Kusal Perera

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Mathurage Don Kusal Janith Perera (Sinhala: කුසල් පෙරේරා) (born 17 August 1990), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who currently plays limited overs cricket and is a former ODI cricket captain. He was a key member of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 winning team.

He scored 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. That innings was named as the second-best Test innings of the decade by Wisden in 2019 and he also won the best test performance from ESPNcricinfo for 2019.