Today is the birthday of Sanath Jayasuriya, the batsman who was a great master of cricket

Jayasuriya was a player of strong stature. strong shoulders. Wide wrists and plenty of strength in the arms. The bowler did not miss a bit, when the ball reaches the boundary is not known. His cut shot from over the point would have been exceptional. Back off a bit. The room was made and the ball went to the audience gallery.

Jayasuriya started his career as a bowler who could bat in the lower order. But Whatmore adopted the strategy to attack in the beginning and it was successful too. Sri Lanka became the 1996 World Cup champion and Jayasuriya became the Player of the Tournament.

Jayasuriya scored 82 runs in 44 balls against England in the quarter-finals of the 1996 World Cup. In the same year, against Pakistan, 134 off 65 balls and a world record half century in just 17 balls. Jayasuriya also holds the record for making the fastest century in 48 balls.

You know Jayasuriya for his ODI International batting. But he was amazing in Test cricket as well. He scored 340 against India in Colombo in 1997-98. Indian bowlers did not get any wickets for two days. He scored 213 runs at the Oval against England in 1998. And then 148 off 156 balls against South Africa in the 2000-01 series. South Africa was defeated by an innings margin for the first time other than Australia.

First player to play 400 ODIs
Jayasuriya became the third spinner to take 300 wickets in One Day Internationals in 2007. Along with this, she was the first player to play 400 One Day International matches. He left Test cricket at the age of 38 and international cricket at the age of 42. He has 13430 runs in 445 One Day Internationals. And 6973 runs in 110 test matches.