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</html>";s:4:"text";s:34360:"Found insidedid Muttiah Muralitharan regret going to congratulate Kumar Sangakkara on his century at Christchurch in 2006? WHICH. player was bowled from behind his ... [62] Sri Lanka reached the final of the tournament. Sangakkara was also awarded man of the match. If he does retire at the . In April 2014, Sangakkara retired from T20 Cricket and in March 2015 from ODI cricket. Kumar Sangakkara hits sparkling century to guide Surrey past Northants • Royal London Cup quarter-final: Northamptonshire 276; Surrey 279-9 • Sangakkara dropped on seven on way to match . Rory Burns' 'huge' Ashes century shows his great mental strength, says Kumar Sangakkara Kumar Sangakkara: "It was an excellent display of opening batting and it made the going a lot easier for . [147], He is involved in a lot of charity work in Sri Lanka. Found inside – Page 186back to the pavilion, disappointed to have been dismissed one run short of a century. ... with Kumar Sangakkara scoring a brilliant century as his team ... Found inside – Page 70But Sangakkara ( and Russel Arnold ) was about all Sri Lanka had to take from ... Kumar Sangakkara was denied Japan and South Korea are locked a century and ... Found inside – Page 23KUMAR SANGAKKARA SAID THAT HE TOOK up wicket-keeping because he used to get bored in the field waiting for the ball to come along. Found inside – Page 174With this, Dhoni surpassed the former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara, ... With his 30th century, Kohli became the joint-second in the list of most ... On 22 May 2017, Sangakkara announced that the following season would be his last in first-class cricket. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. [9] Sangakkara's partnership with Mahela Jayawardene was the second most prolific in the history of Test cricket. Kumar Chokshanadan Sangakkara (Sinhala: කුමාර් චොක්ශනාදන් සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman and the current president of Marylebone Cricket Club. [19] Sangakkara was rated as the Greatest ODI player of all time in a public poll conducted by Cricket Australia in 2016. Sangakkara also revealed how he feels being an IPL rival of his age-old friend Mahela Jayawardene. Sangakkara struggled with his form when England toured Sri Lanka in 2012. He won the Man of the Match award in the final of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, where he helped Sri Lanka win their first title. But he regained his form in the ODI series against Pakistan where his batting score reached the 90s. He has at times been top of the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings for Test batsmen. Sachin Tendulkar pipped Kumar Sangakkara to be adjudged as the Greatest Men's Test Batsman of the 21st Century. Found inside... Kumar Sangakkara (74) and Mahela Jayawardene (98),put ona third-wicket partnership ... against England at theMCG in 1881/82 had stood for overa century. Kumar Sangakkara registered his 37th career century in List A cricket Royal London One-Day Cup, County Ground, Northampton Northamptonshire 276 (49 overs): Kleinveldt 76*, Cobb 66; Dernbach 4-39 Found insideHe now has 22 centuries outside India, behind Sachin Tendulkar's 29. He went past Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara (21 each) with his century in ... [113] The letter of appointment was handed over to Sangakkara by the president at President's official residence.[114][115][116]. Kumar Sangakkara of the MCC hits out during the T20 match between Northern and the MCC at Aitchison College on February 17, 2020 in Lahore, Pakistan. Find out Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar remains the all-time highest run-scorer in Tests and ODIs, while Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara also challenged him. Mahela Jayawardene is happy for him. Sri Lankan team under the captaincy of Sangakkara gained momentum and won the next Tri-series in Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, beating India as well. Sri Lanka had set India a target of 299 after a Kumar Sangakkara century and, in reply, India lost Tendulkar early. Found insideSri Lanka veteran Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara made bold half-centuries but their team finished at 215-8 as their target was revised to 269 off 36 ... Fourth highest number of centuries – Sangakkara has 38 centuries in 134 matches. He also took 4 catches as a wicket-keeper in this match taking the player of the match award. While the cut and the pull are natural strokes for him, he tends to play off the front foot. "There was a nice message from Kumar Sangakkara as he told me to keep my shape. - Scorecard England could only muster 202 in reply, bowled out in less than 42 overs . Found insideKumar Sangakkara, in a rescue act with Muralitharan, played a brilliant innings. When