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Kumar Sangakkara

Born: October 27, 1977

Major teams: Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Central Province, Colombo District Cricket Association, ICC World XI, Kandurata, Kings XI Punjab, Marylebone Cricket Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Warwickshire 

Batting style: Left-hand bat 

Bowling style: Right-arm off break

Fielding position: Wicketkeeper

The mainstay of Sri Lanka as Wicket keeper batsman. He is regarded by some as better than even Adam Gilchrist as wk/batsman. Kumara carries a very mature head on his able shoulders and is a very able Captain of Sri Lanka. This year he will lead Kings XI Punjab.

Career statistics

Test debut: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Galle, Jul 20-23, 2000

ODI debut: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, Jul 5, 2000

T20I debut: England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006

First-class debut: 1997/98

List A debut: 1997/98

Twenty20 debut: Nondescripts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 

Batting and Fielding Statistics :

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100 50 4S 6S CT ST
Tests8814710754928755.11359455.5321329772215720
ODIs26725027815213836.551084075.210558093625466
T20s201925727833.64451126.80562897
First Class173276201193328746.61NANA2956NANA31833
List A343322351114315638.82NANA1672NANA32885
Twenty205350415069432.731144131.64012167272812

Bowling Statistics :

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Avg Econ SR 4W 5W 10W
Tests88266380NANANA3.45NA000
ODIs267NANANANANANANANANANANANA
T20s20NANANANANANANANANANANANA
First Class173NA1921081\31NA1083.37192NA00
List A343NANANANANANANANANANANANA
Twenty2053NANANANANANANANANANANANA

Glossary - Batting:

Mat - Matches Played Inns - Innings Batted NO - Not Out
Runs - Runs Scored HS - Highest Innings Score Avg - Batting Average
BF - Balls Faced SR - Batting Strike Rate 100 - Hundreds Scored
50 - Fifties Scored 4S - Boundary Fours 6S - Boundary Sixes
CT - Catches Taken ST - Stumpings Made  

Glossary - Bowling:

Inns - Innings bowled Balls - Balls bowled Runs - Runs Conceded
Wkts - Wickets Taken BBI - Best innings bowling BBM - Best matches bowling
Avg - Bowling Average Econ - Economy rate SR - Bowling strike rate
4W - Four wickets in an innings 5W - Five wickets an innings 10W - Ten wickets in a match

Messages

Well PlayeD SangA..CongratZ...>>>>>>...Brilliant Captaincy knock of 56 n Some MarvellouS piece of Work BehinD the StumPs...Luv 2 c u Back in Form Form n Luv ya ShotS...>>>>>....KeeP iT up Sanga...n Don't think too much about what sum damn ppl tell abt U...Just concentrate on th game n Play well n Don't AlloW poil any one 2 blame u...V r wif you 4ever!

Dear Skipp SANGA and coaches plz try to make a concern about the brief Description

plz give the poor fella Shaun Marsh a chance to open with either Rav Bopara Or K.Goel

Sanga Yuvraj Bisla and Reetinder Sodhi Should unleash In Middle Order

Make Irfan the Floater dependin' upon the Situation

Piyush Chawla the wonder Boy , Brett"BINGA"Lee . Rusty Theron and Sreesanth///Shalabh Srvstv fire in the bowling Department along with I.Pathan

& I think this will brin' Back t he kings

& the most it will make the true punjabi Supporters happy

So give us a chance to roar

Dhoom punjabi machaade Dhoom Punjabii_ _ _

Hi Sanga...why you did'nt pick marsh for the last match though he is available ... this lineup will be good and we'll win the matches..

Bopara/Sangakkara
Marsh
Bisla
Karan Goel
Yuvi
Pathan
Reetinder Singh Sodhi
Wilkin Mota
Brettlee
Chawla
Juan Theron

you've to drop Bopara or yourself... If you drop Bopara, Bisla n Marsh will open the innings....you'll be at 3rd.. Don't include kaif...he is not in good form now...pick domestic player...

