But Vishwa Fernando held his own against the strong South African attack with Perera exploding at the other end. Former skipper Kumar Sangakkara, who had staunchly defended Perera when he was suspended in December 2015, called the performance at Kingsmead on Saturday “unreal”. Kusal Janith Perera was unreal. you beauty, take a bow Kusal Perera and well done to @IamDimuth for a historic win.”Former England captain Michael Vaughan hailed it as one of the greatest Test matches. In these tracks, if you’re not willing to wear balls on the body, you might as well not be batting,” Perera remarked.

Source: The Telegraph February 17, 2019 23:15 UTC