Head to Head

Nipun Karunanayake 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.

Nipun Karunanayake

Sri Lanka · Batsman

Kumar Sangakkara

Sri Lanka · Wicket-keeper Batsman

Domestic T20

Nipun Karunanayake and Kumar Sangakkara compared in Domestic T20 cricket
Nipun Karunanayake	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
9	Matches	165
77	Runs	4,404
15.40	Batting average	30.37
106.94	Strike rate	126.04
21	Highest score	78
—	Half centuries	28
2	Catches	95
—	Stumpings	39

First-class

Nipun Karunanayake and Kumar Sangakkara compared in First-class cricket
Nipun Karunanayake	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
19	Matches	30
949	Runs	3,119
36.50	Batting average	66.36
51.74	Strike rate	66.56
138	Highest score	200
1	Centuries	13
9	Half centuries	10
3.80	Economy rate	—
5	Catches	21

List A

Nipun Karunanayake and Kumar Sangakkara compared in List A cricket
Nipun Karunanayake	Statistic	Kumar Sangakkara
13	Matches	24
347	Runs	1,312
38.56	Batting average	62.48
85.89	Strike rate	94.52
90	Highest score	166
—	Centuries	5
3	Half centuries	6
1	Catches	12

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.