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TOI Sports Desk | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Dimuth Karunaratne to retire after playing 100th Test

NEW DELHI: After playing his 100th Test match, which will be the second and last match against Australia beginning in Galle on Thursday, former Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne is set to retire from international cricket.

One of Sri Lanka's most successful batsmen, the 36-year-old has amassed 7,172 runs at an average of little under 40, including 16 hundreds and 34 half-centuries in 99 Test matches over almost 14 years. In 50 ODI appearances, he has amassed 1,316 runs, including one century and eleven fifties.

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