# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kumar-sangakkara
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:08:23.710Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kumar-sangakkara"
name: "Kumar Sangakkara"
slug: "kumar-sangakkara"
description: "Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator and former cricketer who represented Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2015. A former captain for Sri Lanka in all formats. Born in Matale, Central Province, Sangakkara played first-class cricket for Nondescripts Cricket Club from 1997–98 to 2013–14 and for Surrey County Cricket Club from 2015 to 2017. He was a key part of the Sri Lankan squads which won the 2001-02 Asian Test Championship, 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and 2014 T20 World Cup."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sangakkara_(portrait).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1977-10-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.649264778446659
  historical:           21.38952666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "KumarSanga2"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/sangalefthander/"
    handle:    "sangalefthander"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump