Kusal Janith Perera plays all forms of the game for the Sri Lanka national cricket team, and currently one of the permanent top order batsman in all formats.
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54 Facts About Kusal Janith Perera
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Kusal Janith Perera was a key member of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 winning team.
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Kusal Janith Perera smashed 153 not out against South Africa in the first Test at Durban in 2019 to snatch the victory from the hands of South Africa by adding 78 runs for the last wicket with Vishwa Fernando in the match in the 4th innings of the Test match.
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Kusal Janith Perera made his Indian Premier League debut playing for Rajasthan Royals in the 2013 IPL season.
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Kusal Janith Perera is known as a quick scorer, and can hit the ball very hard which has a same batting style of former Sri Lanka legend Sanath Jayasuriya.
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Kusal Janith Perera was a part of a 15-man squad that toured Australia in January 2013.
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Kusal Janith Perera made his One day international debut against Australia in the 2nd ODI on January 13,2013, replacing the injured Dinesh Chandimal, where he came to bat on number 4 and scored an unbeaten 14 from 16 balls before Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets.
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Kusal Janith Perera made his T20I debut in the first T20I against Australia in January 2013 and scored 33 from 22 balls before getting caught behind off Australian all rounder, Glenn Maxwell.
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Kusal Janith Perera showed his batting talents right on the first innings of the match, where he was the top scorer for Sri Lanka with 56 runs in first innings.
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Kusal Janith Perera scored 64 from 44 balls hitting five boundaries and four sixes.
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Sri Lanka won the match by 17 runs and Kusal Perera won man of the match award for his performance.
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Finally Sri Lanka won the match by 8 wickets and Kusal Perera won the man of the match award for his performance.
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Kusal Janith Perera hit his maiden ODI ton against Bangladesh on 22 February 2014.
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Kusal Janith Perera scored 106 from 124 balls before getting bowled By Rubel Hossain.
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Kusal Janith Perera scored 64 runs from 44 balls hitting seven boundaries and one six.
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Kusal Janith Perera scored 125 runs in the tournament at an average of 20.
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Kusal Janith Perera had some quick runs in the next matches, but failed to effect larger to the team.
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Kusal Janith Perera was not qualified for the squad for 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup tournament due to poor performance against India and England.
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Kusal Janith Perera played his first World Cup match against Scotland on 11 March 2015, where he scored quick 24 runs.
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Kusal Janith Perera was replaced to this match due to injury for Dinesh Chandimal against Australia.
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Kusal Janith Perera opened the batting for Sri Lanka on quarter finals of the World Cup, where he failed again to score runs, only scored 3 runs.
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Kusal Janith Perera just lost the first match for quick 26 runs in Dambulla.
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The shots of Kusal Janith Perera was described by the international commentators as the dawn of a new Little Sana, with just the same aggressive batting by Sanath in the past.
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The strike rate of Kusal Janith Perera's innings was 272 and it is the highest strike rate in an innings of 50 or more runs by a Sri Lanka batsman in ODIs, which he surpassed his master Jayasuriya's strike rate of 271.
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Kusal Janith Perera is the fourth Sri Lankan player to get out in 99 in ODIs, the other three are Kaluwitharana single time, Jayasuriya in two times, and Dilshan single time.
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Kusal Janith Perera was included to the original squad for 2017 ICC Champions Trophy and played first two pool games as well.
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However, during the match against India, Kusal Janith Perera suffered by a hamstring injury and he retired hurt after scoring 47 runs.
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Kusal Janith Perera was immediately ruled out of the Champions Trophy and Dhananjaya de Silva was replaced Kusal in the tournament.
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Kusal Janith Perera was ruled out of the Bangladesh Tri-series after a side strain occurred during his 49 runs against Zimbabwe on 21 January 2018.
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Kusal Janith Perera initially tested positive for a banned substance and was recalled from the New Zealand tour in December 2015.
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Kusal Janith Perera had spent some of his own money on fighting the charges, including travelling to the UK to undergo further tests to clear his name.
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Kusal Janith Perera played for the third test at Lord's and scored 42 runs in the first innings.
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Kusal Janith Perera devastated the Zimbabwean bowling attack for 15 fours and two sixes, including taking debutant Carl Mumba for five fours in an over after the tea break.
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Kusal Janith Perera was renamed to the squad in late March 2017 for Bangladesh limited over series, however could not play in ODI series due to hamstring injury.
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Kusal Janith Perera marked his comeback by strong note with match winning 77 runs off 55 balls, where Sri Lanka won the match by 6 wickets.
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On 16 March 2018 against Bangladesh in the Tri-series, Kusal Janith Perera recorded his tenth T20I fifty by equaling second most number of T20I fifties by a Sri Lankan.
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Kusal Perera became the first player to score 5 T20I fifties against a same opposition after registering the most number of T20I fifties by any player in T20I history.
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On fifth day of the match, Kusal Janith Perera came into bat for the sixth wicket, where Sri Lanka still required more than 60 runs to win the match and level the series.
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Kusal Janith Perera had several bandages around the chest region and showed some pain during the match.
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Kusal Janith Perera was replaced by Kusal Mendis in both ODIs and T20Is.
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On 16 February 2019, Kusal Janith Perera scored his second test century by giving a thrilling win against South Africa.
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Kusal Janith Perera scored a fifty in the first innings and in the second innings, South Africa posted 304 runs to win the match.
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Kusal Janith Perera scored unbeaten 153 runs and secure a thrilling one wicket win.
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Kusal Janith Perera won the man of the match award for match winning batting performance.
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Kusal Janith Perera finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Sri Lanka, with 273 runs in seven matches.
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Kusal Janith Perera scored 111 runs including 17 boundaries and one six.
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Kusal Janith Perera was the highest run scorer in the series for Sri Lankan scoring 100 runs in three matches with average of 33.
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However Kusal Janith Perera dismissed for 66 off 38 and Hasaranga for 44 off 34, West Indies finally won the match by 25 runs.
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However, in third ODI on 28 May 2021, Kusal Janith Perera scored his sixth ODI century and guided team to a commanding total of 286.
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In September 2021, Kusal Janith Perera was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
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Kusal Janith Perera hit six boundaries and brought 8 wicket victory for Sri Lanka.
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