But there’s a twist to this dashing slogger’s story. Kuruppu holds the record for the slowest double-century in Test cricket. “That’s the other side of me,” he laughs. “I played according to the situation then. I had to stay at the wicket against a good New Zealand bowling attack and I did it — just like I started hitting over the field in one-dayers — because it was needed.”
Kuruppu doesn’t mind that his international career spanned just 54 ODIs and four Tests overs a period of eight years. “There wasn’t so much of cricket back then. I’m just happy to be still attached with Sri Lankan cricket at the time when it has got recognition, prestige and is a force to reckon with.”
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