Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne is a Sri Lankan batsman who is a solid opener for Sri Lanka. In the post-Sangakkara and Jayawardene era, he has emerged as the new batting leader of the Sri Lankan team. Dimuth Karunaratne was born on 21 April 1988 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
Dimuth Karunaratne short biography
| Coach | Mickey Arthur |
| Jersey number | 21 |
| Batting Style |
Left-handed
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| Bowling style | fast bowling |
| Age | 34 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Marital Status | Anuradha Kurukulasooriya |
- On 21 April 1988, Dimuth Karunaratne was born in the city of Colombo in Sri Lanka
- Dimuth studied at St Joseph’s College Colombo, the same college which has produced cricketers like Angelo Mathews and Chaminda Vaas.
- A record-breaking batsman for the school’s cricket team, Karunaratne represented Sri Lanka in U-19 and A squads
- On 9 July 2009, Dimuth Karunaratne made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against England at Manchester
- On 13 July 2009, opening the batting for Sri Lanka, Karunaratne scored his maiden ODI fifty against Ireland at Edinburgh
- On 17 November 2012, Karunaratne made his international test debut for Sri Lanka against New Zealand in Galle
- In the second innings of this test match, Dimuth Karunaratne scored his maiden Test half-century to help Sri Lanka win by 10 wickets
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On 28 December 2014, Dimuth Karunaratne made his maiden Test century against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch
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In October 2015, Dimuth Karunaratne scored 186 runs against West Indies at Galle.
- In this match, Dimuth and Dinesh Chandimal added 238 for the 3rd wicket, the highest test match partnership for the 3rd wicket at Galle
- In November 2016, during the Zimbabwe Test series, Karunaratne scored 280 runs at an average of 70 and managed to win the ‘Player of the series’ award
- In August 2017, during the second Test against India in Colombo, Dimuth Karunaratne got his maiden Test wicket by dismissing Cheteshwar Pujara
- On 6 October 2017, Sri Lanka played their first day-night Test match against Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium
- In this match, Dimuth Karunaratne played a superb knock of 196 runs and became the first Sri Lankan cricketer to score a 50, 100, and 150 in an innings of a day-night Test match
- In 2017, Karunaratne scored 1000 Test runs and became the seventh Sri Lankan to score 1000 Test runs in a calendar year.
- On 12 July 2018, Dimuth Karunaratne scored a superb century in his 50th test match and became the 3rd Sri Lankan batsman to score a hundred in their 50th Test
- He also carried his bat throughout the innings and became the fourth Sri Lankan batsman to carry his bat in Test matches
- In 2019, Karunaratne was named in the 2018 World Test XI by the ICC and ESPNCricinfo
- On 13 February 2019, Dimuth Karunaratne became the 17th Sri Lankan in the 2017-18 Test series
- He captained Sri Lanka to a 2-0 series victory that series and became the first Asian team to win a Test series in South Africa
- On 1 June 2019, against New Zealand, Karunaratne became the 2nd cricketer to carry his bat in a World Cup match.
- In April 2021, Dimuth Karunaratne scored his maiden double century in Test cricket against Bangladesh at Pallekele
- Due to his brilliant performances, ICC included him in ICC World Test XI in 2021
- He is only the third Sri Lankan captain to score a Test century in India.
- Due to his batting heroics, Dimuth reached his career-best ranking of No.5 in ICC test batting rankings.