#3 Marvan Atapattu – 48
Marvan Atapattu was Sri Lanka’s first choice opener in the 1990s and early 2000s, and played as the perfect foil to Jayasuriya, as the Hyde to his Jekyll. His patient run making an immovable presence at the crease enabled Jayasuriya to continue on his marauding ways and the freedom to not worry about the team’s situation.
He was a key cog in the Sri Lankan batting lineup, scoring 6 double centuries in Tests and over 8500 runs in ODIs. However, despite his obvious run-making ability, Atapattu seems to have been a bad judge of runs, having been involved in runouts a shocking 48 times.
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