ALL D BEST SANGA ...... WE WILL START WINNING..... I LUV U

Hi Listed below are few opinions,

1. Sreesanth to complete his quota with new ball as the swing can get him a couple of wickets
2. Irfan to bowl in the death as he has lot of variations up his sleeve
3. Yuvi to bat after 15 overs or when 4 wickets are down, no point throwing away wicket after scoring 10/20 and giving clear advantage to opposition
4. Up to the stumps keeping by Sanagakara for Irfan as this will avoid batsmen going down the track
5. Lot more variations in bowling (Slow short pitch stuff, yorkers, complete slower ones) from everyone
6. Dont give batsman time think when you bowl a dot ball, rush up to your bowling mark ASAP
7. Take time to distract Batsman when he is in full swing
8. Always look to bowl first as 5th bowler option can be effectively utilized without much pressure
9. Opening pair to remain same followed by Sangakkara, Mahela
10. Preity Zinta to look at teams performance from a psychological point of view and rectify the fear/error/energy level/Distractions

Go get it boys...

We are a champion side and its time to strike

Cheers,

Khiruba

marsh & bopara can b de bst openin pair

Sanga,May God bless u 4 today's match...B a match winner n Thrill Ur FanS....Wish u all the best...!!!!

Hi sanga....this time don't take chance....this lineup will be good...in this lineup all can bat well...plsssss use this lineup in the match...this time we've to win...as james hopes is not available now...2nd position is to bopara/bharath...if he comes...he'll play there..
Mahela Jayawardene/Simon Katich
Ravi Bopra/Adrian Bharath
Kumar Sangakkara
Yuvraj Singh
Mohammad Kaif
Reetinder Singh Sodhi
Wilkin Mota
Irfan Pathan
Brett Lee
P. Chawla
Sreesanth

you've to win against delhi...it is very important match to me...because my friends are against to me...so, we've to win....plssss play well....

❤Sanga❤ is a winning Captain.. Also he can go through with Yuvi so both of them will provide they 100% this time ツ Sanga I'm so proud to be a ❤ SRILANKAN ❤ All the very best for KINGS XI PUNJAB Players... good luck boys.. we are the ♚ kings ♚ ツ xx

Wish U All the best sanga.......!!!!! seriously proud of you as a Sri Lankan & sure this time panjab team will rock the IPL.
Gud luck & God bless YOU.
Thilanka from Srilanka

ImpatienT 2 c U on field As the Punjabian Captain on 13th.......>>.

Heyy Sanga,Im really proud of u as A Sri Lankan,as A diE hard Fan of u...;) n As a huge fan of KXIP....U r the best...n May God will bless u 2 b A successful Captain 2 lead Punjabians with ur Wide knowledge....Love ya...All the besT....TC...!!!!!!

hiiiii

Sanga seriously proud of you as a Sri Lankan.God will definitely give his blessings for the success in this season.......

I wish you all the best to win this IPL!!!

love u sangooooo

Proud to be a Sri Lankan & also Punjab fan..ROK & gt IPL 3 for the punjab!!!!

you should be hitting hard man.ur game should increase its speed for t20s

U r da pride of sl cricket n da best in world cricket today, we r so delighted dat u took over da captaincy of punjab. We wish u good luck n to have a great Ipl 2010. Cheers!! Luv ya..................

Hey Sanga we @ Punjab have entrusted a Big responsibility on U. . be Finisher & just like a Scorpian that U are show ur killer instinct & do it the Pujabi way.. & Yuvi will be by ur side.. Cumon Yuvi we've gottu Win it this time Chakk De Sanga

Striking
Attractive
Nice
Great
Achiever

Keep the good work going & raise the ipl trophy for the KXIP. good luck....

hey dude pls play with following combination
Shaun Marsh
Taruvar Kohli
Kumar Sangakkara
Yuvraj Singh
Mahela Jayawardene
Sunny Sohal
Irfan Pathan
B. lee
Piyush Chawla
Ramesh Powar
S. Santh
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Heyy Sanga im a Huge fan of urz...i dnt care about wat otherz say..u r da best....U hv da talent,u r aggressive,Classy..n Congratz 4 ur new appointment as Kingz XI Punjab Captain 4 da 3d edition of IPL..Luv 2 c u leading ma fav KXIP next year,2010..