Sangakkara reached his century, Muralitharan, the nonstriker, ... Kumar Sangakkara, who has been commentating during the Champions Trophy turned up for his County side Surrey on the non-match day and smashed a century in the quarter-final of the Royal London One . Then in December 2014, he announced that he would also retire from ODI cricket after the 2015 Cricket World Cup, again with Mahela. The chairman of the selection committee is Aravinda de Silva. [41] His performance helped Sri Lanka secure the Test championship. Sangakkara holds many Test records, having been the fastest, or joint-fastest (in terms of innings) to various run milestones in Test cricket. He only scored 45 runs, it was Sri Lanka's first World Cup defeat in a quarter final after 1999. Sangakkara used to play domestic cricket for Nondescripts in Sri Lanka, as well as Surrey in England and also various T20 tournaments around the world. [2][3] His awards include ODI Cricketer of the Year, captain of the ICC World XI Test team, and the 2011 ICC People's Choice Award (all at the 2011 ICC Awards),[4] and being named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2012. He continued his good batting run with another century in the 2nd ODI. [118] He currently only plays for the MCC as a player-president in T20s. His counter-attacking century on a green . Kumar Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan former cricket captain of the National Team and a Sri Lankan cricket commentator. [122], Sangakkara has played in five seasons of the Indian Premier League. [30] Sangakkara was selected to represent Sri Lankan A cricket team's tour to South Africa in 1998–99. Sangakkara suffered shrapnel wounds in his shoulder. When considering total runs scored in all forms of the game, Sangakkara is second only to Indian Sachin Tendulkar, where Sangakkara scored 28,016 international runs and Tendulkar has scored 34,357 international runs. He was born on 27 October 1977 in Matale Central Province and currently 43 years old. --- The ball is full and perhaps hinting at moving away. In the Test series that followed, Sangakkara continued his form with a 199, the scoreboard originally said he had scored the double century but it turned out to be a mistake. [11][N 2] He has scored 200 or more runs in a Test match on eleven occasions, surpassing Brian Lara, who has scored 200 or more runs in a Test match on nine occasions; only Donald Bradman (12 double-centuries) has done so more often. [6] He scored his maiden Test century in 2001, against India,[7] and his first double-century during the 2002 Asian Test Championship final against Pakistan. [68] In 2012, he was named one of the Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year. A century from Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara, the 25th of his career, ensured the tourists escaped defeat in a match that saw 155 overs lost due to bad weather in its first three days. His teammate Mahela also retired from ODI career with this match. [110] He also blamed "a handful of well-meaning individuals" who control the game, wasting the cricket board's finances and resources. Found inside – Page 338M. S. Dhoni is the rst wicket-keeper to make two centuries in One-Day ... B. Tennis B. Kumar Sangakkara C. Badminton C. Cris Gayel D. Virat Kohli 397. Sangakkara filled in while Dilshan was off the pitch and formally assumed the captaincy for the final Test. On 16 January 2015, it was announced that he would be joining Surrey on a two-year contract. Found inside – Page 43On the march to the 2011 World Cup final he was in fine form, scoring two centuries, and inherited the captaincy shortly afterwards when Kumar Sangakkara ... In the three T20 matches, he scored 153 runs, more than any other cricketer in the series, and included one fifty. He was supported well by Samson in a 150-run partnership. Found insideIn four of those matches, he scored a double century and a century (another ... Mahela Jawardene's tally was 17,843 and 51 centuries, Kumar Sangakkara's at ... Sachin Tendulkar pips Kumar Sangakkara. Found inside – Page 966... Mahela Jayawardene, and Kumar Sangakkara, who destroyed 143 years of ... by a right-hander), and Sangakkara fell just short of his own triple-century. All rights reserved |, Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings, We use cookies to improve your experience on our site and to show you non-personalized ads. Fresh from becoming only the fifth batsman - and first Sri Lankan . Surrey drew with Essex at Chelmsford in Division One on Monday afternoon. The Indian Premier League has . In the Sri Lanka Premier League which officially started in 2012, Sangakkara was named the captain and icon player of the '''Kandurata Warriors''' franchise. [20] In the sixth match of the 2011â12 Commonwealth Bank Series, Sangakkara became the fastest Sri Lankan cricketer, and third in all, to reach 10,000 ODI runs. Kumar Sangakkara's year continues to go from strength-to-strength and brought up his 10 th double -century, which puts him only second behind Sir Don Bradman. [17][18] The start of his ODI career was "fairly ordinary", according to one cricket journalist, as he only scored two centuries in four years. [148] He is also a partner of the Foundation of Goodness, a charity launched by Kushil Gunasekara. [101] His teammates including Mahela, Thilan Thushara, and Sanath Jayasuriya, Murali came to the ground to bid farewell to Sangakkara. Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (Sinhala: කුමාර් සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator and former cricketer and captain of the Sri Lankan national team. In the final against Leo Lions, he scored 30 runs to become top run scorer of the series. Found insideMartin Crowe's national record of 17 Test centuries was equalled twice. ... of the Year – following Kumar Sangakkara in scoring four consecutive centuries ... Found inside – Page 96Sri Lanka's legendary batsman and former Captain Kumar Sangakkara became the ... by hitting the fastest One Day International Century in just 31 balls. Both Kumar Sangakkara and Sachin Tendulkar are icons of the game but the vote, the winner of the greatest Test batsman of the 21st century, is my fellow Mumbaikar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar . Kumar Sangakkara missed out on a piece of . Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation recognized Sangakkara as the "Player of the Century" citing many of Sangakkara's memories and achievements. Described by the English cricket writer Peter Roebuck as "among the most polished and prudent of batsmen",[1] Sangakkara has made centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) on 38 and 25 occasions in Test and ODI matches respectively, as of 24 August 2015. YouTube. Kumar Sangakkara, an elegant stroke player, a reliable keeper, an astute thinker, was the cornerstone of Sri Lankan cricket for close to 15 years. Sangakkara won player of the series for his 386 runs with 5 fifties. by a Sri Lankan – Sangakkara (57.40)- fifth highest overall after. Having to make a huge 507 to win the test match in the fourth innings, yet Sri Lanka didn't give up hope. [95] He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2015 World Cup by the ICC. Sangakkara's only ODI century as captain was scored against New Zealand in a group stage match in the 2011 ICC World Cup. When captaining Australia, Donald Bradman scored 14 centuries and averaged 101.51 per innings. [108] He became the youngest person and the first active international player to deliver that lecture, which was widely praised by the cricketing community. Found insideAfter running a single that gave Kumar Sangakkara his century, non-strike batsman Muralitharan walked down the wicket to proffer his congratulations to his ... Sangakkara was born on 27 Oct 1977 in Matale, Sri Lanka. He said, "I am thrilled to hold the prestigious position of MCC President and I look forward to working hard with the MCC to build on this incredible year of cricket. Half centuries – Sangakkara has 52 half-centuries in 134 matches. After the match, he said that he is willing to see the comeback of English batsman Kevin Pietersen to the international cricket.[128][129]. [44] In July 2005, he was selected to the ICC World XI ODI team but missed out from its Test counterpart. Sangakkara's last ODI innings were disappointing from him and his teams' point of view, where Sri Lanka lost the quarter-final against South Africa on 18 March 2015. Kumar Sangakkara, an elegant stroke player, a reliable keeper, an astute thinker, was the cornerstone of Sri Lankan cricket for close to 15 years. Evidently, the Indian Master Blaster edged past Sanga. Both Kumar Sangakkara and Sachin Tendulkar are icons of the game but the vote, the winner of the greatest Test batsman of the 21st century, is my fellow Mumbaikar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar," Gavaskar said in a video uploaded by Star Sports, who organised the poll in which cricket commentators and fans voted. Next year, he signed an agreement to join Warwickshire County Cricket Club. In 2019, he was appointed President of the MCC, the first non-British person to be appointed to the position since the club was founded in 1787. The P Sara Oval ground was decorated with numerous banners and posters of Sangakkara with messages such as "Thank You Sanga" and "Class Never Retires". With his fourth century, Rohit Sharma equalled the record for most centuries in a World Cup with Kumar Sangakkara. . [8] Sangakkara's highest score in Test cricket is 319, which he scored against Bangladesh in 2014. [48], On 6 December 2007 he made it to the top spot of ICC Test player rankings with a rating of 938, the highest rating ever achieved by a Sri Lankan player, and became