We all have our favorites, especially those of us who love cricket him from beyond the border, and cricketers judging by their statistics on the spot. But if the numbers are any criterion, few international cricket players can boast of a career full of energy that is as complete as Chokshananda Kumar Sangakkara, Kumar Sangakkara alias, or “Sanga” as his teammates affectionately call him .
For a cricketer, Sanga is very well educated, too. True, not about their academic qualifications here; He considers that an icing on the cake, if you want. Sangakkara made his international test debut in Galle Cricket Ground on July20, 2000, against South Africa. Many thought their debut was unimpressive – just as many saw their tickets farewell Monday unbecoming a hero like him. In 2000, he scored 23 runs before falling leg before wicket to Nicky Boje turner.
At the time Sangakkara made his debut in the event, this writer used to play cricket team for school in the U-13 category, and had much in common with the soft star Sri Lanka – a manager lefty hitter land He came in to bat in the decisive series of three positions.
But that was the debut, and yet tame it could have been, what made Sangakkara ended up being the star that seized nearly every opportunity to respect and left no stone unturned to ensure that was to height of his brilliance. A consistent player, Sangakkara never strove too hard for racing or suffered too lean patch in his career of 15 years. Judging by his exploits, calling him by the nickname “KS-47 ‘, the treadmill, it would be an exaggeration.
The connection Galle
For Sangakkara, the Galle Cricket Ground (CCG) will always be special. This is the land you set foot in the international cricket – both test matches and one day international links – and also farewell to the party of the Lord after scoring 50 runs in two innings of his test swansong, but for a lost cause.
So “solved” the cricket
According to an article written by Andy Bull to The Guardian, “2014 was a true testament to him … (Sangakkara) is going all guns blazing in 2,868 runs in international cricket at an average of 53. No one has scored more in a calendar year. This year, he became the first man in history to score centuries in four innings consecutive ODI, and during the World Cup, too. At the age of 37, Sangakkara sometimes seems to have resolved cricket, as a computer solves checkers or a bright child of a Rubik’s Cube “.
The report notes that there was a time when Sangakkara said problem was that he was a better hitter at home – which, of course, he was – but had problems when you are away. Not quite, if you go into their final statistics. He finished with (all formats) an average of 49 in Australia, 49 in New Zealand, 44 in England and 43 in India. He is the only batsman who has a place in the top 10 in the middle, most runs and most centuries in Test cricket. That means it’s easily one of the best hitters of all time by any measure.
If I had another year like 2014 before he decided to hang up his boots, says Andy Bull, he could have been sitting next to Sachin Tendulkar as the second best scorer run test cricket, and surpassed Sir Donald Bradman as the man who marked the greater number of double hundreds in Test cricket. But he is not interested. He says he would leave earlier if his great mate Mahela Jayawardene had not beaten him. He thought the team would suffer if they went out at the same time.
