Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka

Kumar Sangakkara, a former Sri lankan cricketer, was born on Oct 27, 1977. As of 2026, he is 49 years old and remains a prominent figure in cricket. Kumar Sangakkara is a Left Handed batter and one of the greatest batters in the game.

Kumar Sangakkara's cricket career spanned an impressive period from 2000 to 2015, during which he made significant contributions to the sport. His time on the field showcased his skills and dedication, leaving a lasting impact on the game.

In his Test cricket journey, Kumar Sangakkara has played 134 matches in his Test career and has scored 12,400 runs, with an average of 57.41. Kumar Sangakkara has hit 1,491 fours and 51 sixes in his Test career.

In ODI Internationals career, Kumar Sangakkara has played 404 matches to date in his Odi career and has scored 14,234 runs, with an average of 41.99. Kumar Sangakkara has hit 1,378 fours and 87 sixes in his Odi career.

Kumar Sangakkara, a well-known Sri lankan cricketer, had a notable presence in the T20 format during his career. Kumar Sangakkara participated in T20 matches, where he accumulated 1,382 runs, with a batting average of 31.41. Kumar Sangakkara has hit 139 fours and 20 sixes in his T20 career.

Kumar SangakkaraSri Lanka

Born: Oct 27, 1977 (48 years)
Period: (2000-2015)
Batting Style: Left Handed
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break

Captaincy Records

	Matches-Won-Lost	Tosses Won	Runs Scored	Batting Average
TEST	15-5-3	9 (60.00%)	1601	69.61
ODI	45-27-14	25 (55.56%)	1756	47.46
T20	22-13-9	10 (45.45%)	652	34.32
IPL	46-16-30	22 (47.83%)	-	-

Batting Career Summary

	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
TEST	134	17	12400	319	57.41	54.19	38	52	1491	51	-	-
ODI	404	41	14234	169	41.99	78.86	25	93	1378	87	-	-
T20	56	9	1382	78	31.41	119.55	0	8	139	20	-	-
IPL	71	3	1687	94	25.95	121.19	0	10	195	27	-	-

Bowling Career Summary

	MAT	Ov	AVG	ECON	Best
TEST	134	14.0	N/A	3.50	0/4
ODI	404	0	0	-
T20	56	0	0	-
IPL	71	0	0	-

Home/Away By Year By Opponent By Position

Home/Away Record (Batting)

TEST ODI T20

Venue	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	The Hundred	50	CT	ST
Home	124	11	6830	287	60.44	22	25	90	13
Away	109	6	5570	319	54.08	16	27	66	3
Overall	233	17	12400	319	57.41	38	52	182	20

Venue	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	CT	ST
Home	142	13	4724	169	40.72	77.21	4	33	169	36
Away	262	28	9510	138*	42.65	79.71	21	60	233	63
Overall	404	41	14234	169	41.99	78.86	25	93	402	99

Venue	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	50	CT	ST
Home	18	3	489	69	34.93	126.03	2	7	9
Away	38	6	893	78	29.77	116.28	6	18	11
Overall	56	9	1382	78	31.41	119.55	8	25	20

Home/Away Record (Bowling)

TEST

Venue	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	5w	10w
Home	3.0	0	0	8		2.67			0	0
Away	11.0	0	0	41		3.73			0	0
Overall	14	0	0	49		3.50		0/4	0	0

By Year Record (Batting)

TEST ODI T20

Year	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	The Hundred	50	CT	ST
2000	4	7	0	174	74	24.86	0	1	11	0
2001	13	19	1	992	140	55.11	3	5	35	3
2002	9	16	2	708	230	50.57	1	3	29	3
2003	7	11	1	412	75	41.20	0	4	14	4
2004	11	20	0	1114	270	55.70	3	5	20	4
2005	9	14	1	422	157*	32.46	1	0	17	4
2006	11	20	2	1242	287	69.00	4	4	20	2
2007	7	9	2	968	222*	138.29	4	2	3	0
2008	6	11	0	434	144	39.45	1	3	4	0
2009	11	20	1	1083	137	57.00	4	5	4	0
2010	6	9	2	695	219	99.29	3	2	6	0
2011	11	21	0	1034	211	49.24	4	4	4	0
2012	10	19	4	767	199*	51.13	2	3	2	0
2013	3	6	0	512	142	85.33	3	2	1	0
2014	11	21	1	1438	319	71.90	4	8	7	0
2015	5	10	0	405	203	40.50	1	1	5	0
Overall (16)	134	233	17	12400	319	57.41	38	52	182	20

Year	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	CT	ST
2000	14	12	3	382	85	42.44	66.67	0	2	5	4
2001	26	22	2	264	35	13.20	63.92	0	0	20	5
2002	30	30	2	829	77*	29.61	70.25	0	6	24	5
2003	26	24	5	695	103*	36.58	72.17	2	1	28	5
2004	27	23	4	1010	101	53.16	77.22	1	10	30	12
2005	23	23	3	746	138*	37.30	77.31	1	4	17	4
2006	36	33	3	1333	109	44.43	79.25	1	12	37	12
2007	26	25	1	758	110	31.58	71.04	1	6	30	6
2008	27	26	2	942	128	39.25	75.36	4	2	22	8
2009	27	27	1	919	90	35.35	80.33	0	8	34	5
2010	17	17	2	726	74	48.40	84.42	0	7	27	4
2011	27	25	3	1127	111	51.23	73.32	1	9	26	8
2012	31	29	2	1184	133	43.85	79.14	3	6	30	3
2013	25	23	4	1201	169	63.21	89.56	2	10	26	6
2014	28	28	1	1256	128	46.52	87.71	4	8	33	6
2015	14	13	3	862	124	86.20	102.86	5	2	13	6
Overall (16)	404	380	41	14234	169	41.99	78.86	25	93	402	99

