India, Feb. 4 -- Dimuth Karunaratne, the former Sri Lanka captain, is set to retire from Test cricket after making his 100th appearance in the format in Sri Lanka's second match against Australia in Galle. The 36-year-old will retire as the fourth highest run scorer for Sri Lanka in Tests after Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and Angelo Mathews, going into his final match with 7172 runs at an average of 39.40.

Karunaratne has not played ODI cricket since November 2023 and never played a single T20I, thus making him a Test specialist in recent years. The second Test against Australia is Sri Lanka's last in the current WTC cycle and they only play two more Tests after this until May 2026. Karunaratne said that he informed Sri Lanka Cr...