Kumar Sangakkara

: January 5, 2024
: Cricket Player

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Full Name	Kumar Sangakkara
Occupation	Cricket Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 27, 1977(1977-10-27)
Age	47
Birthplace	Matale
Country	Sri Lanka
Horoscope	Scorpio

Kumar Sangakkara Biography

Name	Kumar Sangakkara
Birthday	Oct 27
Birth Year	1977
Place Of Birth	Matale
Birth Country	Sri Lanka
Birth Sign	Scorpio
Parents	Chokshanada Sangakkara, Kumari Sangakkara
Spouse	Yehali Sangakkara
Children(s)	Kavith Sangakkara, Swyree Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on October 27, 1977 in Matale, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan wicket-keeper who retired as his country’s most prolific Test batsman. He retired as Sri Lanka’s all-time leader in Test runs, average, half- centuries, centuries, and double centuries. He was the fastest batsman to 8,000, 9,000 11,000 and 12,000 runs and tied for fastest batsman to 10,000 runs.

He won the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World award in 2011 and 2015, making him the second player, after Virender Sehwag, to earn the honor twice.

Kumara Chokshanada Sangakkara (Sinhala: කුමාර චොක්ශන්ද සංගක්කාර ; born 27 October 1977) is a cricket commentator, former cricketer and captain of the Sri Lankan national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. Sangakkara scored 28,016 runs in international cricket across all formats in a career that spanned 15 years. At retirement, he was the second- highest run-scorer in ODI cricket and sixth-highest run scorer in Test cricket.

Sangakkara excelled in many sports and his college principal encouraged him to focus on cricket. He represented his school’s Under-13 , Under-15, Under-17, Under-19 and first XI squads and was awarded his school’s The Trinity Lion award and Ryde Gold Medal,. Sangakkara was selected to represent Sri Lankan A cricket team’s tour to South Africa in 1998–99. His knock of an unbeaten 156 against Zimbabwe A team during a one-day match, helped him secure a place in the Sri Lankan national cricket team later that year.

He was born in Matale, Sri Lanka. His father, Swarnakumara Sangakkara, was an attorney. He married Yehali Sangakkara in 2003, and they have two kids: Kavith and Swyree.

Kumar Sangakkara Net Worth

Net Worth	$5 Million
Source Of Income	Cricket Player
House	Living in own house.

Kumar Sangakkara is one of the richest Cricket Player from Sri Lanka. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kumar Sangakkara 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He played cricket at Trinity College, Kandy, receiving the school’s highest sports award, the The Trinity Lion. He made his Test and ODI debuts in 2000.

He was known for publicly supporting sledging – the cricket version of trash- talk – to throw opponents off their game. He retired with 14,234 ODI runs, second only to Sachin Tendulkar.

Sangakkara was born in Matale, Central Province near the city of Kandy in

He grew up in Kandy with three siblings and his parents, who sheltered Tamil families during the Black July riots in 1983. Sangakkara received his education at Trinity College, Kandy. During his school days, he was a chorister and played the violin.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Height	5 ft 10 in

Kumar Sangakkara height 5 ft 10 in Kumar weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Kumar Sangakkara Dating?

According to our records, Kumar Sangakkara married to Yehali Sangakkara. As of December 1, 2023, Kumar Sangakkara’s is not dating anyone.

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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. Pakistan toured Sri Lanka for two Test and three ODIs in March 2006, and with Atapattu still injured Jayawardene and Sangakkara remained captain and vice-captain respectively. The pair had only expected to hold the positions on an interim basis, but extended into a third series as Atapattu failed to recover in time to tour England in April and ended up filling the roles full-time. In July 2006, Sangakkara made his second-highest Test score to-date (287) against South Africa. In a record-breaking partnership with Mahela Jayawardene, he set up the world record for the highest partnership in Test cricket—624 runs—in this match.

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Kumar Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sri Lanka. Kumar Sangakkara celebrates birthday on October 27 of every year.

Sangakkara has played in five seasons of the Indian Premier League. Winning bids for him in 2008 and 2011 were US$700,000 by Kings XI Punjab and US$300,000 by Deccan Chargers respectively. He was the captain of the Sunrisers Hyderabad team. Sangakkara has scored 1567 runs with 10 half- centuries in 62 matches in IPL.

Is Sangakkara a lawyer?

2 He is a lawyer Following in his fathers footsteps, after he finished

with his schooling, Sanga entered the Law Faculty of the University of Colombo, but was unable to finish his degree due to cricketing commitments. But later on, the Srilankan got his Masters degree from the University.