One of the most exquisitely engineered batting machines of his age, Kumar Sangakkara's charismatic, erudite presence also exuded a statesman-like quality in short supply among his contemporaries.

The captains of both the teams, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kumara Sangakkara, have their reputations ... Dhoni won hearts despite his poor batting. As a captain Dhoni has been able to do an overhaul ...

In full flow, he reminds me of Kumara Sangakkara and Brian Lara. Hopefully, he delivers as a captain but not at the cost of curtailing fluidity of his batting,” Gambhir said. The former India ...

Opening the batting, Sangakkara made full use of a slow pitch, crashing 18 fours and a six in his 220-ball knock. A 134-run partnership between him and Sanath Jayasuriya set the tone after the ...

England had no effective answer to Kumar Sangakkara's 20th century ... just before the batting powerplay. But the promoted Seekkuge Prasanna smashed a manic 20 in 12 balls, including an escape ...

Kumar Sangakkara further explained how Labuschagne and Khawaja's lack of proactive batting meant that Australia just didn't move forward in the game. The visitors are four wickets down already and ...

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Sri Lanka batting great Kumar Sangakkara has urged India middle-order batter Sanju Samson to keep things simple and to concentrate on his batting when the T20I series ...

Both have opened the batting and led the side ... Mahela Jayawardene and Kumara Sangakkara are the First Couple of Sri Lankan cricket and in the twilight of their careers, both will be wishing ...

File photo of England Test captain Joe Root(PTI) Following his promising batting show in both the Tests, former Sri Lankan captain Kumara Sangakkara showered praises on Root and said the way the ...

The glorious international career of Sri Lankan cricketer Kumara Sangakkara ... on to excel notching up several batting and catching records. Undoubtedly Sangakkara has been Sri Lanka’s best ...

In awe of Joe Root's performance in the ongoing series against Sri Lanka, Kumara Sangakkara said the way ... For me or anyone batting or a coach, the execution and way he handled himself all ...