Stats: Kumar Sangakkara completes 12000 ODI runs

Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara plays a shot during the one day international (ODI) Asia Cup cricket final match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on February 25, 2014.

Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara completed 12000 runs in One-day internationals while playing the Asia Cup match against Pakistan at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah, on February 25, 2014.

Sangakkara is now the fourth leading run-scorer in ODIs. Former Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar heads the list with 18,426 runs to his name.

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Kumar Sangakkara is also the third fastest batsman to get to the landmark. The stylish southpaw reached the feat in his 336th innings, behind only to Sachin Tendulkar (300 innings) and Ricky Ponting (314 innings).

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Note: Stats updated till February 26, 2014.