Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara

Sangakkara in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara
Born	(1977-10-27) 27 October 1977 (age 46) Matale, Sri Lanka
Nickname	Sanga
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Wicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (2000–2015)
Test debut (cap 84)	20 July 2000 v South Africa
Last Test	20 August 2015 v India
ODI debut (cap 105)	5 July 2000 v Pakistan
Last ODI	18 March 2015 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.	84 (2000–2007) 11 (2007–2015)
T20I debut (cap 10)	15 June 2006 v England
Last T20I	6 April 2014 v India
T20I shirt no.	11
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998–2014	Nondescripts
2007–2014	Kandurata
2007	Warwickshire
2008–2010	Kings XI Punjab
2011–2012	Deccan Chargers
2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2013–2017	Jamaica Tallawahs
2014	Durham
2014	Udarata Rulers
2015–2017	Surrey
2015–2017	Dhaka Dynamites
2015/16-2016/17	Hobart Hurricanes
2016	Quetta Gladiators
2017	Karachi Kings
2018	Multan Sultans
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 134 404 56 260 Runs scored 12,400 14,234 1,382 20,911 Batting average 57.40 41.98 31.40 52.40 100s/50s 38/52 25/93 0/8 64/86 Top score 319 169 78 319 Balls bowled 84 – – 246 Wickets 0 – – 1 Bowling average – – – 150.00 5 wickets in innings – – – 0 10 wickets in match – – – 0 Best bowling – – – 1/13 Catches/stumpings 182/20 403/98 25/20 373/33
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Sri Lanka ICC Cricket World Cup Runner-up 2007 West Indies Runner-up 2011 India–Bangladesh–Sri Lanka ICC T20 World Cup Winner 2014 Bangladesh Runner-up 2009 England Runner-up 2012 Sri Lanka ICC Champions Trophy Winner 2002 Sri Lanka ACC Asia Cup Winner 2004 Sri Lanka Winner 2008 Pakistan Winner 2014 Bangladesh Runner-up 2010 Sri Lanka ACC Asian Test Championship Winner 2001–2002
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 April 2024

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (Sinhala: කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer who represented Sri Lanka in 134 Test matches from 2000 to 2015, including fifteen as captain. In first-class cricket, he played for Nondescripts Cricket Club from 1997–98 to 2013–14 and for Surrey County Cricket Club from 2015 to 2017. He also played for numerous franchise teams. He was born in Matale, Central Province. He was a part of the Sri Lankan squads which won the 2001-02 Asian Test Championship, 2002 ICC Champions Trophy (jointly with India) and the 2014 T20 World Cup.

Sangakkara played mostly as a wicket-keeper-batter and is generally regarded as one of the greatest players of this type in cricket history.^[1] He batted left-handed and, although he rarely bowled, was a right-arm off spinner. In all three forms of international cricket, Sangakkara is the second-highest run-scorer, having amassed a total of 28,016 including 63 centuries.^[2]

Since retirement, he has worked as a commentator for Sky Sports and served as President of the MCC from October 2019 to September 2021. In January 2021, Sangakkara also became the coach of Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in June 2021, the second Sri Lankan player to be inducted after Muttiah Muralitharan.

He has recently come out of retirement to play for Dorset Division 3 side Shillingstone CC. He bats at 5 after claiming he is "untested at this level".