Who is Sanath Jayasuriya?
Deshbandhu Sanath Teran Jayasurya is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He was a left hand opening batsman, a left-hand orthodox spinner and a great fielder.
Sanat Jayasurya is regarded as one of the greatest players ever to have played for the Sri Lankan cricket team. Jayasurya is also set to have Revolutionized the way of batting in ODI cricket. It is said that Jayasurya was the one who introduced the aggressive approach of batting and hard hitting during the mid 90’s, an approach which is followed until today.
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How was the career of Sanath Jayasuriya?
Sanath Jayasurya was well known for his aggressive batting approach and his all-around ability to win matches from did situations. This all-rounder had his career spend over two decades and in those two decades, there was not a time where he wasn’t considered as one of the best in the era.
Sanath Jayasurya created a record when he became the only all-rounder in the history of cricket to score 10000 + runs and take more than 300 wickets in a one-day international format. There are a number of records like this on his name which make him one of the best in history.
Jayasurya was one of the most important members of the Sri Lankan team in 1996 that went on to win the cricket World Cup that year. Jayasurya was one of the best players of the tournament and he was rewarded as the most valuable player of the tournament.
Apart from this, he was also a key member of SriLankan cricket team that made it to the finals of the 2007 Cricket World Cup as well as the finals of the 2009 ICC T20 World Cup.
Jayasurya retired from all formats of cricket in 2011 and decided to take a step forward in his career and make a career in politics. His Political career was not as successful as his cricket career and at present, he is not active in politics.
Who is Sanath Jayasuriya Wife?
Sanath Jayasuriya always kept all his relationships under wraps. He was considered as a playboy of the team. One fine day in 1998, news broke out that Sanath Jayasuriya wife name was Sumudu Karunayake.
The marriage did not last a year and soon in 1999, the couple got divorced.
The following year, Sanath Jayasuriya got married to Sandra Jayasuriya. This time it seemed serious until in 2012, Sanath was caught in a controversy. Sanath Jayasuriya Wife Sandra caught him with someone else.
There was a sex tape of Sanath Jayasurya released with his girlfriend Maleeka Sirisena. It was revealed that Sanath was dating Maleeka even after being married to Sandra and this leads her to divorce Sanath.