Once called ‘lazy’, how Prabath Jayasuriya became key SL threat after late debut
The pandemic was raging in Sri Lanka. Prabath Jayasuriya had nowhere to go. The grounds were empty; the gyms were shuttered down; the streets were lonely. Then one evening in May 2021, his phone buzzed. A national selector’s voice crackled. He was in the squad for the Test series against Bangladesh. A dream was fulfilled….