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Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal honoured in Wisdens best team of the year – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports Editor: Melbourne)   Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal find themselves in elite  company with the release of Wisdens team of the 22/23 year.  The honour gives welcome credence and recognition to a team that has delivered many memorable cricketers over the past decades albeit,  as a younger member of world Test cricket. Karunaratne’s record as a consistently free scoring opener is without question drawn alongside Australian prolific run getter Usman Kuwaja who has also had a purple patch at the top of the order.  Chandimal has always been a highly talented batsman but fans will challenge his selection over some great players in the middle order.  Picked ahead of prolific batsmen such as  Pakistan skipper Babar Azam, Australia’s Steve Smith and  Englishman Joe Root will no ...