Education
Royal College, Colombo.
Royal College, Colombo.
A badminton player, he was selected to captain the Sri Lankan contingent to the He took up badminton at the age of 8, having been introduced to the sport by his father, who was a national level badminton player. He currently holds a position in the banking sector as a bank employee. As of July 2012, he is ranked 48th in men"s singles from the Badminton World Federation.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he was knocked out of the men"s singles in the round of 16 by Srikanth Kidambi.
He was also part of the Sri Lankan mixed badminton team, which was knocked out at the quarterfinal stage by England. On 30 July 2012 Karunaratne defeated world eighth-ranked Kenichi Tago of Japan 2–0.
Karunaratne defeated Tago 21–18, 21–16 in 44 minutes at the Wembley Arena in the Olympic men"s badminton singles Group C at the India"s Parupalli Kashyap sent him out of the Games, in a closely fought pre-quarter match.