Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara
Personal information
Full name
Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara
Born (1977-10-27) 27 October 1977
Matale, Sri Lanka
NicknameSanga
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleWicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 84)20 July 2000 v South Africa
Last Test20 August 2015 v India
ODI debut (cap 105)5 July 2000 v Pakistan
Last ODI18 March 2015 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.84 (2000–2007)
11 (2007–2015)
T20I debut (cap 10)15 June 2006 v England
Last T20I6 April 2014 v India
T20I shirt no.11
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1998–2014Nondescripts
2007–2014Kandurata
2007Warwickshire
2008–2010Kings XI Punjab
2011–2012Deccan Chargers
2013Sunrisers Hyderabad
2013–2017Jamaica Tallawahs
2014Durham
2014Udarata Rulers
2015–2017Surrey
2015–2017Dhaka Dynamites
2015/16-2016/17Hobart Hurricanes
2016Quetta Gladiators
2017Karachi Kings
2018Multan 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
ODI World Cup
Runner-up2007 West Indies
Runner-up2011 India–Bangladesh–Sri Lanka
T20 World Cup
Winner2014 Bangladesh
Runner-up2009 England
Runner-up2012 Sri Lanka
Champions Trophy
Winner2002 Sri Lanka
Asia Cup
Winner2004 Sri Lanka
Winner2008 Pakistan
Winner2014 Bangladesh
Runner-up2010 Sri Lanka
Asian Test Championship
Winner2001–2002
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 from 2000 to 2015. A former captain in all formats. He was born in Matale, Central Province. 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 was a key part of the Sri Lankan squads which won the 2001-02 Asian Test Championship, 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and 2014 T20 World Cup.

Sangakkara played mostly as a wicket-keeper-batter and is generally regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keeper-batters in cricket history. His 38 Test centuries and 25 in ODIs are both highest for a wicket-keeper. He batted left-handed and, although he rarely bowled, was a right-arm off spinner. Combining all three forms of international cricket, Sangakkara is the second-highest run-scorer, having amassed a total of 28,016 including 63 centuries.

He has highest average amongst the batsmen who have completed 10000 or more runs in Test Cricket.

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 from 2021-2024.He was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in June 2021, the second Sri Lankan player to be inducted after Muttiah Muralitharan.