He is one of the best players in the world,extremely talented and I look forward to his good form in the coming season in the IPL

I wud thank u for leading the kings batting department from front...u hav always been playing well and giving the team an extra edge whether its your batting or job behind the wickets... whenever team is in trouble..u cum up and score crucial runs...please keep rocking for us in future also...Best Wishes...Do win dis time around....Always wid u...
Your Fan
DJ Shami

SANGA U R THE KING.YOU R PLAYING VERRY NICELY,DNT LOOSE U R CONFIDENCE PLAY WELL,I HOPE U CAN DO ANYTHING............GODBLESS SANGA

Sanga,u r d best wicket keeper that i have ever watched......i'm backing kxip because of you,mahela and lee...but mainly because of you.i know cricket especially T20 is a game of team work....but fans like me cant suffer d loss of ur wickets in earlier overs of the innings...u got out in the previous matches for good balls dat can b left....so play gud....anil

i like you da.

Hi,Sanga,
As a Sri Lankankan and KXIP fan i love to see your success.Like in national team you have got much responsibility in KXIP, So you wish for success all the way all the time.

Samantha.

keep rockn mate.... u r one of d best in d business.... luv u lotz...

The Aggresive attitudes and intentions in the field, the way you set the fields right for the team is unbelivable.......

The best calming influence for the people around

When in Batting your Batting the elegant shots and the wiley nudges are awesom.....
I am a big fan of yours. I am waiting for another sintilating innings like the 94 you got during the last season

All the and Cheers

plz be in form during this ipl season whole punjab team is realy depndent on you

Keep Sri Lankan Name .........

Its PROUD TO BE A SRI LANKAN>>>>>>

Hi Sanga Best luck for all you future games. i've never had any fav player from the day i saw u play i guess in 2000.
wow your amazing player. you look good. your educated. woooo all in one for a guy lolz. specially a srilankan. i love sri lankan cricket
all the best again!!!

hello sanga u really played well for kings in last two game and credit goes to u hats off to u. u played really well from my point of view ur world best wicketkeeper batsman better than dhoni best of luck for today game......

you are the best........

where have my earlier comment gone?????
y its not posted

hey sangakkara,

Despite wat hpnd wd u in Pakistan, You are still rockin and playing as usual.
This is wat I like the most about u... Madness for Cricket.
We are proud to have u in our Punjab team.
Gud luck & God bless ya.
Vineet

you are looking in tremendous foarm sanga you scored match wining knocks in both the games.And as i am from sri lanka as you are our new captain i wish you the best of luck and your srilankan cricket team and your ipl team kingsxipunjab

Sangakkara, i love the way you playing the major part is your concentration which is desperately needed for KXIP.Hope you will continue that onward.

great game vs Rajastan royals. we hope for more excellence from u
HI SANGA I LIKE U
Hey Sangakkara, V V V WELL PLAYED!! FAB!! KIP ROCKING THIS WAY TILL DA END. LOADS OF LUCK!! R's, King Kau$tubh Well wisher of King ११ Punjab team. We'll win!
Hello Sangakkara, Well played 2day, just unfortunate that rains spoiled it. No worries, just keep it rocking man! R's, King Kau$tubh Well wisher of King १1 Punjab team. We'll win!
Try to hit more 6s. Hope you win man of the series in 2nd IPL.
Try to hit 6s

you are the best wicket keeper and bat as well...........My Prayres and wishes Always With you.......GOD BLESS YOU BRO

Hi sanaga...
What a simple plan you play Kings XI punjab...

Hi thisiz Priyam n i really like the way Mr. Sangakkara bats. So best of luck to him n the whole team for IPL2. M sure the team will do veru well this year too.

Hi thisiz Priyam Divgi n i really like the way Sangakkara bats
n by the way, best of luck to the Punjab team for IPl
m sure they'll fare well this time around too

this guy just mizd da highest score ever.
hope KINGZ raise da cup.
Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!!

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