THE LEGEND OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET

  KUMAR SANGAKKARA IS THE ICON OF SRI LANKAN CRICKET

  Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (born 27 October 1977) is a Srilankan international crickter and a former captain of the Sri Lankan national team. A left-handed top-order batsman, for much of his career he also played as a wicket-keeper, although he no longer keeps wicket at Test level. As of February 2015, he is the second-highest run-scorer in ODI matches and the fifth-highest run scorer in Test matches.
Along with AB de Villiers, he has dominated the number one spot in the ICC Test batting rankings over the past decade. As of February 2015, Kumar Sangakkara is placed at number 1 in ICC test rankings.
Sangakkara was a key member of the team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and was part of the team that made the final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and 2012 ICC World Twenty20. He won man of the match award in the final 2014 ICC World Twenty20, where he helped the team win their first title.
Sangakkara captained the national team from 2009 to 2011, stepping down after the 2011 ICC World Cup final. The same year, he was named the ODI Cricketer of the Year at the ICC awards ceremony. In 2012, he was honoured as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year.
Sangakkara is described as one of the "most polished and prudent of batsmen" in cricket.
With 11 double centuries, he is second in the list of Test double century-makers, behind only Donald Bradman (12). He is also the first cricketer ever to score 150+ scores in four consecutive Test matches.As the wicket keeper, he has contributed to the highest number of dismissals in ODIs—473. It includes 96 stumpings, which is the highest for a wicket keeper in one-day international cricket.
Sangakkara delivered the 2011 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture, which gained worldwide attention. He was the youngest person and the first active international player to deliver that lecture, which was widely praised by the cricketing community for its outspoken nature.
In terms of number of innings required, Sangakkara is the fastest batsman to reach 8,000, 9,000, 11,000 and 12,000 runs in Test cricket. He is also joint fastest to 10,000. He has won the ICC Cricketer of the Year in 2012, Test Cricketer of the Year in 2012, and ODI Cricketer of the Year multiple times in 2011 and 2013. He has also won the LG People's Choice Award twice, in 2011 and 2012. Sangakkara has regularly featured in the World Test XI and World ODI XI, appearing six times and three times in them, respectively.
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