To lead your country in a World Cup cricket tournament is the dream of every cricketer. For Dimuth Karunaratne primarily a Test batsman the honour has come when he least expected it.Karunaratne would never have dreamt of leading his country to a World Cup let alone being selected as a member of the one-day side because after the 2015 World Cup he was never considered for selection in the one-day side by succeeding selection committees.But given the reins of captaincy in the two-Test series in South Africa he managed to motivate a crestfallen team to perform like champions and win the series 2-0, a feat that has not been matched by any team from the subcontinent.
