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Classic Sanga (born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan international cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lankan national team, and is known as one of the greatest cricket produced by Srilanka.A left-handed top-order batsman, for much of his career he also played as a wicket-keeper, although he no longer keeps wicket at Test level.

Early Life
Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara was born on October 27, 1977 in Matale, the youngest in a family of four. He grew up in Kandy, Sri Lanka’s hill-country capital, his family house overlooking the town’s lake and close to the Tennis Club, a favourite hideout in his childhood. His father, Kshema, also a keen sportsman (who still assiduously analyses his son’s game and offers advice), was an eminent lawyer and a very well-respected member of the local community. His deep love of literature, law, philosophy and art was adopted by his children, all of whom were encouraged to pursue a broad-based education.

School Life
Kumar’s tertiary education was cut short by his cricket career. Keen to follow in his father’s footsteps, he had enrolled at the University of Colombo to complete a Bachelor of Law. But his selection for the Sri Lanka A tour to South Africa in 1998 was the start of a hectic tour schedule that left less and less time for personal study. He still wants to complete his law degree after his retirement as a professional cricketer.

STARTING CRICKET
Kumar has played cricket from the age of seven years, when he joined Sunil Fernando’s private coaching classes. Sunil also used to coach Muttiah Muralitharan during these after-school classes and, although Murali was five years his senior, Kumar first met his future team-mate and friend in Fernando’s back-garden. However, Kumar only started playing cricket seriously when he was around 12 year’s old when he secured a place in the Trinity College U13 team. Thereafter, he was watched over by Bertie Wijesinghe, one of Sri Lanka’s most respected schoolboy coaches.

MAKING HIS INTERNATIONAL DEBUT
However, aged 21, he managed to catch the eye of the national selectors a year later and was selected for the Sri Lanka A tour to South Africa in 1998/9. He did well enough there to gain selection for the A team’s three-match home series against Zimbabwe A in May 2000. This turned out to be a breakthrough tour as he cracked a brilliant 156 not out in the limited over series. The innings, which included one six that smashed the dressing room window, was watched by National Coach Dav Whatmore and paved the way for his inclusion in the ODI squad for the Singer [|Triangular Series in July 2000] with Pakistan and South Africa.

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As vice-captain When Sri Lanka toured Bangladesh in February 2006 regular captain Marvan Atapattu was injured and Mahela Jayawardene became captain while Sangakkara was made vice-captain

Indian Premier League Classic Sanga has played in five seasons of the Indian Premier League

Sri Lanka Premier League In the Sri Lanka Premier League which officially started in 2012, Kumar Sangakkara was named the captain and icon player of the Kandurata Warriors franchise

Centuries
Classic Sanga has scored 36 centuries surpassing Don Bradman's 29 in Test cricket and has scored 19 centuries in ODIs.

He has 37 test, 19 ODI centuries, with no T20I centuries.

Half-centurie
Classic Sanga has scored 51 test, 86 ODI and 8 T20I half-centuries.

Family
Sanga got married in 2003,His wife name is (Yehali Sangakkara) and now he have 2 twins, a baby girl and a boy. [[File:Classic sanga with

Supporting Cricket
Sanga loves to play cricket and is one of those cricket who loves to support child cricket.

AWARDS AND HONOURS
Classic Sanga's stature beyond his cricketing prowess continued to grow with the prestigious and pioneering LMD magazine nominating him as their Sri Lankan Of The Year (SLOTY) for 2011. Announcing their choice, LMD wrote, “The celebrated cricketer has charmed an entire nation with his heroics on the field and charisma off it.” Having earlier in the year become the first active cricketer to be invited to deliver the Cowdrey Lecture, Classic Sanga was invited to join the MCC World Cricket Committee (WCC). At 34, he is the WCC’s youngest member and the second Sri Lankan to be invited to the WCC after Michael Tissera.

Social Media accounts
Classic Sanga has his official Facebook account at Classic Sanga. Classic sanga has no Twitter,Instagram and other social accounts.

Reference links
http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/50710.html 

http://kumarsangakkara.lk/profile/  

http://classicsanga.com/kumar-sangakkaras-profile/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Cricket  

http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/current/team/8.html 

http://www.classicsanga.com/  

https://www.facebook.com/Classic.Sanga  