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The Legendary wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara is expected to retire from Test cricket in August 2015, when Sri Lanka will play their first Test against India at Galle, starting August 18th. Sangakkara, 37, who already announced his retirement form one-day internationals and Twenty20 format, is likely to finalise his decision on his Test cricket future after having a meeting with the national selectors next week. The Test match series for the India yet to be formally announced, amid speculation that wicketkeeper’s farewell match to be played to his home city of Kandy. The world No.1 test batsman has scored 12203 runs at 58.66 in 130 Tests, including 11 Test match double centuries to his name.

The county club Surrey have announced the signing of Sri Lankan wicket-keeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara for the 2015 campaign. The 37-year-old, who is currently regarded as the one of the world’s number one Test batsman, will be available for the second Division of the County Championship in 2015. Very happy to announce that Kumar Sangakkara will be joining Surrey CCC this summer! DETAILS: http://t.co/OyOgCb0x5b .. Welcome @KumarSanga2 — Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) January 16, 2015 The Left handed batsman will announce his retirement from ODIs after the conclusion of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 and will make his return to English county following the previous spells at Warwickshire and Durham. Alec Stewart, the Surrey director said : "We're delighted that Kumar has agreed to join us. He is the number one Test batsman in the world but it's the special character that he has which is as important to us. "He is a five-star player and five-s...

The Former Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara became the fifth and the fastest batsman to reach 12,000 Test runs. The 37-year-old, who is regarded as one of the greatest batsman in the test cricket - joins the elite 12000 runs club with the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting. He achieved the milestone in his 224 Test innings, which is 23 innings lesser than the legendary Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting. Sangakkara averages more than 58 in 130 Tests including 37 centuries. S.No Batsman Team Matches/Innings Runs 1 Sachin Tendulkar India 200/329 15,921 2 Ricky Ponting Australia 168/287 13,378 3 Jacques Kallis South Africa 166/280 13,289 4 Rahul Dravid India 164/286 13,288 5 Kumar Sangakkara* Sri Lanka 129/233 12,026

The veteran Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara has signed Durham on a short-term deal for the next two rounds of County Championship matches. Sangakkara, 36, will play the upcoming LV=County Championship clash against Yorkshire and Sussex next month. Our new signing poses for photographs on a beautiful sunny day at Emirates Durham ICG https://t.co/TAYn8CWhJn — Durham Cricket Club (@DurhamCricket) April 29, 2014 Following signing the contract with Durham, it will be Sangakkara's second stint in county cricket, who has represented Warwickshire in 2007. " I'm really looking forward to returning to county cricket with Durham and I'm immensely grateful for the opportunity, " the left-hander told the club's official website . Sangakkara has scored more than 25,000 runs for his nation across all three formats.

Sri Lanka wicket-keeper cum batsman Kumar Sangakkara became the 11th cricketer to pass 10,000 runs in Test cricket during the second Test against Australia in Melbourne on Wednesday. The 35-year-old Sangakkara is the second Sri Lankan in the 10,000-Test runs after Mahela Jayawardene . List of batsmen with 10,000 and more Test runs Sachin Tendulkar (India) 15,645 runs (194 Tests) Ricky Ponting (Australia) 13,378 (168) Rahul Dravid (India) 13,288 (164) Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 12,980 (158) Brian Lara (West Indies) 11,953 (131) Allan Border (Australia) 11,174 (156) Steve Waugh (Australia) 10,927 (168) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) 10,696 (146) Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 10,674 (137) Sunil Gavaskar (India) 10,122 (125) Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 10,009

Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara has completed 10,000 runs in one-day international cricket and becomes 10th batsman to in the world for completing 10,000 runs. He has achieved this landmark at the tri series match against Australia, on Friday by hitting 11 runs of his innings. After Sanath Jayasuriya and current Captain Mahela Jayawardene , Kumar sangakkara is the third Sri Lankan batsman who scored 10,000 ODI.