Kumar Sangakkara Is the Last Cricketer With 10000 Runs in Test and ODI
Scoring 10000 runs in international cricket is a big achievement for any batsman. But when a player achieves this milestone in both ODI and Test formats, he becomes even bigger. There have been many great batsmen in cricket history, but only a few have reached 10000 runs in both formats. India’s legendary batter Virat Kohli is also not included in this list, he took retirement from his Test career on 12 May.
What did Virat Kohli achieve?
Kohli scored 9,230 runs in his 123 Test matches. If he had continued his red-ball career, he could have crossed the 10000 runs mark in a few years. But in ODI format, he has crossed this milestone easily. He has 14,000+ runs to his name, and he is the fastest batsman in ODI history to score 10000 runs in just 205 innings.
Only two Indian players have scored 10000+ runs in ODI and Test matches.
Till date, only two Indian batsmen have achieved this rare milestone, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. Overall, teen Indian batsmen have scored 10000+ runs in Test cricket – Tendulkar, Dravid, and Sunil Gavaskar, who became the first batsman to make this record in 1971.
Kumar Sangakkara: The Last batsman to run 10000 in both formats
Former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara is the last batsman to score 10000+ runs in both ODI and Test. He achieved both these milestones in 2012. Sangakkara played cricket in all ten formats for Sri Lanka between 2000 and 2015. His international career ended with a total of 28,016 runs.
In December 2012, they completed 10000 test runs. And interestingly, wow Tendulkar gold Brian Lara He also became the joint-fastest batsman to complete this feat in 195 innings. In ODI format he touched 10000 runs in February 2012.
Kumar Sangakkara’s records
Sangakkara is not only the highest run scorer for Sri Lanka, but also the second highest run scorer in international cricket after Sachin Tendulkar. He has registered 12400+ runs in 134 Test matches and 18049 runs in ODI cricket. He took retirement from cricket in March 2015.
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