It is reported that former Sri Lanka Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne has decided to bid farewell to the Test field.

Accordingly, it is said that the second test cricket match between Sri Lanka and Australia in the Vaughan-Murali Trophy starting tomorrow will be the last test match in which Dimuth will play. Also, it will be the 100th Test cricket match played by Dimuth Karunaratne.
Meanwhile, it is special that Dimuth has decided to say goodbye to inter-club league cricket matches with this decision.Colombo NCC from 14th to 16th of this month. In the inter-club three-day cricket tournament held at the stadium, S.S.C. and N.C.C. The match between the teams would turn out to be Dimuth's last domestic cricket match.
In 2024, Dimuth could not achieve his usual success on the Test field. Therefore, there was some talk about Dimuth's place in the Test team.However, it is said that Dimuth has taken this decision considering that he is not able to reach his usual performance and will play a minimum number of Test matches for Sri Lanka in 2025.
Dimuth Karunaratne, who is currently 36 years old, has played 99 Test cricket matches for Sri Lanka.It is also special that he has scored 7172 runs in 189 innings and has recorded 16 centuries and 39 fifties. During the New Zealand cricket team's tour of Sri Lanka in 2012, Dimuth won the Test mandate for Sri Lanka for the first time.Then in 2019, Dimuth Karunaratne became the captain of the Sri Lankan Test team during the South African tour of the Sri Lankan team.
In addition, Dimuth has played 50 one-day international cricket matches for Sri Lanka.With a century and 11 half-centuries, Dimuth has scored a total of 1316 runs. Also, before the One Day World Cup held in 2019, the cricket selection committee took steps to nominate Dimuth for the captaincy of the Sri Lanka ODI team.