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kumar sangakkara

kumar chokshanada sangakkara -lrb- ; born 27 october 1977 -rrb- is a former professional sri lankan cricketer , and former captain of the sri lankan national team .
he is widely regarded as one of the world most influential cricketer .
he has forged many formidable partnerships with long time team mate and friend , mahela jayawardene and holds numerous batting records in the modern era across all formats of the game .
a left-handed top-order batsman , he is also a record-breaking wicket-keeper , although he no longer keeps wickets at test level .
currently , he is the second-highest run-scorer in odi cricket and the fifth-highest run scorer in test cricket .
sangakkara is described as one of the `` most polished and prudent of batsmen '' in cricket .
along with ab de villiers , he has dominated the number one spot in the icc test batting rankings over the past decade .
on 12 august 2015 , kumara sangakkara was placed at number 5 in the icc test rankings .
sangakkara was a key member of the team that won the 2014 icc world twenty20 and was part of the team that made the final of the 2007 cricket world cup , 2011 cricket world cup , 2009 icc world twenty20 and 2012 icc world twenty20 .
he won the man of the match award in the final of the 2014 icc world twenty20 , where he helped the team win their first title .
sangakkara delivered the 2011 mcc spirit of cricket cowdrey lecture , which gained worldwide attention .
he was the youngest person and the first active international player to deliver that lecture , which was widely praised by the cricketing community for its outspoken nature .
in terms of number of innings required , sangakkara is the fastest batsman to reach 8,000 , 9,000 , 11,000 and 12,000 runs in test cricket .
he is also joint fastest to 10,000 .
he won the icc cricketer of the year in 2012 , test cricketer of the year in 2012 , and odi cricketer of the year multiple times in 2011 and 2013 .
he has also won the lg people 's choice award twice , in 2011 and 2012 .
sangakkara has regularly featured in the world test xi and world odi xi , appearing six times and three times in them , respectively .
he was selected as leading cricketer in the world in the 2015 edition of wisden .
along with teammate mahela jayawardene , he recorded the most partnership runs for the 3rd wicket in tests , scoring 5890 runs surpassing the 5826 runs of rahul dravid and sachin tendulkar , during the first test match against pakistan at galle international stadium .
the two also hold the record for the highest partnership for any wicket in test matches , scoring 624 runs for the 3rd wicket against south africa in july , 2006 .
this still stands as the largest partnership for any wicket in first-class cricket , anywhere .
on january 29 , 2015 , sangakkara became sri lanka 's highest ever odi run scorer , surpassing the previous record of 13430 runs held by sanath jayasuriya .
in the same match , he also broke the record for odi wicketkeeping dismissals , breaking the previous record of 472 held by adam gilchrist .
he retired from odis on 18 march 2015 , against south africa during the quarter final stage of 2015 icc cricket world cup .
he has stated that he will finish his test career in august 2015 .
he was named the wisden leading cricketer in the world in 2011 and 2015 .
he is one of two players to have won this award twice , along with indian opener virender sehwag , who won the award in 2008 and 2009 .
in june 2015 sangakkara announced he would retire from international cricket after the conclusion of the second test against india in august .
