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Sangakkara passes 10,000 Test runs


Sri Lanka wicket-keeper cum batsman Kumar Sangakkara became the 11th cricketer to pass 10,000 runs in Test cricket during the second Test against Australia in Melbourne on Wednesday.


The 35-year-old Sangakkara is the second Sri Lankan in the 10,000-Test runs after Mahela Jayawardene.

List of batsmen with 10,000 and more Test runs

  1. Sachin Tendulkar (India) 15,645 runs (194 Tests)
  2. Ricky Ponting (Australia) 13,378 (168)
  3. Rahul Dravid (India) 13,288 (164)
  4. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 12,980 (158)
  5. Brian Lara (West Indies) 11,953 (131)
  6. Allan Border (Australia) 11,174 (156)
  7. Steve Waugh (Australia) 10,927 (168)
  8. Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) 10,696 (146)
  9. Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 10,674 (137)
  10. Sunil Gavaskar (India) 10,122 (125)
  11. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 10,009

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