Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara to retire from international cricket

ByReuters

Updated 27/06/2015 at 13:14 GMT

Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara will quit international cricket after the second Test against India this year, the 37-year-old left-hander said.

Kumar Sangakkara will retire from Test cricket in August

Image credit: PA Sport

Sangakkara, who has scored more than 26,500 runs for his country, had already retired from one-day internationals following the World Cup earlier this year.

He is currently playing his 132nd Test against Pakistan in Colombo.

He will continue in domestic cricket, and currently has contracts with Surrey and the Hobart Hurricanes, who compete in Australia's Big Bash, that run up until the end of the 2016 season.

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