Dimuth Karunaratne - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Dimuth Karunaratne
- Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne (born 21 April 1988; Sinhala: ?????? ?????????), popularly known as Dimuth Karunaratne, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and current captain of the Sri Lanka Test and One-Day International (ODI) cricket teams.
- He is a left-handed red ball specialist who represents the country in both Tests and ODIs, and plays first-class cricket for the Sinhalese Sports Club.
- Karunaratne is the opening batsman for Sri Lanka in Test cricket.Since 2015, Karunaratne has become the leading batsman for Sri Lanka in Tests due to his century making in the second innings of Test matches.
- He was described as second-innings specialist by many commentators.
- He scored four centuries in the second innings out of the six centuries he made until October 2017.
- On 7 October 2017, Karunaratne became the second Sri Lankan opener after Tillakaratne Dilshan to score three Test centuries in a calendar year.
- In February 2019, he was named as the captain of Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against South Africa.In April 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket named Dimuth Karunaratne as the team's new One Day International captain ahead of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, replacing Lasith Malinga..
- He is the only batsman after Ridley Jacobs to carry his bat in a Cricket World Cup.
