2) Sanath Jayasuriya made his ODI debut against Australia in 1989 and Test debut against New Zealand at Hamilton in February 1991
3) Sanath Jayasuriya is the highest scorer for Srilanka in ODIs. It’s 189 against India at Sharjah. It is also the highest score in Sharjah. Sanath had the fastest half-century record (17 balls) to his name for many years before it was broken by the AB De Villiers (16 balls)
4) Sanath Jayasuriya and Muthaiah Muralidharan have played 408 International matches together but they never got to bat together
5) Sanath Jayasuriya was educated at St. Servatius’ College, Matara, where his cricketing talents were honed by his school principal, G.L. Galappathy, and cricket coach, Lionel Wagasinghe. Jayasuriya excelled in cricket while at St. Servatius College, Matara and captained the college cricket team at the annual St. Thomas’–St. Servatius Cricket Encounter in 1988
6) Along with Upul Tharanga, Jayasuriya holds the record of highest opening partnership in ODI history. They put up 286 runs stand against England in 2006
7) Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets than Shane Warne. This should be a surprising factor for many
8) Sanath Jayasuriya is the most capped player for Sri Lanka and also holds Highest number of Centuries and highest number of Sixes by any Sri Lankan player
9) Sanath Jayasuriya participated in a famous dance reality show. It was “Jhalak Dikhlajaa” telecasted on Colors
10) Sanath 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
11) Sanath Jayasuriya represented Sri Lanka in the inaugural ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup which was held in Australia in 1988 and was subsequently selected for a tour in Pakistan a few months later with the Sri Lanka ‘B’ team, where Sanath made two unbeaten double centuries. Shortly afterwards he was drafted into the national side for the tour to Australia in 1989–90
12) Sanath Jayasuriya has the most career ducks in the ODI format of the game 34. Out of these 10 are Golden Ducks
13) Sanath Jayasuriya was one of the key players in Sri Lanka’s victory in the 1996 Cricket World Cup where Jayasuriya was adjudged Man of the Tournament in recognition of his all-around contributions. Sanath scored 221 runs and took 6 wickets in 6 matches including two half-centuries (one of which came against India in the semi-final). His tally was quite mediocre statistically speaking but his overall impact on the opposition was perhaps the greatest
14) Sanath Jayasuriya opted to join Politics after his retirement rather than Cricket Coaching or Commentating just to serve his country which was a great thing and now he is a current parliament member
15) Sanath Jayasuriya wife’s name is Sandra jayasuriya who is his 3rd marriage. He divorced with the first two earlier (one in 1998 and other in 2007)
16) Sanath Jayasuriya held the record for the highest Test score made by a Sri Lankan, 340 against India in 1997. Playing in the 1st Test during the 1997 home series against India, Jayasuriya drubbed the Indian bowlers for nearly two and a half days playing 578 balls in his 799 minutes stay at the crease
17) Sanath Jayasuriya is also second to Sachin Tendulkar (2016) in the list of most fours hit in a career 1500
18) Sanath Jayasuriya shares a dubious record with James Anderson for having the most expensive figures in a T20 international, having been hit for 64 runs in the maximum of 4 overs
19) Sanath Jayasuriya is the only player to score 13,000 plus ODI runs and taken more than 300 wickets
20) Sanath Jayasuriya is also the first cricketer to be appointed as a UN Goodwill Ambassador (by UNAIDS, Geneva) for his commitment to prevention of HIV/AIDS among young people in Sri Lanka
21) Sanath Jayasuriya was awarded man of the match for 47 times in ODI.
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