IPL 2021: Kumar Sangakkara has been appointed as the Director of Cricket by Rajasthan Royals, the team announced in a tweet on Sunday.
Kumar Sangakkara said that racism in any manner "has to be decried" and said there should be strong punishment for those responsible.
Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara believes England's James Anderson may have set a record that will be "Jimmy's alone" after he became the first paceman to take 600 Test wickets.
Eid Al-Adha: Sports stars like Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Kumar Sangakkara, Odion Ighalo tweeted their greetings.
Kumar Sangakkara has backed Sourav Ganguly for the ICC chairman's post, saying the BCCI president's "astute cricket brain" and vast experience as an administrator make him a "very suitable" candidate for the role.
Kumar Sangakkara in a message against racism said a change can be brought only by teaching real history instead of a sanitised version of it.
The ICC said that it has not been provided any evidence by the Sri Lanka Cricket that would merit an investigation into the game.
Kumar Sangakkara was the latest member of Sri Lanka's 2011 World Cup squad to be questioned into a match-fixing probe about the final against India.
Sri Lanka has ordered a criminal probe into allegations the 2011 cricket World Cup final was "sold" to India, officials said Monday
Current incumbent Kumar Sangakkara, the first non-British MCC president, nominated Clare Connor via video link from his native Sri Lanka during an annual general meeting on Wednesday.