Sri Lanka’s aggressive opener Danushka Gunathilaka has determined to retire from Test cricket on the age of 30 to concentrate on the white-ball format.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) mentioned that the batsman will now concentrate on the shorter codecs.
The growth comes shut on the heels of one other 30-year-old batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who introduced his choice to retire fully from worldwide cricket and a day later the board gave a one-year bio-list on Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and Security breach suspension lifted. Niroshan Dickwella with instant impact.
Gunathilaka, who mentioned he took the choice after evaluating all points, has not performed a Test since 2018, through which he has received 299 runs, two half-centuries and a career-best rating of 61 in his eight appearances.
He has a greater document in restricted overs cricket.
In 44 ODIs, he has scored 1520 runs at a mean of 36.19, whereas in T20Is, he has scored 568 runs in 30 matches at a strike fee of 121.62.
The trio of Gunathilaka, Mendis and Dickwella had been handed a one-year ban from worldwide cricket for biosecurity violations throughout Sri Lanka’s tour of England final yr.
The ban additionally included a six-month suspension from home cricket and a nice of roughly US$50,000.
Gunathilaka usually confronted issues with the SLC over disciplinary points. Since his worldwide debut in late 2015, Gunathilaka has served three separate suspensions, the newest being for violating the bio-bubble protocol.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
