# 8: Sri Lanka – Thisara Perera
A career average of 20 is an incredibly underwhelming one given his potential. This is probably down to the fact that Perera often bats in the lower middle-order where he gets little time to get his eye in. A career strike rate of 112 in ODIs is an indicator, though, of his destructive potential with the bat in hand.
Perera has a 23-ball 50 against his name, scored against England in 2014. The all-rounder’s finest hour in an ODI came against New Zealand in 2019. Against an attack comprising Trent Boult and Tim Southee, the left-hander plundered 140 runs off 74 balls while batting at no. 7. Only two other players have scored more runs in an ODI from that position.
