cummins short delivery which saw him stretchered off the field on the second day in ...
3 - Sri Lanka openers who have scored a fourth-innings century in Tests. Dimuth Karunaratne joins a select group which includes only Kusal Mendis (102 in Port of Spain last year), and Sanath ...
They haven’t let stardom sweep them off course. Dimuth Karunaratne is a prime example—a man so rooted that he’ll stop to ask photographers toiling under the scorching sun if they need a bottle of ...
This is why the position is so revered. For Dimuth Karunaratne, who led the Test team for five long years before handing the reins over to his deputy, captaincy was a job as well as a journey of ...
They were 23-year-old Dimuth Karunaratne and 21-year-old Lahiru Thirimanne. The press were told at that time that the selectors had identified Thirimanne as a long format player and Karunaratne as a ...
Centurions Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis made Ireland's wayward bowlers toil on Sunday to put Sri Lanka in a commanding position on day one of the first Test in Galle. Opener Nishan Madushka ...
Dimuth Karunaratne is set to retire as the seventh Sri Lankan to play 100 Tests and as their fourth highest run scorer of all time. Dimuth Karunaratne, the former Sri Lanka captain, is set to ...
Dimuth Karunaratne was out in single digits for the fourth time in his last six Test innings• Nov 28, 2024 •Associated Press Dimuth Karunaratne was dropped in the morning session• Sep 26 ...