Kumar Sangakkara


Full Name : Kumar Sangakkara
Born : 27th October 1977
Current age : 38 Years 04 Months 09 Days
Major Teams : Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Hobart Hurricanes
Batting style : Left-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm off break
Player Role : BATSMAN







Kumar “Sanga" Chokshanada Sangakkara (Sinhalese: කුමාර සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lankan national team. He is widely regarded as one of the world's most influential cricketer. He has forged many formidable partnerships with long time team mate and friend, Mahela Jayawardene and holds numerous batting records in the modern era across all formats of the game.He is second to Sachin Tendulkar in terms of most international runs with 28,016.

Kumar Sangakkara in a Gladiator Look...
 





Kumar Sangakkara
කුමාර සංගක්කාර
Sangakkara in his final ODI in Sri Lanka
Personal information
Full name
Kumara Chokshanada Sangakkara
Born
27 October 1977 (age 38)
MataleSri Lanka
Nickname
Sanga
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style
Left hand bat
Bowling style
Right arm off break
Role
International information
National side
·         Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 84)
20 July 2000 v South Africa
Last Test
20–24 August 2015 v India
ODI debut(cap 105)
5 July 2000 v Pakistan
Last ODI
18 March 2015 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.
11
T20I debut (cap 10)
15 June 2006 v England
Last T20I
6 April 2014 v India
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1997–present
2016–present
2007
2011–2012
2013
2014
2015–present
2015–present
2015–present
2008-2010
Career statistics
Competition
Matches
134
404
56
512
Runs scored
12,400
14,234
1382
18,630
57.40
41.98
31.40
43.02
100s/50s
38/52
25/93
0/8
36/116
Top score
319
169
78
169
Balls bowled
84
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0
-
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-
5 wickets in innings
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10 wickets in match
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-
Best bowling
-
Catches/stumpings
182/20
402/99
25/20
509/124