Kasun Disi Kithuruwan Vithanage (; born February 1991), or commonly Kithuruwan Vithanage, is a professional Sri Lankan

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er who plays for all forms of the game in international level. He is a Left-hand batsman and legbreak bowler.

International career

He made his test debut for

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on 8 March 2013

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against

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and One day International debut 25 December 2013 at

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against

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. He scored 59 runs on his test debut and 27 runs on ODI debut. He could not continue a good form in ODIS but scored his first test ton against

scoring 103 not out. With that test ton, he was only the second Sri Lankan to score a test century when batting at number 8 position in tests and jointly holds the record for the highest test score with

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when batting at number 8 position for

. He made his T20I debut against

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on May 20, 2014, and scored 38 runs. After

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tour in Sri Lanka A team, Vithanage showed his talents that he can come in to the Test side back. He was called up for the first Test against

on 10 December 2015.

Controversies

Kithruwan Vithanage has been involved in several incidents regarding discipline. In one such instance in 2014, following the end of the third day of the first test match against

, he left the team hotel without permission and returned at 6.30 am next morning. According to Sri Lanka team manager Michael de Zoysa, this was not the first time he has breached team discipline. In previous occasions Vithanage had left the hotel without permission during tours of

and

. As a result of his actions he was placed on probation for one year. In July 2016

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suspended Vithanage from all forms of cricket for one year for his part in a public brawl.

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