Interesting Facts about Sanath Jayasuriya

One of the best ODI player of all time, Sri Lankan all rounder Sanath Jayasuriya is is credited as having revolutionized ODI cricket with his explosive batting. Some interesting facts and trivia about Sanath Jayasuriya are as follows:

Interesting Facts about Sanath Jayasuriya

# He was born on 30 June 1969 in the Southern Sri Lankan city of Matara

# He made his ODI debut against Australia in 1989 and Test debut against New Zealand at Hamilton in February 1991.

# He is the most capped cricketer for Srilanka. He scored highest number of centuries (28) in ODI for Sri Lanka.

# His marathon innings of 189 against India at Sharjah is the highest individual score for any Sri Lankan batsman.

# Along with Upul Tharanga, he holds the record of highest opening partnership in ODI history. They put up 286 runs stand against England in 2006.

# Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets than Shane Warne. 

# Jayasuriya was chosen as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 1996 and was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1997.

# Sanath Jayasuriya participated in a famous Indian dance reality show “Jhalak Dikhlajaa”.

# He has the most career ducks in the ODI format of the game - 34. Out of these 10 are Golden Ducks. 

# Jayasuriya finished his career with 270 sixes in ODIs, which is the second highest in the history of ODIs — behind Afridi’s 351. 

# He is also second to Sachin Tendulkar (2016) in the list of most fours hit in a career — 1500. 

# Jayasuriya is the only player to score 13,000 plus ODI runs and taken more than 300 wickets.

# He was the Chief Selector of Sri Lanka when the team won the ICC World Twenty20 for the first time in 2014.

# He is the first cricketer to be appointed as a UN Goodwill Ambassador.

# First cricketer to play while in the Parliament as a politician.

# He was awarded man of the match for 47 times in ODI

# ODI Career - He scored 13430 runs at an average of 32.36 with 28 centuries and 68 half centuries. He also took 323 wickets.

# Test Career - He scored 6973 runs at an average of 40.07 with 14 centuries and 31 half centuries. He also took 98 wickets.