kumar sangakkara Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
kumar sangakkara is a cricketer(sportsman) from Sri Lanka. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara
Born
October 27, 1977, Matale
Age
46 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 134 | 404 | 56 | 71 |
Inn | 233 | 380 | 53 | 68 |
Runs | 12400 | 14234 | 1382 | 1687 |
Avg | 57.14 | 41.99 | 31.41 | 25.95 |
SR | 54.19 | 78.86 | 119.55 | 121.19 |
HS | 319 | 169 | 78 | 94 |
NO | 16 | 41 | 9 | 3 |
100s | 38 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 52 | 93 | 8 | 10 |
4s | 1491 | 1385 | 139 | 195 |
6s | 51 | 88 | 20 | 27 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 134 | 404 | 56 | 71 |
Inn | 4 | - | - | - |
Balls | 84 | - | - | - |
Runs | 49 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | - | - | - |
BBI | 4 / 0 | - | - | - |
BBM | 4 / 0 | - | - | - |
Eco | 3.5 | - | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | - | - | - |
5W | 0 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Sri Lanka
- Asia XI
- Central Province
- Colombo District Cricket Association
- Deccan Chargers
- Durham
- Hobart Hurricanes
- ICC World XI
- Jamaica Tallawahs
- Kandurata
- Kandurata Maroons
- Karachi Kings
- Kings XI Punjab
- Marylebone Cricket Club
- Multan Sultans
- Nondescripts Cricket Club
- Quetta Gladiators
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Surrey
- Warwickshire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Sangakkara's arrival on the cricket scene was sensational. A blistering 156 against Zimbabwe A in 2000 was enough to convince the selectors of his ability. Rewarded with a place in the one-day squad at the age of only 22, he won his first Man of the Match award in his second game. He scored his maiden Test century in his tenth Test after missing out twice before by getting out in the 90s. His batting was bordered by a temperament beyond his age.
Sangakkara reached the peak of his prowess under the leadership of his good mate Mahela Jayawardene, having a prolific run in both forms of the game. His compiled a monumental 287 in the company of Mahela as the duo put on 624, and sucked the life out of the South African bowling attack, while rewriting First-Class cricket record books. His counter-attacking century on a green pitch in Wellington in 2006-07 showed his class as a batsman.
His memorable 192 in Hobart against Australia in 2007, yet again proved that he is the mainstay of the Sri Lankan batting line-up. Part of the modern generation of wicket keeper-batsmen, Sangakkara's versatility is the prime reason for his side's success. His top-notch displays are reflected in the fact that he topped the ICC test rankings towards the end of 2007, and was included in the ICC World ODI XI in 2005 and the World Test Team in 2006.
He is one of the few batsmen who owns the stupendous record of amassing 10,000-plus runs in both Tests and ODIs. He led the Hyderabad franchise for 3 years (2011- 2013), but had to pave way for Cameron White in the 2013.
Arguably, Sangakkara was instrumental in helping Sri Lanka achieve balance in their playing eleven. Given the responsibility of leading the national side after the resignation of Mahela Jayawardene, Sangakarra had a pivotal role in giving direction to Sri Lankan cricket.
The advent of leadership catapulted his powers even further. Sangakkara enjoyed a great deal of success at the helm, leading Sri Lanka to wins in the tri-series in Bangladesh and defeating Asian-rivals, India. He also guided Sri Lanka to the 2011 World Cup final. However, he stepped down from captaincy, following the agonizing loss in the final, realising the importance of ushering in the new age of Sri Lankan cricket aside from sharpening his own batsmanship. The same year, he was adjudged the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year.
He confirmed his place in the pantheon of greats when he became the joint-fastest to scale 10,000 Test runs alongside Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara. Second only to Sir Don Bradman in the list of double centuries, Sanga's monstrous appetite for runs grew with every passing game. In the company of Jaywardene, he inspired Sri Lanka to be a force to reckon with, even in overseas conditions. In the holy quartet of Sri Lankan cricket, if Arjuna Ranatunga was the creator, Sanath Jayasurya the destroyer, then Sanga and Mahela will be fondly remembered as the protectors.
