10 Current cricketers who are not made for T20 cricket

5. Dimuth Karunaratne

Being a vital cog in Sri Lanka’s red-ball setup, Dimuth Karunaratne has at present made himself emerge as one of the finest opening batters in Test cricket. With over 5000 runs being scored in the longest format, the cricketer has impressively maintained his average of over 38 since his last few years. However, when it comes to exhibiting a similar performance in the shortest format, the 33-year old has extremely found it difficult to exert himself in the T20s.

While playing his first T20 game way back in 2010, the left-handed opener has so far only played 34 T20 matches wherein there’s hardly anything impressive. In terms of total runs, Karunaratne has merely scored 543 of them that collectively has made him average about 16.96. Even in terms of strike rate, the Sri Lankan has grappled as it currently stands at 108.81.

Further, there’s also merely a total of three fifty-plus scores along with only smashing three sixes in his entire T20 career. Overall, by playing his last T20 game way back in 2018, the former Sri Lankan skipper seems to have gotten well aware of his inferiority when comes to the shortest format.