SL v NZ | Dilruwan Perera returns from injury for second Test

The 37-year-old has 38 caps for the lions in red ball cricket from which he has managed to accumulate an impressive tally of 153 wickets. He is the fastest bowler from the country to reach the landmark of 100 wickets, doing so in just 25 matches. He is handy with the bat as well and is capable of playing meaningful cameos lower down the order.

However, he has not been particularly successful internationally as of late, picking up a total of six wickets in the team’s last two tours of Australia and New Zealand in 2018. Yet, his selection was almost assured if he was available considering the degree of success he has had at home. More than 100 of his wickets have come in Sri Lanka itself, as he hit the milestone last year by taking his 100th wicket in the country against England in what only his 20th match on home soil. He ended up taking 38 wickets in the two series he played at home last year against South Africa and England comprising of two and three matches respectively.