Embarking upon a new era, Sangakkara endorsed his succession into the creator's shoes when he was at the forefront of Sri Lanka's memorable World T20 win in Bangladesh in April 2014. In a tense final, his unbeaten fifty shepherded Sri Lanka to the title to break the 'final vodoo' as they tasted their first major World event triumph since 1996. Aptly, Sangakkara and Mahela, bade farewell to T20I cricket with that title.
During the England series in Nov-Dec 2014, Sangakkara completed 13,000 runs in ODIs, becoming the fourth player to achieve this feat. He scored four consecutive half-centuries followed by a century in the series. In December, he also became the second Sri Lankan to compile 20 centuries in that format. On December 16, 2014, he played his final ODI on home soil and scored 33. He amassed 2868 runs in 2014, the most runs aggregated when we consider all formats of the game in a calendar year.
On January 4, 2015, in a Test against New Zealand, Sangakkara scored his 11th double ton. Only Sir Don Bradman with 12 double tons is ahead of him in that regard. He also surpassed 12,000 runs in Test cricket. Two weeks later, Sangakkara became the third highest run-scorer in ODIs, surpassing Jayasuriya. He also signed a two-year deal with Surrey at the start of 2015.
Sangakkara was in supreme form in the World Cup held in Australia. He amassed over 500 runs which included four centuries to his name. He became the first batsman to compose four tons in a single World Cup. After the World Cup, he hung up his spiked boots from ODIs. But continued to play in Tests until the series against against India in 2015. In his last Test at Colombo (PSS), he was given a guard of honour, when he walked out to bat by India's cricketers.
As much as he is stylish with the bat on the field, he is equally intelligent and effective off it. In an eloquent speech in 2011 at the MCC Spirit of Cricket Colin Cowdrey Lecture in Lord's, Sangakkara challenged Sri Lankan cricket's political establishment. He possesses a degree in law and is also known to be a voracious reader. Kumar Sangakkara is a complete person in the truest sense of the word.
Lesser known facts about Sangakkara:
1. Sangakkara became the youngest person to deliver the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey lecture at Lord's.
2. Sangakkara is the partner of Foundation of Goodness, a charity launched by former team-mate and close friend, Muttiah Muralitharan.
3. He represented Sri Lanka Schools in Tennis before switching to the gentleman's game.
By Cricbuzz staff
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
As soon as he broke into the side at the age of 22, while a law student, it was apparent that Kumar Sangakkara was destined for more than just batting stardom. The left-handers that had preceded him, like Arjuna Ranatunga and Asanka Gurusinha, had been pugnacious battlers but Sangakkara was cut from more graceful cloth, easing into strokes with the elegance often associated withthose that play with the 'other' hand. The cut and the pull came naturally to him and with growing confidence, he became a more assured front-foot player as well.
Ranatunga had already exploded the myth of the Sri Lankans being meek men who could be bullied, but Sangakkara has refined the belligerence, combining a suave exterior with cutting asides and sharp sledges from behind the stumps. Initially, his glovework wasn't for the purists, but such was his batting ability that there was no question of displacing him from the XI.
As a batsman, he has matured steadily, and the appetite for runs was best illustrated at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo in 2006, when he and Mahela Jayawardene, captain and close friend, added 624 against a South African attack boasting Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini. Sangakkara contributed 287 and did his burgeoning reputation no harm a year later when he went to Hobart and scored a dazzling 192 in a close defeat. By then, he already had a half-century in a World Cup final to his name, and long before Jayawardene relinquished the captaincy, it was understood that Sangakkara would be the anointed one.
He has been far less relentless in the one-day arena, often throwing his wicket away when well set, but his leadership qualities have made him a sought-after signing in the Indian Premier League. With the captain's burden on his shoulders, he no longer keeps in Test matches, but the smart-alec remarks from behind the stumps are a common feature of every game that Sri Lanka plays in coloured clothes.
Although leadership drew the best from him as a batsman, he remains a voracious no. 3 in all forms despite having relinquished the reins in 2011. Sangakkara won the top prize at 2012's ICC awards, in addition to the award for Test Cricketer of the Year and the People's Choice award for the second year running. Later that year he confirmed himself among batting's modern greats, by becoming the equal fastest man to 10,000 Test runs alongside Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, with the biggest Test crowd Sri Lanka had ever played for in audience, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
.
Dileep Premachandran and ESPNcricinfo staff