From 1996 to 2010, after Australia won team that dominated the World cricket is Sri Lanka. Winning the World Cup in 1996 to being the finalist for two consecutive World Cup in 2007 and 2011, also winning the 2014 T20 World Cup.
Now Sri Lankan cricket is facing the dark phase in his international career as the team is underperforming in approximately all the tournaments. Legends like Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Lasith Malinga, and many more were retired after no Sri Lankan player come up as a good replacement as any of these players.
This is the reason that why the Sri Lankan team won’t able to qualify for the semifinals since 2014 in every ICC tournament. Recently Sri Lankan team got various blows as their players retire at a young age.
Danushka Gunathilaka retired from Test Cricket at age of 30 years, continues to play in a limited format
Recently Bhanuka Rajapaksa has retired from international cricket at the young age of 30 years. This news shocked fans and the whole cricket world as it is rare That cricketers retired at this age. Sri Lanka cricket is recovering from the loss of Bhanuka, but another breaking news is waiting for the board.
As Danushka Gunathilaka announced his retirement from test cricket. Dhanushka was banned from test cricket in June 2021 due to a bio bubble breach. He was banned along with two other Sri Lankan players named Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella.
Dhanushka has imposed a ban of one year but now he announced his retirement from the test but continues to play in the shorter format of the game. While announcing his retirement he said, “It has always been an honor to play for my country and I hope to contribute to the best of my ability in the future by continuing to represent Sri Lanka whenever I am called upon to do so,” Sri Lankan team will have to recover from this loss as the team loses its two-star players.
Career analysis of Danushka Gunathilaka
Born in 1990, Sri Lanka, Danushka Gunathilaka is a left-handed batsman who opens for Sri Lanka along with Kusal Perera. He’s just 30 years old and announced his retirement from test cricket. He continues to play in the limited-overs game. Dhanushka played 8 test matches for Sri Lanka in which he scored 299 runs and also took one wicket.
In 44ODI matches, he scored 1582 runs and took 8 wickets. In 27 T20I matches, he scored 582 runs and took six wickets. Danushka Gunathilaka Is an aggressive batsman who single-handedly won many T20 matches for Sri Lanka.
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