Dimuth Karunaratne becomes the only fourth Sri Lankan to 7,000 runs in Test Cricket
Karunaratne is only behind legends like Kumar Sangakkara (12,400), Mahela Jayawardene (11,814), and Angelo Mathews (7,734).
Shahriar KabirEditor
Posted - 2024-09-09T09:24:17+06:00
Updated - 2024-09-09T09:24:17+06:00
Sri Lanka's veteran opener Dimuth Karunaratne has raced to 7,000 Test runs and has become the only fourth Sri Lankan batter to 7,000 runs in Test Cricket.
England at Kennington Oval, chasing 219, Dimuth Karunaratne scored only 8 off 21 deliveries and got out to Chris Woakes. However, the knock wasn’t upto the mark but this innings helped him script history as he became the only fourth Sri Lankan to 7,000 runs in Test Cricket.
During the third and final Test match againstKarunaratne is only behind legends like Kumar Sangakkara (12,400), Mahela Jayawardene (11,814), and Angelo Mathews (7,734).
Karunaratne recently went past Sanath Jayasuriya (6,973) in terms of Test runs. Among active Sri Lankan players, only Mathews has scored more runs than Karunaratne in this format.
Karunaratne played 94 Tests till date, and he has raced past 7,000 runs (7,007) at an average of 40.50. The tally includes 17 hundreds and 38 fifties. In 11 matches Vs England, he has scored 620 runs at 29.52 (50s: 5).
Karunaratne also captained Sri Lanka for many Test matches. He first took the charge in 2019, led the Lankans in 30 Tests. He smoked 2,643 runs in these games at 49.86. Under his leadership, the Lankans boast 12 wins, as many defeats, and six draws.