Test Career
- Matches
- 134
- Runs
- 12,400
- Highest score
- 319
- Batting average
- 57.40
- Centuries
- 38
- Double centuries
- 11
- Catches / stumpings
- 182 / 20
SRI LANKA CRICKET LEGEND
Kumar SangakkaraCareer Stats, 28,016 Runs & Records
Former Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batter
Kumar Sangakkara scored 12,400 Test runs and 14,234 ODI runs, completing a 28,016-run international career defined by elegant left-handed batting and elite wicketkeeping.
Player Information
Full nameKumar Chokshanada Sangakkara
Date of birth27 October 1977
BirthplaceMatale, Sri Lanka
International teamSri Lanka
RoleWicketkeeper-batter
Batting styleLeft-handed
Bowling styleRight-arm off break
International Career Stats
ODI Career
- Matches
- 404
- Runs
- 14,234
- Highest score
- 169
- Batting average
- 41.98
- Centuries
- 25
- Fifties
- 93
- Catches / stumpings
- 402 / 99
T20I Career
- Matches
- 56
- Runs
- 1,382
- Highest score
- 78
- Batting average
- 31.40
- Fifties
- 8
- Catches / stumpings
- 25 / 20
- 2014 final
- 52*
Career statistics are final.
Sangakkara played his final international match in August 2015. The figures above were checked against ICC and established statistical records.
Across 15 years, Sangakkara combined classical stroke play, concentration and sharp work behind the stumps. His 28,016 international runs place him among cricket's most prolific batters, while his record across formats established him as one of Sri Lanka's defining players.
Four Consecutive ODI Centuries at the 2015 World Cup
Sangakkara scored centuries in four consecutive World Cup matches against Bangladesh, England, Australia and Scotland. He became the first men's ODI batter to score four hundreds in four successive innings, completing the sequence during his final World Cup.
World Cup Wicketkeeping and Sri Lanka Legacy
Sangakkara recorded 54 wicketkeeping dismissals across 36 World Cup innings, an ICC tournament record at the end of his career. He also helped Sri Lanka reach the 2007 and 2011 ODI World Cup finals before playing a match-winning unbeaten 52 in the 2014 T20 World Cup final.
International Debuts and Final Appearances
Test career
July 2000 – August 2015
Played 134 Tests, scored 38 centuries and finished with an exceptional batting average of 57.40.
ODI career
July 2000 – March 2015
Completed a 404-match ODI career with 14,234 runs, 25 centuries and 99 stumpings.
T20I career
June 2006 – April 2014
Ended his T20I career by helping Sri Lanka win the 2014 world title.
Major Records & Achievements
International runs
Scored 12,400 Test, 14,234 ODI and 1,382 T20I runs.
International centuries
Made 38 Test centuries and 25 ODI centuries.
Test double-centuries
Finished one short of the all-time Test record.
Consecutive ODI centuries
Created the record during the 2015 World Cup.
Record Test partnership
Shared the world-record stand with Mahela Jayawardene.
World Cup dismissals
Set the wicketkeeping record across 36 innings.
Honours and Legacy
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
Was inducted in recognition of his outstanding international career.
ICC Cricketer of the Year
Won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after an exceptional season.
ICC Test Cricketer of the Year
Received the leading individual award for Test cricket.
T20 World Cup champion
Scored an unbeaten 52 in Sri Lanka's title-winning final.
Sources
- ICC Hall of Fame: Kumar Sangakkara career profile
- ICC: Kumar Sangakkara's best World Cup moments
- ICC: World Cup wicketkeeping records
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