That honour belongs to Sourav Ganguly, who hit 17 sixes compared to Gayle’s 15. Mahela Jayawardene featured in five editions of the Champions Trophy, the former Sri Lankan captain played 21 ...

The Mumbai batter has now become the fourth player to captain three different teams in the IPL after Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and Steve Smith. Iyer led Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL ...

Falling short by five runs on Saturday and just one run on Sunday, Smith became only the second player after Mahela Jayawardene to be dismissed on 9999 runs. He'll have another chance in the first ...

Iyer joins Mahela Jayawardene and Steve Smith in achieving this feat. Iyer, who led Kolkata Knight Riders to their IPL title victory in 2024, was signed by PBKS for a record-breaking Rs 26.75 ...

The launch was attended by several cricketing greats, including Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardene, and Chaminda Vaas. Their presence underscored the significance of Malinga’s ...

In the World Cup final, Sri Lanka batted first and posted 274/6, thanks to Mahela Jayawardene's unbeaten 113 and contributions from Kumar Sangakkara (48), Tillakaratne Dilshan (48), and Thisara ...

Fleming replaced Mahela Jayawardene in the role ahead of the 2023 season and twice led the Brave to the knockout stages, losing the eliminator in his first year in charge and the final last season.

Mahela Jayawardene is the other; he got out against South Africa in Centurion in 2011. 6 - Innings where India failed to exceed 200 in this series. Only once has since 2000 has a team been bowled ...

Before Smith's unfortunate dismissal on 9995 runs, only three cricketers Brian Lara, Mahela Jayawardene and Alastair Cook suffered nervous 9990s heartbreaks. Notably, Lara was dismissed twice in ...

SL captain's retirement, only Don Bradman, Brian Lara and Wally Hammond had more Test double-centuries than him.

Nor is he the first to be dismissed twice in the 9990s. Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene went into the first Test of the series against South Africa at Centurion needing 46 runs to reach the milestone.

Mahela Jayawardene and Alastair Cook) to have been dismissed in the nervous 9990s. Brian Lara, the only man to fall in the nervous 9990s twice.Credit: AP Wouldn’t you know it – at almost the ...