The Surfer

Sangakkara, Kandy's favourite son

The Indian Express' Bharat Sundaresan pays a visit to Kumar Sangakkara's home town to trace the left-hander's early days

The Indian Express' Bharat Sundaresan travels to Kandy to find out about their favourite son, Kumar Sangakkara. Cue stories about college, spending time in libraries and his growth as a man as well

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Over the years, it's not just his batting that has evolved to meet the demands of the modern era, it is also his personality. He might still get chided for 'his accent' or his inability to make the same home-grown connect that his bromance buddy, Mahela Jayawardene, has managed to, but his aura and his cult has over the course of his career encompassed these minor disparities

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