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Kumar Sangakkara

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Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (Sinhala: කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer who represented Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2015. A former captain in all formats, he was born in Matale, Central Province. In first-class cricket, he played for Nondescripts Cricket Club from 1997–98 to 2013–14 and for Surrey County Cricket Club from 2015 to 2017. He was a key part of the Sri Lankan squads which won the 2001-02 Asian Test Championship, 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and 2014 T20 World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kumar Sangakkara is the 8th most popular cricketer (up from 58th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (up from 46th in 2019) and the most popular Sri Lankan Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Kumar Sangakkara ranks 8 out of 136. Before him are Willie Watson, William Donne, MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, W. G. Grace, and Sunil Gavaskar. After him are Andrew Flintoff, Alfred Bowerman, C. B. K. Beachcroft, Kapil Dev, Virat Kohli, and Montagu Toller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Kumar Sangakkara ranks 249. Before him are Oxana Fedorova, Sid Wilson, Kensuke Tsukuda, Leigh Whannell, Fábio Júnior, and Hayko. After him are Noname Jane, Li Tie, Vladimir Ivić, Ryan Dunn, Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, and Katherine Moennig.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Kumar Sangakkara ranks 37 out of 51. Before him are Dudley Senanayake (1911), Bob Tisdall (1907), Duncan White (1918), Joyce Cooper (1909), Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810), and John Kotelawala (1897). After him are Heather Armitage (1933), Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932), Beverley Craven (1963), Alexander Khloponin (1965), Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975), and David Wilkie (1954).

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Among CRICKETERS In Sri Lanka

Among cricketers born in Sri Lanka, Kumar Sangakkara ranks 1. After him are Muttiah Muralitharan (1972), Sanath Jayasuriya (1969), Tillakaratne Dilshan (1976), Mahela Jayawardene (1977), Lasith Malinga (1983), and Chaminda Vaas (1974).

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