Fearless, audacious and turbo-aggressive, Kusal Janith Perera is a firecracker in the Sri Lankan batting unit. Sanath Jayasuriya's career experienced a U-turn when he was elevated to the top of the order, launching flying starts. Kusal, who also began as a middle-order batsman, seems to have taken a leaf out of his predecessor's book.

Perera was a regular in the Sri Lankan Under-19 teams since 2007. He, then, debuted for the Colts Cricket Club in 2009. The dashing young batsman etched his name in the Sri Lankan cricket folklore when he slammed 336 from just 275 deliveries for the Colts against Saracens at Havelock Park, Colombo. The hurricane knock, featuring 14 maximums and 29 hits to the fence, is the only triple century in the history of the domestic competition.