Sri Lanka's Danushka Gunathilaka announces Retirement from Test Cricket

On Saturday, Sri Lanka’s opening batter, Danushka Gunathilaka, has announced retirement from Test cricket at the age of 30 to focus on the white ball formats, said the country’s apex cricket body. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said, "the batter will now be focusing on the shorter formats".

Recently, Bhanuka Rajapaksa has announced his decision to retire altogether from international cricket and a day after the board lifted a one-year bio-security breach suspensions on Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella with immediate effect.

Gunathilaka stated that he has taken the decision after evaluating all aspects. He hasn’t played in Test cricket since 2018, with his eight appearances getting him 299 runs, two half-centuries and a career-best score of 61. In 44 ODIs, he has achieved 1520 runs at an average of 36.19, while in T20Is, he has 568 runs in 30 matches at a strike rate of 121.62. 

Gunathilaka, over the disciplinary issues came into problems with SLC.