Sri Lanka batter Danushka Gunathilaka retires from Test cricket day after ban over bio-bubble breach lifted

Sri Lanka batter Danushka Gunathilaka retired from Test cricket a day after his one-year ban in connection to the bio-bubble breach in England final 12 months was lifted. Danushka Gunathilaka retired from Test cricket to deal with white-ball codecs (AFP Photo)HIGHLIGHTS30-year-old Gunathilaka retired from Test cricket on SaturdayThe choice comes a day after his one-year ban was lifted by the SLCThe Sri Lanka batter intends to proceed enjoying white-ball cricketSri Lanka’s flamboyant opening batter Danushka Gunathilaka introduced his retirement from Test cricket a day after his one-year ban in relation to a bio-security breach in England ended. Gunathilaka, 30, determined to retire from Tests to deal with the white-ball codecs of the sport, the Sri Lanka Cricket board mentioned on Saturday.

Gunathilaka mentioned he took the choice to retire from Test cricket after evaluating all points. He performed 8 Tests after making his debut in 2017, scoring 299 runs, together with two fifties. In 44 ODIs, he has scored 1520 runs at a mean of 36.19, whereas in T20Is, he has 568 runs in 30 matches at a strike charge of 121.62.Gunathilaka’s retirement comes days after one other 30-year-old in Bhanuka Rajapaksa retired from worldwide cricket.Gunathilaka hasn’t performed Tests since December 2018 however had been an everyday member of the limited-overs facet earlier than he was suspended together with Niroshan Dickwella and Kusal Mendis final 12 months over a bio-bubble breach in Bristol in the course of the staff’s tour of England in July.Notably, the SLC suspended the remaining 7 months of the three gamers’ ban for the subsequent two years however mentioned their conduct will probably be intently monitored by the board. Gunathilaka together with Dickwella and Mendis are eligible for nationwide choice.Gunathilaka continuously bumped into issues with the SLC over disciplinary points. Since his worldwide debut in the direction of the top of 2015, Gunathilaka has served three separate suspensions, the newest being the one for breaching bio-bubble protocols.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.