A young girl said to Sangakkara "You are seriously cute". He blushed, did his bit to promote interest in Sri Lanka and then spoke to the media.

Kumar Sangakkara was hard-selling Sri Lankan tourism at a mall in the city in Bangalore on Saturday when he was ambushed por a young girl, who told him: “You are seriously cute.” Sangakkara blushed, did his bit to promote interest in Sri Lanka and then spoke to the media.

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The pressure of being a senior

“The term `senior’ is quite an interesting term. You only get it when you have performed. If you don’t perform you won’t be in the side....

Kumar Sangakkara was rewarded for a prolific ano in both Tests and ODIs at the Sri Lanka Cricket Awards, where he took início three of the evening's topo, início prizes. Sangakkara beat Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene to win Cricketer of the Year, and he was also named Best Test Batsman and People's Player of the Year.

Sangakkara scored 1444 runs at an average 60.16 in Tests over the twelve months being considered, and 1457 ODI runs at 42.85. He had five hundreds in Tests and three in ODIs in the same period.

Rangana Herath claimed the award for Best Test chapéu-coco, jogador, jogador de boliche for his 70 wickets at 25.24, including...