Sri Lanka have now lost a home series to England 3-0, then away to New Zealand 1-0 coupled with their two defeats in Australia.
The tourists crumbled to an innings and 40 runs defeat to Australia inside three days of first Test.
Karunaratne's effort means that he is the 34th player to have recorded a century while carrying the bat through a completed innings. His 158* is the 15th highest score for an opener in a carrying-bat-through effort.
Marvan Atapattu is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, a prolific right-handed batsman and one of the rare cricketers to have breached the 5,000 runs mark in Tests.
Marvan Atapattu is currently the mentor of Belagavi Panthers in KPL.
Just two years after winning it, senior Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was on Wednesday once again nominated for the ICC People's Choice award.
Sri Lankan batting coach Marvan Atapattu on Sunday praised the Pakistan team as one of the best in the recent past and likened their captain Misbah-ul-Haq to his country's former skipper Arjuna Ranatunga.
Sri Lanka batting coach Marvan Atapattu insisted on Thursday that his team can save the first Test, despite being punished by a rampant Pakistan batting line-up.
Sri Lanka will have to adjust quickly to the Test format as well as different wickets if they are to challenge England in their backyard, batting coach Marvan Atapattu said Tuesday.
Sri Lanka have appointed former captain Marvan Atapattu as the team's batting coach for the England tour, which gets underway next month.
ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने श्रीलंका को टेस्ट सीरीज में 2-0 से मात दी।
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