Greatness personified, and an even greater taste in spirits and fashion, @KumarSanga2 's ambition to become a Lawyer came to a halt when Brendon Kuruppu, who was looking for a wicket keeper following Sri Lanka's horror run in the 1999 World Cup, told his fellow selectors that he found a boy from Kandy who played for Trinity. While still at the University of Colombo, he made his World Cup debut in 2003, but that one unfortunate run out made him a villain in the eyes of many Cricket fans, a "stinker" in its pure English translation if one should describe him. Today, the young wicketkeeper Mr. Kuruppu found in the nets, celebrates his 49th birthday as one of the most accomplished Cricketers Sri Lanka has ever produced, with runs only behind Tendulkar and now Kohli, reminding us that it's not how you start, but how you finish. Here's a throwback on his other attributes outside cricket!➡️thesidelines.lk/sanga-the-wo…