Mahela Jayawardene
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Mahela Jayawardene is a former Sri Lankan cricketer renowned as one of the game's most elegant and prolific batsmen and a highly successful captain in international cricket.
Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
batsman
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cricket captain ⓘ cricket coach ⓘ cricketer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Wisden Cricketer of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battingStyle | right-handed batsman ⓘ |
| bowlingStyle | right-arm medium ⓘ |
| captained | Sri Lanka national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Sansa Arya Jayawardene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachingRole |
global head of performance for Mumbai Indians franchise group
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head coach of Mumbai Indians ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1977-05-27 ⓘ |
| education | Nalanda College Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Jayawardene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldingPosition | slip fielder ⓘ |
| fullName | Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Mahela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | ICC Cricket Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| highestTestScore | 374 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elegant batting style
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tactical captaincy ⓘ |
| majorTournament |
2007 Cricket World Cup finalist as captain
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2011 Cricket World Cup finalist ⓘ |
| majorTournamentWin | 2014 ICC World Twenty20 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Sri Lankan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| odiCatches | 218 ⓘ |
| odiCenturies | 19 ⓘ |
| odiDebutDate | 1998-01-24 ⓘ |
| odiDebutFor | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| odiMatchesPlayed | 448 ⓘ |
| odiRunsScored | 12650 ⓘ |
| partnershipRecord | world record Test partnership for any wicket with Kumar Sangakkara ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedForTeam |
Adelaide Strikers
NERFINISHED
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Central Stags NERFINISHED ⓘ Delhi Daredevils NERFINISHED ⓘ Derbyshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamaica Tallawahs NERFINISHED ⓘ Khulna Royal Bengals NERFINISHED ⓘ Kings XI Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ Kochi Tuskers Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ Mumbai Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinhalese Sports Club NERFINISHED ⓘ Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayamba Elevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayamba United NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayamba Wolves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordHeld | highest individual Test score by a Sri Lankan batsman ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| retiredFromFormat |
One Day International cricket
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Test cricket ⓘ Twenty20 International cricket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | top-order batsman ⓘ |
| sport | cricket ⓘ |
| spouse | Christina Mallika Jayawardene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| t20iCenturies | 1 ⓘ |
| t20iDebutDate | 2006-06-15 ⓘ |
| t20iDebutFor | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| t20iMatchesPlayed | 55 ⓘ |
| t20iRunsScored | 1493 ⓘ |
| teammate | Kumar Sangakkara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testCatches | 205 ⓘ |
| testCenturies | 34 ⓘ |
| testDebutDate | 1997-08-02 ⓘ |
| testDebutFor | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testMatchesPlayed | 149 ⓘ |
| testRunsScored | 11814 ⓘ |
| worldRecordPartnershipRuns | 624 ⓘ |
| yearOfODIRetirement | 2015 ⓘ |
| yearOfTestRetirement | 2014 ⓘ |
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