Pakistan vs World XI: 5 retired players who are part of the World XI

#2 Thisara Perera

Thisara Perera

Thisara Perera is an explosive lower-order batsman, who likes to play the big shots more often than not. Apart from that, he is more than useful with the ball in hand. In 2012, he became the seventh Sri Lankan bowler to pick up a hat-trick in international cricket.

In 2016, the Colombo-born cricketer finally decided to pull down the curtains on his Test career and hence retired from the format. Nevertheless, he continued to ply his trade for Sri Lanka in One Day and T20 cricket.

He recently represented the Gloucestershire in the Natwest T20 Blast and also played the one-off T20 match against India. With the skills he possesses with both bat and ball, he can be an asset to the World XI side.