Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lankan international cricketer

Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lankan international cricketer .
Kumar Sangakkara former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team.

For the ODI Cricketer of the Year Award, Sangakkara scored 1049 runs at an average of 55.21 in 25 ODIs during the time period considered for the award. He also had 26 catches and 10 stumpings as wicketkeeper and led Sri Lanka to the final of the 2011 World Cup. Sangakkara’s comments about the award:

    “It’s a great honour first of all to have been nominated for this award (ODI Cricketer) and a great honour to have actually won it, I would like to thank the rest of my team-mates, they have done a great job over the years in one-day cricket and I am privileged to be part of this and to have led these guys for just over two years. I thank you again, I feel very very proud.”

On wicket-keeping, he said: "The body position is very important. Sometimes these may look like very little things but they make all the difference between an average keeper and a good one. It is important to keep the head steady and watch the ball at all times. All other things will follow."