KUMAR SANGAKKARA BIOGRAPHY

   KUMAR SANGAKKARA 

He was (born 27 October 1977 is a Srilankan Commentator, Cricketer and former Captain of Srilankan Cricket team and a model,widely regarded as one of the greatest Batsman in the history of sport and has been among the top 3 Batsman in ICC ranking accross all 3 formats of the game,during his international Career.Sangakkara has scored 28,016 Runs in international cricket accross all formats in the career that spend 15 Years.t retirement,he has the Second high-run-Scorer in ODI Cricket, Next only to Sachin Tendulkar,anf the sixth-highest in Score in Test Cricket.

              Personal information 

Name : KUMAR SANGAKKARA 

Born : 27 October 1977

Age : 43 Years

Birth place : Matale,Srilanka

NickName : Sanga

Wealth : 21 Million$

Batting : Left-handed 

Bowling : Right-Arm off break

Role : Wicket-keeper batsman  

International information 

National  : Srilanka 2000-15

Test Debut : 20 July Vs South Africa 

Last Test : 20 August 2015 Vs India

ODI Debut : 5 July 2000 Vs Pakistan 

Last ODI : 18 March 2015 Vs South

T20 Debut : 15 June 2006 Vs England 

Last T20 : 6 April 2014 Vs India

Shirt No : 11

                Domestic Statics

Years                             Team

1997-14                     Nodescript

2007-14                     Kandurata

2008                          Worwickshire

2008-10                     Kings Xl

2014                          Durham

2015-17                     Surrey

2015-17                     Dhaka dynamites

2016                          Queeta Gladiators

2020                          MCC

                 Career Statics

Competition       Test        ODI      T20

Matches             134         404        56

Runs                   12400    14234    1382

Average              57.40     41.98     31.40

100/50                 38/52     25/93      0/8

Top Score           319        169         78

Balls Bowl          84           0             0

Wickets               0             0             0

 

Bowl Ave            0              0            0

Best Bowl           0              0            0

Catch/Stump     182/20    402/99   25/20

SANGAKKARA holds many test records,having been the fastest to various runs milestone in test Cricket.Sangakkara Partnership with Mahela Jayawardene 's the second most prolific in the history of test cricket.Addicionally,he holds the record for the most wicket keeping Dismissals in ODI Cricket.

 SANGAKKARA won the ICC player of the year 2012 and featured in many awards and old test and ODI Xls during his career.He was selected the leading Cricketer of the year in 201,2015.Sangakkara was rated as the Greatest ODI Player of all time in a public poll holded by Crickets Australia in 2016.

Coaching Career

He was Appointed 's director of Cricket for Rajhastan Royals in January 2021