He was a key member of Sri Lanka's 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team.

[citation needed] Despite his pace, his variation on duller pitches was lacking, and thus he failed to get into the Sri Lankan side on a regular basis.

His best bowling figure in a Test innings is 7/116 which he made against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club in 1994/95.

Pushpakumara could be viewed as another fast bowling prospect which failed to live up to expectation from Sri Lanka.

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