He played his first Test Match against West Indies in 2018 after 10 years from his limited overs debut.
Straight after his left from school, he joined Chilaw Marians SC and Promoted to open the batting.
He is usually opens the batting and made his first class debut in 2004–05 in Sri Lanka and he was also named in the thirty-man provincial squad for the 2007 World Cup but failed to make it to the final fifteen.
His average in first class cricket may not be that great, but it his hard hitting capabilities that have left many an expert rooting for him.
He became the oldest Sri Lankan to debut opening in Test cricket at the age of 31.