Year	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	50	CT	ST
2006	3	2	0	34	21	17.00	109.68	0	1	1
2007	5	5	0	104	30	20.80	105.05	0	2	2
2009	12	12	2	434	78	43.40	135.20	5	6	4
2010	9	9	1	205	68	25.63	101.99	1	5	2
2011	4	4	1	106	43*	35.33	123.26	0	1	2
2012	10	9	1	197	44	24.63	127.10	0	5	6
2013	5	5	3	183	59*	91.50	123.65	1	3	2
2014	8	7	1	119	52*	19.83	103.48	1	2	1
Overall (8)	56	53	9	1382	78	31.41	119.55	8	25	20

By Year Record (Bowling)

TEST

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	5w	10w
2004	1.0	0	0	4		4.00			0	0
2009	10.0	0	0	34		3.40			0	0
2011	2.0	0	0	4		2.00			0	0
2014	1.0	0	0	7		7.00			0	0
Overall (4)	14	0	0	49		3.50		0/4	0	0

By Position Record (Batting)

TEST ODI T20

Position	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	The Hundred	50	CT	ST
Opening	9	2	237	98	33.86	0	1	5	2
3	207	15	11679	319	60.83	37	50	138	13
4	11	0	380	144	34.55	1	1	4	1
5	5	0	79	27	15.80	0	0	7	0
8	1	0	25	25	25.00	0	0	2	0
Overall	233	17	12400	319	57.41	38	52	182	20

Position	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	CT	ST
Opening	21	1	823	138*	41.15	77.13	4	2	20	5
3	238	20	9747	169	44.71	80.50	18	66	240	53
4	69	9	2487	110	41.45	77.99	3	21	75	20
5	26	7	644	85	33.89	68.29	0	3	17	4
6	18	3	424	56	28.27	72.23	0	1	19	11
7	6	0	106	33	17.67	72.60	0	0	4	2
8	1	0	2	2	2.00	33.33	0	0	1	0
9	1	1	1	1*		33.33	0	0	0	0
Overall	380	41	14234	169	41.99	78.86	25	93	402	99

Position	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	50	CT	ST
Opening	1	0	8	8	8.00	88.89	0	0	0
3	23	3	585	78	29.25	122.13	4	10	8
4	25	6	675	64*	35.53	114.99	3	11	10
5	4	0	114	69	28.50	140.74	1	1	1
Overall	53	9	1382	78	31.41	119.55	8	25	20

By Opponent Record (Batting)

TEST ODI T20

Team	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	The Hundred	50	CT	ST
Australia	11	21	1	878	192	43.90	1	7	5	4
Bangladesh	15	21	2	1816	319	95.58	7	7	5	4
England	22	40	1	1568	152	40.21	3	9	4	6
India	17	28	2	1352	219	52.00	5	2	8	1
New Zealand	12	21	3	887	203	49.28	4	2	7	0
Pakistan	23	45	6	2911	230	74.64	10	12	10	1
South Africa	17	32	0	1534	287	47.94	3	7	8	0
West Indies	12	19	2	918	157*	54.00	3	5	3	2
Zimbabwe	5	6	0	536	270	89.33	2	1	1	2
Overall (9)	134	233	17	12400	319	57.41	38	52	51	20

Team	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	CT	ST
ACA Africa XI	3	3	1	97	61	48.50	62.18	0	1	0	0
Afghanistan	2	2	0	83	76	41.50	72.17	0	1	0	0
Australia	46	46	4	1813	104	43.17	77.71	2	12	0	12
Bangladesh	31	28	3	1206	128	48.24	88.22	5	6	0	6
Bermuda	1	1	0	76	76	76.00	91.57	0	1	0	0
Canada	2	2	1	96	92	96.00	105.49	0	1	0	1
England	44	41	7	1625	134*	47.79	78.24	4	11	3	13
ICC World XI	1	1	0	24	24	24.00	100.00	0	0	0	3
India	76	71	3	2700	138*	39.71	81.62	6	18	4	10
Ireland	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	111.11	0	0	0	0
Kenya	3	3	2	135	103*	135.00	93.10	1	0	0	0
Netherlands	3	3	0	115	46	38.33	81.56	0	0	0	2
New Zealand	47	45	6	1568	113*	40.21	78.79	2	12	4	9
Pakistan	56	53	4	1720	112	35.10	72.30	2	10	5	7
Scotland	1	1	0	124	124	124.00	130.53	1	0	0	0
South Africa	44	43	4	1789	169	45.87	81.88	2	13	2	19
United Arab Emirates	2	2	0	17	17	8.50	36.96	0	0	0	1
West Indies	20	17	1	480	90*	30.00	66.39	0	3	1	4
Zimbabwe	21	17	5	556	80	46.33	71.10	0	4	0	12
Overall (19)	404	380	41	14234	169	41.99	78.86	25	93	19	99

Team	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	50	ST
Australia	6	6	2	177	55*	44.25	118.79	1	4
Bangladesh	3	3	0	68	37	22.67	93.15	0	0
England	5	5	1	93	43*	23.25	109.41	0	0
India	4	4	1	235	78	78.33	172.79	3	0
Ireland	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	30.00	0	1
Kenya	1	1	0	30	30	30.00	166.67	0	2
Netherlands	1	0	0	0	0			0	0
New Zealand	13	11	1	215	69	21.50	98.17	1	3
Pakistan	10	10	2	254	64*	31.75	131.61	1	4
South Africa	4	4	1	125	59*	41.67	106.84	1	2
West Indies	6	6	1	135	68	27.00	109.76	1	2
Zimbabwe	2	2	0	47	44	23.50	142.42	0	2
Overall (12)	56	53	9	1382	78	31.41	119.55	8	20