May 19, 2026
RR need a Jaipur win against LSG to stay in the IPL 2026 playoff hunt
A third straight defeat has left Rajasthan Royals needing to win both their remaining IPL 2026 fixtures, starting with an already-eliminated Lucknow S...
Kumar Sangakkara
26 articles tagged with "Kumar Sangakkara"
Mar 22, 2026
Shanaka leaves PSL behind to join Rajasthan Royals as Curran’s IPL 2026 replacement
Sri Lanka all-rounder Dasun Shanaka is set to join Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2026 after Sam Curran was ruled out with a groin injury, adding another na...
Oct 9, 2024
International Masters League: Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara to feature in IML T20 2024 – get full schedule
The inaugural International Masters League will see six renowned cricket nations compete in 18 T20 matches. Matches will be played in Mumbai, Lucknow...
Aug 30, 2024
Most runs in Test cricket: Tendulkar’s 15,921 still leads, and Root is 1,741 away
Joe Root’s 66 at Headingley took him to 14,180 and left him 1,741 behind Sachin Tendulkar. The all-time Test run list as at 22 August 2026, and how to...
May 30, 2024
Highest partnership in T20 World Cup: Jos Buttler and Alex Hales lead the pack
The English duo made the fifth 150-plus-run partnership in the T20 World Cup.
Feb 1, 2024
From highest total to most wickets: Know Test records at Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo
Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene scored the most runs (2921) while Muttiah Muralitharan bagged the most wickets (166) at Colombo’s SSC Cricket Ground in...
Sep 22, 2023
Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar headline list of most centuries in ODI World Cup
Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Ricky Ponting and David Warner feature in the top five list of most centuries in ODI World Cup histo...
Sep 11, 2023
Most runs in ODI cricket: the all-time list
Sachin Tendulkar leads the all-time ODI run list with 18,426, and Virat Kohli is now second. Here is the top ten, how the record was built and the ari...
Dec 10, 2022
Most centuries in international cricket: the full list, and why the totals disagree
Sachin Tendulkar still leads on 100 international centuries and Virat Kohli is second on 85. Here is the full top 20 with every Test, ODI and T20I spl...
Aug 13, 2022
From Sanath Jayasuriya to Rohit Sharma, know the highest run-getters in Asia Cup history
Among Indians, Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most runs in Asia Cup history. Between 1990 and 2012, Tendulkar accumulated 971 runs in 23 ma...
Jun 6, 2022
From Sunil Gavaskar to Joe Root, get the complete list of players with 10,000 runs in Test cricket
Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar are the three Indians to have scored 10,000 runs in Test cricket.
Mar 13, 2022
Most centuries in Test cricket: Sachin Tendulkar’s 51 leads the list
Sachin Tendulkar scored 51 centuries in Test cricket, more than any other batter. Joe Root is the closest of the active players, on 41.
Mar 2, 2022
Most runs in international cricket: the all-time list, and the second place that just changed hands
Tendulkar’s 34,357 is still the record, but Virat Kohli passed Kumar Sangakkara in January 2026 to go second. The full list, and what Kohli would actu...
Jan 28, 2022
From Brian Lara to Chris Gayle, know the highest individual Test scores
Brian Lara remained at the crease for nearly 13 hours to register the highest individual Test score in 2004.
Jan 20, 2022
From Kumar Sangakkara to Inzamam-ul-Haq, know the players with most away ODI runs
Kumar Sangakkara is the only player to score more than 5500 away runs in ODI format
Apr 5, 2021
Fake fielding in cricket: Clever or unfair? All you need to know
Introduced in 2017 by ICC, Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne became the first player to be penalised under the fake fielding rule that year.
Jul 29, 2020
Top five batting partnerships in Test cricket
From Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene to Bill Ponsford and Donald Bradman, we take a closer look at the top five partnerships in the history of...
Jul 3, 2020
Sri Lanka drops WC cricket fixing probe for lack of evidence
“We are satisfied with their explanation. The inquiry is now closed,” a top police official said.
Jul 2, 2020
Ex-Sri Lanka skipper Sangakkara grilled in World Cup fixing probe
“I came here to give a statement because of my responsibility to the game and respect for cricket,” Sangakkara said.
Jun 19, 2020
Former SL stars respond to sports minister who claimed 2011 WC was ‘sold’
Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara took to Twitter to express their discontent towards the allegations made by the former sports minister.
Jun 3, 2020
Cricket community in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter
The global cricket community has taken to social media to express solidarity with the rising movement against racism in the USA as well as across the...
May 7, 2020
Sangakkara set to serve extra year as MCC president
Sangakkara, the first non-British holder of the position in the club’s 233-year history, is in line for an extension due to the disruption caused by C...
Apr 26, 2020
Five keepers with most dismissals in international cricket
Wicketkeepers are a vital cog in a fielding team’s assessment of a batsman, and here are those who’ve mastered the art to perfection.
Apr 7, 2020
Who are the most unsuccessful captains in Indian T20 League?
There have been as many as 50 different captains in the Indian T20 League, but who among the lot has the worst record?