Sangakkara joins 9000 run club

KC Sangakkara completed
9000 test runs during the course of his 144 in the third test against Pakistan at
Sharjah.  He reached the milestone when
he was on 28 during the course of his 144 on the first day of the test. At the
end of the Sri Lankan's first innings, his aggregate stood at 9116.

He became
the 12^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 9000 plus
runs and the second Sri Lankan batsman after DPMD Jayawardene who has scored 9934
runs. DPMD Jayawardene is on the threshold of a land mark as he requires 66
runs more runs to reach the 10000 run mark.

KC Sangakkara's break up of 9116 runs country wise
read thus

KC Sangakkara's 112 not
out in this test represent his 27^th hundred which takes him to the
third spot among the left hand batsmen who have scored most hundreds. In fact
he shares the third spot jointly with AR Border of Australia who had also scored 27
hundreds. KC Sangakkara went past GS Sobers who has scored 26 hundreds on his
way to joint third spot. The following list shows the left hand batsmen who
have scored 25 plus hundreds

KC Sangakkara achieved
another milestone in this test during his knock of 144. He hit thirteen fours
in his knock which gave him an aggregate of 202 fours against Pakistan. He
became the first batsman in the annals of test cricket to hit 200 fours against
Pakistan.
The following list shows the batsmen who have an aggregate of 175 plus fours
against Pakistan

At the end of Sri Lanka's first innings, KC Sangakkara's
aggregate runs against Pakistan
stood at 1779 runs.  He now stands in the
second place amongst the batsmen who have scored most runs against Pakistan. India's SM
Gavaskar occupies the first place with 2089 runs. KC Sangakkara went past AR
Border of Australia
who had an aggregate of 1666 runs on his way to second place. The following
list shows the batsmen who have an aggregate of 1500 plus runs against Pakistan: