<P> Sangakkara is married to his longtime partner, Yehali . They have twins, a girl and a boy: Swyree and Kavith . </P> <P> He is involved in a lot of charity work in Sri Lanka . He is a member of the Think Wise Initiative, launched by International Cricket Council, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS and UNICEF, this initiative is aimed at raising awareness of HIV prevention and eliminating discrimination against people living with HIV and AIDS . He is also a partner of the Foundation of Goodness, a charity launched by Muttiah Muralitharan . </P> <P> Sangakkara is a left - handed top order batsman who likes to hit the ball square of the wicket on the off - side . While the cut and the pull are natural strokes for him, he tends to play off the front foot . The cover drive is one of his regular scoring shots . Sangakkara averaged 57.40 in Test cricket . In ODI cricket, he retired with an average of 42 . Sangakkara handed his wicket - keeping duties in Test cricket to Prasanna Jayawardene in 2006 . He played as a specialist batsman in Tests, and retired as a wicket keeper - batsman in other formats of the game . He is the first on the list of wicket keepers who contributed to the most number of dismissals in ODI cricket, With 499 . He is also the wicket keeper with the second highest number of stumpings--99--in ODI cricket after Mahendra Singh Dhoni surpassed him . </P> <P> He has won a certain degree of admiration for his clever use of sledging and is one of few cricketers who are willing to talk about it openly . In an interview in 2004 he explained his approach to sledging: </P>

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