Head to Head
Murali Vijay vs Kumar Sangakkara
Career figures side by side, by format. Only formats both players have played are shown, and a figure that was never recorded is left blank rather than counted as zero.
Test
| Murali Vijay | Statistic | Kumar Sangakkara |
|---|---|---|
| 60 | Matches | 85 |
| 3,877 | Runs | 8,489 |
| 37.64 | Batting average | 60.64 |
| 45.89 | Strike rate | 54.32 |
| 167 | Highest score | 319 |
| 11 | Centuries | 29 |
| 15 | Half centuries | 33 |
| 1 | Wickets | — |
| 198.00 | Bowling average | — |
| 3.09 | Economy rate | 3.46 |
| 50 | Catches | 70 |
| — | Stumpings | 10 |
ODI
| Murali Vijay | Statistic | Kumar Sangakkara |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Matches | 298 |
| 339 | Runs | 11,640 |
| 21.19 | Batting average | 46.19 |
| 67.00 | Strike rate | 81.31 |
| 72 | Highest score | 169 |
| — | Centuries | 24 |
| 1 | Half centuries | 76 |
| 1 | Wickets | — |
| 37.00 | Bowling average | — |
| 6.17 | Economy rate | — |
| 9 | Catches | 324 |
| — | Stumpings | 75 |
IPL
| Murali Vijay | Statistic | Kumar Sangakkara |
|---|---|---|
| 106 | Matches | 71 |
| 2,619 | Runs | 1,687 |
| 25.93 | Batting average | 25.95 |
| 121.87 | Strike rate | 121.19 |
| 127 | Highest score | 94 |
| 2 | Centuries | — |
| 13 | Half centuries | 10 |
| 8.17 | Economy rate | — |
| 48 | Catches | 45 |
| — | Stumpings | 9 |
Domestic T20
| Murali Vijay | Statistic | Kumar Sangakkara |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Matches | 165 |
| 509 | Runs | 4,404 |
| 29.94 | Batting average | 30.37 |
| 132.55 | Strike rate | 126.04 |
| 107 | Highest score | 78 |
| 1 | Centuries | — |
| 3 | Half centuries | 28 |
| 4.00 | Economy rate | — |
| 5 | Catches | 95 |
| — | Stumpings | 39 |
First-class
| Murali Vijay | Statistic | Kumar Sangakkara |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Matches | 30 |
| 283 | Runs | 3,119 |
| 35.38 | Batting average | 66.36 |
| 55.38 | Strike rate | 66.56 |
| 100 | Highest score | 200 |
| 1 | Centuries | 13 |
| 2 | Half centuries | 10 |
| 6 | Catches | 21 |
Career figures come from ball-by-ball match records, which cover recent decades rather than the whole history of the game. A career played mostly before that coverage is counted only in part.