Sanga toast of Sri Lanka

Sanga toast of Sri Lanka

Lakbima News
Kumar Sangakkara joined spin-king Muttiah Muralitharan on top of ICC rankings when he knocked off Australia’s Ricky Ponting following a dazzling run feast in the 2007 season. Sangakkara has scored 938 points, two points ahead of Pointing, who was dominating the batting rankings for a while.
Though his first innings brought him just 6 runs, Sangakkara made a remarkable come back since then scoring 200*, 222*, 57, 192, 92, and 152. The first two double tons though came against a relatively meager bowling attack, Bangladesh, his 57 and that magnificent 192 against mighty Aussies at Hobart is a proof of his excellent form which he continued at Asgiriya against England.
After being denied a deserving century in the first innings (92) Sangakkara continued his tremendous run form hammering a match winning 152. In the process he became the only cricketer in the annals of world cricket history to score 150 or more runs in four consecutive matches.
His 921 runs in seven innings came with an outstanding average of 184.20, one of the best averages in world cricket during a season. He also became one who has scored a century against all nine Test playing countries.
World record-breaking spinner Muttiah Muralitharan already tops the Test bowling rankings with 910 points.
The graphic that appears below shows how Sangakkara has progressed since he made his international debut in 2000.