Mathurage Don Kusal Janith Perera (Sinhala: ????? ??????); born 17 August 1990), more commonly known as Kusal Perera, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer.
He plays all forms of the game for the Sri Lanka national cricket team, and currently one of the permanent middle order batsman in all formats.
He was a key member of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 winning team.
He smashed 153 not out against South Africa in the first Test at Durban in 2019 to snatch the victory from the hands of South Africa by adding 78 runs for the last wicket with Vishwa Fernando in the match in the 4th innings of the Test match.
That innings was named as named as the second best Test innings of the decade by Wisden in 2019.In domestic cricket, he plays for the Wayamba cricket team.