Kumar Sangakkara Wife, Height, Age, Batting Stats, Instagram

Kumar Sangakkara was one of the most elegant left-hander to play for Sri-Lanka. Pursuing his career in the field of Law, Sangakkara developed an interest in cricket when he started to play for his college cricket team. His game was nurturing day by day thanks to the guidance of coach Sunil Fernando, that is when he got selected for the Under-19 Sri Lankan team and the rest is history. He was prolific in all the formats of the game and is the highest run-getter for Sri Lankan cricket and 5th overall with 12,400 runs to his name from 134 test matches at an average of 57.40. He was an aspiring leader as well and under his leadership, Sri Lanka made it to the World Cup finals in the year 2011.

Biography

Nickname:	Sanga
Profession:	Retired Cricketer
Autobiography:	NA
Biopic:	NA
Physical Appearance
Height	5 feet 10 inches
Weight (approx.):	65 kg
Eye Colour:	Black
Hair Colour:	Black
Tattoos:	NA
Personal Life
Date of Birth:	2 October 1977
Birth Place:	Matale, Sri Lanka
Instagram	sangalefthander
Nationality:	Sri Lankan
School:	Trinity College, Kandy
College:	Trinity College, Kandy and Faculty of law, University of Colombo
Educational Qualifications:	Graduate
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• He is the highest ever run getter in ODI cricket for Sri Lanka with 14234 runs to his name. He achieved this feat on 29 January 2015.
• He has scored over 12,000 runs in test cricket at a towering average of 57.40.
• He has scalped the ICC ODI Cricketer of the year award twice in his illustrious career once in 2011 and the other time in 2013.
• He has also bagged ICC Test cricketer of the year in 2012 and the same year he also won ICC Cricketer of the year.

Kumar Sangakkara Wife
Marital Status:	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends:	NA
Kumar Sangakkara Wife name	Yehali Sangakkara is the wife of Kumar Sangakkara.
Marriage Date:	11 December 2017
Children:	A daughter and a son

• Sanga was more into studies and was inspired to become a lawyer.
• In the year 2100, he became the youngest and first ever active International player to deliver a speech at the prestigious MCC Spirit of Cricket.
• His speech was widely praised around the cricketing world and has been described as “one of the most important speeches in cricketing history”.
• Sangakkara is considered as one of the most respected cricketers in the world.
• He is currently the youngest and the second ever Sri Lankan to be invited for MCC World Cricket Committee. Second Sri Lankan to achieve this feat after Michael Tissera.
• He is been involved in a number of charities, he is an active member of ‘Think Wise initiative’ launched by ICC. He is also involved with the United Nations programme on HIV-Aids and UNICEF.
• He is also the Ambassador of Anti-narcotics program in Sri Lanka ,the president of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena appointed him after the Sri Lankan Parliamentary Elections in 2015.