One of the most exquisitely engineered batting machines of his age, Kumar Sangakkara's charismatic, erudite presence also exuded a statesman-like quality in short supply among his contemporaries.

Sri Lanka vice-captain Kumar Sangakkara said it was vital his side kept faith with the style of cricket that won them the 1996 World Cup if they were to lift the trophy for a second time.

Sangakkara, who is playing his 15th Test against Pakistan, has scored nine centuries against them with a top score of 230 in Lahore in March, 2002. Dilshan was dismissed in the final hour of play ...

When Sangakkara decided to call up Herath out of nowhere, he was criticised heavily as people saw it as a decision that took Sri Lankan cricket backwards. Not anymore. Since his comeback, Herath ...

Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara ensured, in the process, that they batted Sri Lanka into an un-losable position. This effectively means that no matter what, ...

"Sometimes you have streaks, RCB lost almost every game at the start and then caught up. That's how T20 goes. All we can do is put ourselves in positions of playoffs and vying for finals which we did.