Kumar Sangakkara

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England, Australia should take cricket back to Pakistan: MCC chief Sangakkara

The Sri Lankan had toured Pakistan with MCC team in February this year but top teams have stayed away with security apprehensions

01 May 2020 11:51 AM

Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene have been active on social media asking people not to panic amid COVID-19 outbreak. AFP Photo

Kumar Sangakkara and Jason Gillespie go into self-isolation

I have no symptoms of coronavirus or anything like that, but I'm following government guidelines: Sangakkara

23 Mar 2020 1:00 PM

Kumar Sangakkara felt Rishabh Pant needs to be 'neat and tidy behind the stumps' as the youngster has been struggling in the ongoing T20I series against Bangladesh also. (Photo: AP)

Kumar Sangakkara advices Rishabh Pant to keep things simple while batting

He said to keep things simple while batting as well as keeping calm if he wants to regain his lost confidence after a string of failures.

08 Nov 2019 4:23 PM

Kumar Sangakkara's tenure as MCC President will include two England Test matches against West Indies and Pakistan and ODI against Australia and the launch of The Hundred competition. (Photo: File)

Kumar Sangakkara becomes MCC President

Sangakkara is the first non-British President of MCC and he will hold the post for one year.

01 Oct 2019 3:49 PM

As of now, Sachin Tendulkar holds the most number of 50 plus scores in a single World cup. Sachin achieved this feat during the 2003 World Cup. During the 2003 edition, Tendulkar had scored 673 runs from 11 matches in which he notched up six 50s and one ton, i.e seven 50 plus scores. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

ICC CWC’19: Another World Cup record of Sachin Tendulkar is in danger

The 32-year-old Bangladeshi player is on the brink of breaking one of out of many World Cup records of Sachin.

05 Jul 2019 1:53 PM

Since the beginning of 2017, Sri Lanka have had six different captains, the most recent of whom is Test opener Karunaratne. (Photo: AFP)

Sangakkara laments Sri Lanka's 'chaotic' build-up to World Cup

The 1996 champions head into this year's edition in England, which starts next week, having lost eight of their last nine ODI's.

24 May 2019 1:05 PM

Sangakkara, who was appointed the first non-British president of prestigious Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) earlier this month, expressed shock at the communal riots in the island nation.

Sangakkara urges Sri Lankans to maintain peace after communal riots

Suicide bombers exploded themselves in three churches and three luxury hotels besides two other places on April 21.

14 May 2019 8:23 PM

Sangakkara appears twice on the Honours Boards at Lord’s, with both innings coming in 2014.

Sangakkara announced as first non-British President of MCC

Sangakkara's nomination was announced by the MCC's President Anthony Wreford, at the MCC Annual General Meeting at Lord's Cricket Ground.

02 May 2019 11:51 AM

Echoing similar views, Kumble said, Mumbai has always had this issue with Rohit. (Photo: PTI)

Sangakkara, Styris supports Rohit Sharma's decision to open for Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit has already announced his decision to open in all the games.

22 Mar 2019 6:55 PM

Virender Sehwag to spearhead T10 revolution

The ten-over-a-side matches will spread over 90 minutes (45 minute each side) in Sharjah, the details of which were announced here on Tuesday.

05 Oct 2017 4:35 AM

‘Play with abandon of youth' vs India: Kumar Sangakkara to Sri Lanka

After being thrashed by South Africa, Sri Lanka find themselves in a do-or-die situation ahead of the match on Thursday.

06 Jun 2017 6:33 PM

Former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara

India attack has firepower: Sangakkara

Sangakkara, who quit international cricket two years ago having scored a total of 28,016 international runs across all formats.

31 May 2017 2:49 AM

Kumar Sangakkara was a pivotal member of the Sri Lanka team that lifted the 2014 World Twenty20 trophy. (Photo: AFP)

Kumar Sangakkara to bid adieu to First Class cricket

Kumar Sangakkara, who retired from Test cricket in 2015 with 12,400 runs, is standing fifth in the list of all-time Test run scorers.

23 May 2017 12:47 PM

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