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  South Africa M vs Sri Lanka M IMLT20 Highlights: Sri Lanka prevail against South Africa

  Cricket | February 27, 2025 18:58 IST

  Sri Lanka Masters rode on Asela Gunaratne and Chinthaka Jayasinghe's unbeaten fifties to make a light work of a 181-run chase against the South Africa Master to register their first win of the IMLT20 in Navi Mumbai. Hashim Amla scored a fifty for SA but needed their bowlers to pick regular wickets.

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  5 Players with most centuries at home in Tests

  Sports | December 16, 2024 16:05 IST

  Scoring runs in Test cricket isn't easy irrespective of the conditions but some of the players have enjoyed scoring truckloads of runs, especially at home. Here we bring you the list of five players to score most centuries while batting at home in the history of Test cricket.

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  Angelo Mathews emulates Sangakkara-Jayawardene, joins Fab Four in major achievement in Test cricket

  Cricket | December 06, 2024 23:22 IST

  Angelo Mathews scored an unbeaten 40 runs to help Sri Lanka score 242 for 3 at the end of Day 2 of the second Test match against South Africa in Gqeberha. The veteran batter also became the only third Sri Lankan cricketer to record 8000 Test runs.

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  Joe Root surpasses Sangakkara in Test runs; closing in on Rahul Dravid's all-time catches record

  Cricket | September 08, 2024 21:01 IST

  Joe Root took his 201st catch as an outfield fielder in Test cricket to go past the legendary South African Jacques Kallis in the list of players with the most catches and is only behind two cricketers to claim the record.

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  Most dismissals by wicketkeeper in ICC T20 World Cup; MSD leads Pakistani star

  Sports | May 26, 2024 7:00 IST

  Everyone is eagerly waiting for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, and indeed, it is creating a lot of buzz. We have curated a list of wicketkeepers who dismissed most batters in T20 World Cup history. MS Dhoni tops the list, followed by Kamran Akmal, Denesh Ramdin, Kumar Sangakkara, and Quinton de Kock.

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  Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson underlines reason behind loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2

  Cricket | May 25, 2024 11:51 IST

  Left-arm off-spinner Abhishek Sharma undid Sanju Samson before he could create an impact on Qualifier 2 with the willow in hand. The Rajasthan Royals captain could only manage 10 off 11 balls during his stay in the middle.

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  RR head coach Kumar Sangakkara not pleased with 'intent' shown by batters against CSK

  Cricket | May 14, 2024 14:26 IST

  Rajasthan Royals have lost steam a bit in the second half of IPL 2024. They had won eight out of nine matches at one stage but have since lost three on the bounce that has delayed their playoff qualification as well. In remaining two matches, RR will have to win one game to seal a top-two spot too.

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  Kumar Sangakkara can't hold his excitement seeing 'match-winner' Dhruv Jurel in India's Test squad

  Cricket | January 13, 2024 18:05 IST

  Rajasthan Royals Director of Cricket and coach Kumar Sangakkara was all praise for his player Dhruv Jurel, who became the latest Indian player to get a Test call-up. Jurel, who has done well for India A and in Ranji Trophy for UP, is the third wicketkeeping option apart from KL Rahul and KS Bharat.

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  Virat Kohli breaks Kumar Sangakkara's all-time record in international cricket

  Cricket | December 28, 2023 19:31 IST

  India cricketer Virat Kohli has been in excellent touch in 2023 and is batting for one last time this year in the Centurion Test against South Africa. The former Indian skipper slammed centuries for fun this year apart from being the highest run-getter in the World Cup.

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  IND vs SA: Virat Kohli surpasses Sangakkara to join Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar in elite list

  Cricket | November 05, 2023 16:59 IST

  India have won seven out of their seven games in the ongoing showpiece event with 14 points and a net run rate (NRR) of 2.102. The Men in Blue have already qualified for the semifinals and would like to finish at the top of the points table after the end of the round-robin stage.

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  IPL 2021, MI vs RR - Fault lies more with us, not toss or pitch: Kumar Sangakkara

  Cricket | October 06, 2021 10:31 IST

  Jimmy Neesham and Nathan Coulter-Nile bowled exceptionally well to keep Mumbai Indians' prospects alive as they outclassed Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets in a low-scoring match on Tuesday night.

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  IPL 2021: Looking for different match-winners in different games says RR Director Kumar Sangakkara

  Cricket | September 09, 2021 18:14 IST

  The Royals, who are placed fifth in the IPL points table, will begin the second leg of IPL by taking on Punjab Kings on September 21.

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  'Quickest hands in world': Sangakkara's witty response on ICC's video of MS Dhoni's stumping

  Cricket | July 07, 2021 16:52 IST

  The ICC posted a video compilation of MS Dhoni's quick stumping, and Kumar Sangakkara had a witty response to it.

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  Sachin Tendulkar pips Kumar Sangakkara to be the greatest Test batsman in 21st century

  Cricket | June 20, 2021 15:12 IST

  Tendulkar's 15,921 runs and 51 centuries are the most in Test cricket history.

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  Chetan Sakariya was a revelation for Rajasthan Royals, he's had a tough year: Kumar Sangakkara

  Cricket | May 13, 2021 20:02 IST

  The Saurashtra pace bowler lost his father this week to Covid-19 and prior to that, in January, he lost his brother who committed suicide. Sakariya's skill-set and ability to handle pressure caught Sangakkara's eye.

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  IPL 2021 | 'He showed a lot of maturity': Kumar Sangakkara lauds 'exceptional' Devdutt Padikkal

  Cricket | April 23, 2021 9:35 IST

  RR's Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara opened up on the game in the post-match press conference, lauding the youngster Padikkal for his maturity to bat through.

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  Missing Jofra is big blow, we have faith in young Indian pacers Tyagi, Sakariya: Sangakkara

  Cricket | April 11, 2021 15:25 IST

  Archer, who played with a hand injury during the India series, is currently recuperating from a surgery and the duration of his availability during the later part is still not clear.

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  Strike balance between franchise leagues and international cricket, says Kumar Sangakkara

  Cricket | February 19, 2021 17:43 IST

  Sangakkara, who is the director of cricket at Rajasthan Royals, was on Friday asked about T20 leagues, the international game and the players who have to often make a difficult decision.

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  IPL 2021: Rajasthan Royals appoint Kumar Sangakkara as director of cricket

  Cricket | January 24, 2021 15:57 IST

  Sangakkara scored over 28,000 runs for Sri Lanka over a hugely successful 16-year and has the highest Test batting average of any player in the last 46 years.

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  T10 shouldn't be played at the cost of another format, feels Kumar Sangakkara

  Cricket | January 12, 2021 16:13 IST

  The fourth edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 League is slated to be played from January 28 to February 6.