Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara was born on 27^th of October, 1977 in Kandy. He studied at Trinity College, Kandy. He played his first test match for Sri Lanka in 2000 against South Africa.

He is a left handed top order batsman and holds many records as a batsman. He captained Sri Lanka for five years. Under his captaincy, Sri Lanka could win a lot of test matches. After playing for long fifteen years, he retired in 2015.

He speaks good English. He has become a well-known cricket commentator and he is loved by almost all cricket fans worldwide. He is a humble player and he used to respect the rules of the game a lot when he was playing cricket. Kumar Sangakkara has made our country proud.

Prasadini Premaratne/Horana/18.11.2017