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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.
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Feb 25, 2022 · Sangakkara is the second highest run-scorer in the history of one-day cricket, and holds the record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper. As a captain and player, he helped steer Sri Lanka...
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Aug 23, 2015 · To most Sri Lankans, he is more than the greatest Cricketer their country has ever produced. By far the most loved and respected Sri Lankan on his generation in Sri Lanka and throughout the Cricket playing world, for Sri Lankans, he is also their Hero.
- Family. Sangakkara was born to Kumari Surangana and Kshema sangakkara in Matale and grew up in Kandy. His father was an attorney-at-law while mother was a housewife.
- Education. Sangakkara has done his schooling at Trinity College, an elite private boys’ school situated in Kandy. He was the Head Boy of school and was also awarded the highest honour of Trinity College, the Ryde Gold Medal, for the best all-round student.
- All-rounder. Besides being good at academics, Sangakkara was good at sports as well as other extracurricular activities. He played a number of sports like badminton, tennis, swimming, table tennis and cricket during his school days and even represented his country in badminton, tennis and cricket at his younger age.
- A timely advice. Despite being good at so many sports, Sangakkara started to look at cricket as a serious option after a timely advice from the then principal of his college, Leonard de Alwis, who advised his mother to encourage Sangakkara to concentrate on cricket.
Oct 27, 2023 · Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lanka's ever-improving genius. Be it the Test average of ODI strike rate, Kumar Sangakkara kept improving with time and had a blockbuster final phase in his international career. Class, resilience, watertight technique, sublime wristwork, and all these with a tinge of Caribbean flair.
Sep 15, 2015 · Kumar Sangakkara, born October 27, 1977, is the best batsman produced by Sri Lanka, and can also be called one of the best ever anywhere in the world — while all the time remaining a more than...
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Aug 15, 2019 · In this free-wheeling chat during the England-New Zealand World Cup final at Lord’s on July 14, the former Sri Lankan captain holds forth on what lies ahead for him as MCC president, on The...
