Sangakkara joins the elite 12,000 test runs club

Sri Lankan batting giant Kumar Sangakkara becomes the 5th player to join the elite 12,000 test runs club. Not only is Sangakkara joining retired greats Sachin Tendulkar 15,921 runs, Ricky Ponting 13,378 runs, Jacques Kallis 13,289 runs and Rahul Dravid 13,288 runs; he is the fastest player to achieve the 12,000 run club in 224 innings with both Ponting and Tendulkar requiring 247 innings to achieve the feat.

It is hard to believe Sangakkara is an still an underrated player despite being placed second in the list of test double century makers with 10 double centuries behind Donald Bradman's 12 double centuries and Brian Lara's 9 double centuries.