Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara

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Personal information
Full name Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara
Born 27 October 1977 (1977-10-27) (age 33)
Matale, Sri Lanka
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right arm off break
Role Wicket-keeper, Sri Lanka Captain
International information
National side Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 84) 20 July 2000 v South Africa
Last Test 2 December 2009 v India
ODI debut (cap 93) 5 July 2000 v Pakistan
Last ODI 25 June 2010 v India
ODI shirt no. 11
Domestic team information
Years Team
1997–present Nondescripts
2008-2010 Kings XI Punjab
2007 Warwickshire
2011-present Deccan Chargers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 91 279 176 340
Runs scored 8,016 8,604 12,400 11,003
Batting average 56.85 36.76 47.69 38.60
100s/50s 23/33 10/58 31/57 16/70
Top score 287 138* 287 156*
Balls bowled 66 – 192 –
Wickets – – 1 –
Bowling average – – 108.00 –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling – – 1/13 –
Catches/stumpings 157/20 263/68 318/33 323/85
Source: CricketArchive, 5 January 2010

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (Sinhala: කුමාර් චෝක්ෂනාද සංගක්කාර) (born 27 October 1977, Matale, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed top-order batsman. He used to play as a wicket-keeper and top-order batsman in all forms of the game, but has stopped doing so in Tests as his batting average is significantly higher in Tests when he plays as a pure batsman. He is currently the third ranked Test batsman in the world.