13 Statistical facts about Kumar Sangakkara you need to know

13 Statistical facts about Kumar Sangakkara you need to know: From a law student to a legendary Sri Lankan cricketer, Kumar Sangakkara’s journey has not been anything less than a fairy-tale story. Recently when he bid adieu to international cricket, the world saluted this understated legend of the game who graced the game with his colossal achievements. Indeed Sangakkara was a class apart. Kumar might have retired from the game but he would never retire from the hearts of millions. It was his classical cover-drives for which he just caressed the ball with all the heavenly beauties which made it one of the most artistic sights on the cricket field.

His retirement only made the game poorer which would severely miss the services of this Sri Lankan southpaw. Overall, he featured in 134 Test matches and amassed 12,400 runs while in ODIs he plundered 14,234 runs.

Today we list 13 Statistical facts about Kumar Sangakkara you need to know:

1. Kumar Sangakkara holds the highest batting average (57.40) in Tests for batsmen who have played more than 100 Test matches.

2. Sangakkara has scored 11 double-centuries in Tests, which is second only to Don Bradman’s tally of 12 double-centuries.

3. Kumar is the first player in Test cricket to score 150+ scores in four consecutive matches.

4. The Sri Lankan southpaw is the fastest batsman to reach 8000, 9000, 11,000 and 12,000 runs in Test cricket.

5. Sangakkara along with Mahela Jayawardene holds the record for highest partnership (624) for any wicket in Tests.

6. The pair of Sangakkara and Jayawardene is stationed at the 2^nd position in terms of most runs by a batting pair in a partnership. They have accumulated 6,554 Test runs together at an average of 56.50 with 19 century stands while batting together.

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7. Sangakkara occupies the 4^th position in the list of most hundreds in Test matches with 32 tons to his credit. While he is jointly placed on 6^th position in terms of most 50 plus scores in Test cricket with 90 such scores.

8. He is the leading run-scorer for Sri Lanka with 28,016 runs in international cricket while his overall stats are second only to Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of 34,357 runs in the list of most runs in international career.

9. Sangakkara is the only batter in ODI history to score 4 consecutive centuries.

10. Kumar Sangakkara is second in terms of most ODI runs (14,234) and half-centuries (93).

11. Sangakkara holds the record for affecting most number of dismissals (482) in ODI cricket as a wicket-keeper while he also has most stumpings (99) as a glove-man in ODIs.

12. In World Cup matches as well Sanga has most number of dismissals (54) in 37 matches.

13. Kumar holds the record for most runs in cricket in all formats of the game in a calendar year which is 2,868 runs in 2014.