MDKJ Perera of Sri Lanka  who  made his test debut for Sri Lanka achieved a rare distinction of scoring fifties in both innings of a test. He scored 55 and 70 against India at Col-SSC in the just concluded test. He became the third wicket keeper batsman in the annals of test cricket to score twin fifties on debut. He emulated Dilawar Hussain or India and LD Chandimal of Sri Lanka. It was interesting to note that LD Chandimal was in the playing eleven in this test. The performance of these three wicket keepers are detailed below

 

No	Player	FI	SI	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Dilawar Hussain	59	57	116	Ind	Eng	Kolkata	05 Jan 1934
2	LD Chandimal	58	54	112	Srl	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2011
3	MDKJ Perera	55	70	125	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015