Kumar Sangakkara displaces Sunil Gavaskar from top 10 run scorer's list in Test matches

Galle: Mar 8, 2013

Sri Lankan left hand batsman Kumar Sangakkara achieved a unique feat on Friday as he went past Sunil Gavaskar's 10,122 runs to become the tenth highest scorer in Test cricket.

Sangakkara achieved this feat while playing against Bangladesh during the first Test at Galle.

According to statistician Mohandas Menon, Gavaskar held the record of staying in the top ten run scorer's list for 33 years and 50 days since he broke into the list during his innings of 166 against Pakistan on 17th January 1980.

Sr. no.	Batsman	Matches	Runs
1	Sachin Tendulkar	198	15746*
2	Rickey Ponting	168	13378
3	Rahul Dravid	164	13288
4	Jacques Kallis	162	13128*
5	Brian Lara	131	11953
6	Allan Border	156	11174
7	Steve Waugh	168	10927
8	Mahela Jayawardene	138	10806*
9	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	146	10696*
10	Kumar Sangakkara	142	10187*
11	Sunil Gavaskar	125	10122

Mahela Jayawardene is the only other Sri Lankan in this list having scored 10,806 runs in his Test career so far. The two Sri Lankans are separated by Shivnarine Chanderpaul at the ninth spot with 10,696 runs. Since all three of them are still active cricketers, the bottom half of the list can be expected to shuffle.

The only other active cricketers in this list includes Jacques Kallis (13,128) and Sachin Tendulkar (15,746) right on top of the list.