the first batsman ever to score in excess of 150 in four consecutive tests. Batsmen are the poster boys of cricket. They are the richly rewarded andrightly celebrated stars of the game: Sachin Tendulkar, Vivian Richards, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, A.B.de Villiers and Kevin Pietersen. This is a story about them. Kumar Sangakkara of Surrey celebrates his century during day two of the Specsavers County Championship Division One match between Surrey and Somerset. When Sri Lanka toured Bangladesh in February 2006 regular captain Marvan Atapattu was injured and Mahela Jayawardene became captain while Sangakkara was made vice-captain. Found inside – Page 28He represented Pakistan in 378 ODIs, scoring ten centuries in the process. ... by Kumar Sangakkara in 2015 and the most by an Australian in Test cricket. That kind of abuse does not belong on the field of play. Additionally, Sangakkara has scored 25 centuries in ODIs. After Angelo Mathews elected to bat upon winning the toss in the match, Kumar Sangakkara came in to bat at 39-1. Sangakkara was the first non-British MCC President since the club was founded in 1787. Sangakkara 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 . [39] Later that year Sangakkara scored his second Test century, this time in the first of three matches against the touring West Indians.[40]. Kumar Sangakkara became the first player to score four consecutive one-day centuries as Sri Lanka dispatched Scotland in Hobart by 148 runs in their final World Cup match before the quarter-finals. Kumar Sangakkara has joined SkySports for commentary throughout the English summer of 2018. He said that Sangakarra was disillusioned by some of the actions of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board in the past, and now that attempts have been made to change personnel and practices, Sangakkara should reconsider his decision. He started the tournament with a 63 against Pakistan before hitting a match winning 103 against India. Sri Lanka went on to win the game and the tournament.[84]. [58] Sri Lanka became runners-up in the series after winning all the game in group and knock-out stages and being defeated by Pakistan in the final. Kumar Sangakkara. [96], During the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 championship, Sangakkara announced his retirement from the Twenty20 International arena after the championship with his teammate Mahela. [38] His innings of 105 not out at number three helped set up a ten-wicket victory for Sri Lanka. He also hit the most fours and sixes, 12 apiece. [136][137][138], Sangakkara also played for Gemini Arabians in the first edition of Masters Champions League T20 tournament which took place in the UAE. Total runs scored in all forms of the game – Sangakkara is second only to Indian Sachin Tendulkar, scoring 28,016 international runs. He was the captain of the Sunrisers Hyderabad team. [26] He grew up in Kandy with three siblings and his parents. Sangakkara has played English county cricket with Warwickshire in the 2007 County Championship. His outstanding performance helped his team to the Test championship. Found inside – Page 139This is the first World Cup double century and Gale hit a record 16 sixes and put on ... a Joe Root century courtesy of a ton from legend Kumar Sangakkara, ... [37] He ended the series with 199 runs, at an average of 66.33, securing his place for the upcoming Test series against South Africa. In January 2021, Sangakkara was named the director of cricket of Rajasthan Royals ahead of the IPL 2021. He also commentated in Pakistan's tour of England as well as India's tour of England. [7][8], As a player, Sangakkara was a left-handed top-order batsman and was also a wicket-keeper for a large proportion of his career. Along with teammate Mahela Jayawardene, he recorded the most partnership runs for the 3rd wicket in Test history, scoring 5890 runs surpassing the 5826 runs of Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, during the first Test match against Pakistan at Galle International Stadium. [50], Sangakkara holds the record for being the fastest man to 8,000, 9,000, 10,000 (jointly held), 11,000 and 12,000 runs in Test cricket. Kumar Sangakkara played international cricket for Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2015. Found inside – Page 73Sri Lanka's batsman and former Captain Kumar Sangakkara became the fastest ... cricket by hitting the fastest One Day International Century in just 31 balls ... Scores. His first engagement in the role was the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 hosted by England in June. He was named as captain and wicket keeper of the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2011 World Cup by the ICC. [99][100] He scored 32 runs in the first innings and 18 in the second of his last test match and got out to Ravichandran Ashwin for the fourth consecutive time in the series. [6] At retirement, he was the second-highest run-scorer in ODI cricket, next only to Sachin Tendulkar, and the sixth-highest run scorer in Test cricket. Second most stumpings in a career as a wicketkeeper in ODIs – 99 by Sangakkara. [43] In that game, he scored 270, his first 250+ score. I was trying to swing hard for a while. Found insideWorse was New Zealand running out Muttiah Muralitharan when he left his crease to congratulate Kumar Sangakkara on a century in Christchurch in 2006. Answer (1 of 6): Since your question is purely based on batting average, I'll structure my answer based on the same statistic. Sri Lanka won the match and in his side's only innings Sangakarra batted at the fall of the third wicket and scored 23 runs before he was dismissed leg before wicket by spin bowler Nicky Boje. Found insideHe scored a century on Test debut against England in 1948 and never played another ... The fastest to 8000 runs (Kumar Sangakkara later pushed Tendulkar to ... Sangakkara did not give an answer to the statement.[98]. Fastest century by a Sri Lankan – Sangakkara scored his 23rd ODI century by 70 balls against England on 1 March 2015. He is also the wicket keeper with the second highest number of stumpings—99—in ODI cricket after Mahendra Singh Dhoni surpassed him.[150]. Sangakkara received his education at Trinity College, Kandy. Kumar Sangakkara: The Sri Lankan batting great has 11 double-centuries, but he played far more matches - 134 - than Bradman did - 52. I also had a two-year stint, and I enjoyed it at times, certainly on the field where our results showed we were one of the top two sides in the world for one-and-a-half years, especially in the shorter form of the game. Both Kumar Sangakkara and Sachin Tendulkar are icons of the game but the vote, the winner of the greatest Test batsman of the 21st century, is my fellow Mumbaikar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar . [20][21] The MCC are the custodians of the Laws of Cricket, which are applied by the International Cricket Council in its role as the global governing body for the game. [149] Sangakkara handed his wicket-keeping duties in Test cricket to Prasanna Jayawardene in 2006. Pakistan continued to bear the . The still left-handed magical batsman as well as the Outstanding wicket-keeper was the backbone of Sri Lankan nationwide crew till his retirement.Following a scintillating job of all over 15 years, Kumar Sangakkara concluded on 2nd spot in ODI and on fifth location in Tests, within the . Found inside – Page 108Kumar Sangakkara, the cricketer of Sri Lankan national team on 7 February 2014 became the second person in the history of Cricket to score a triple century ... He was appointed as Director of cricket for Rajasthan Royals in January, 2021. Kumar Sangakkara hit his fifth Championship century of 2015 to keep Surrey on course for the Division Two title against Northants at The Oval. [69] He was also named as captain and wicket keeper of the 2011 World Test XI by the ICC[78] and named in the 2012 World Test XI and ODI XI.[79][80]. 21 May 2017. Kumar Sangakkara is a retired Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team.He is a left-handed top-order batsman and plays as the wicket-keeper in One Day International (ODI) format of the game. Kumar Sangakkara: The wolf who lived for the pack. Found inside – Page 76Sri Lanka's batsman and former Captain Kumar Sangakkara became the fastest ... cricket by hitting the fastest One Day International Century in just 31 balls ... On 18 August 2013, Sangakkarra joined the Jamaica Tallawahs of the Caribbean Premier League.[124]. He was selected as Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2012 and 2015 editions of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack,[17][18] becoming the second player to have won this award twice. [53], In February 2009, the then captain of the Sri Lankan side, Mahela Jayawardene announced that he would step down from captaincy "in the best interests of the Sri Lankan team". On 3 March 2009, a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team convoy in Pakistan injured 6 Sri Lankan players including Sangakkara. [106][107], Sangakkara delivered the 2011 Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lords. Kumar Sangakkara is one of the best batsmen to emerge from Sri Lanka. On the Sri Lankan tour of Bangladesh in 2014, Sangakkara hit his highest test score to date with 319 in the first innings of the second test. Sangakkara has a long association with MCC. [22][23][109] The one-hour-long speech was based on the history and the corruption in the cricket administration in Sri Lanka. Test Cricket - Most 100s for Each Batting Position", "HowSTAT! He was later released by the franchise and was picked by Karachi Kings as captain for the 2017 edition. 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