Top 5 run-scorers in ODIs between 2011 and 2015 World Cups

De Villiers came in to bat in the 39th over and scored 149 off just 44 deliveries
De Villiers came in to bat in the 39th over and scored 149 off just 44 deliveries

#5 Kumar Sangakkara

Sangakkara maintained a strike rate of 83.40 and hit 10 centuries and 31 fifties during that time
Sangakkara maintained a strike rate of 83.40 and hit 10 centuries and 31 fifties during that time

With 4529 runs in 106 matches at an average of 48.69, Sri Lanka's former skipper was the leading run-scorer between the 2011 and 2015 World Cups. Wisden's Leading Cricketer in 2011 and 2015, Sangakkara maintained a strike rate of 83.40 and hit 10 centuries and 31 fifties during that time.

The top-order batsman's highest ODI score came in a 2013 ODI game against South Africa at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The left-hander hit 169 off just 137 balls with 18 fours and six sixes.

On 29 January 2015, during an ODI against New Zealand in Wellington, Sangakkara became Sri Lanka's highest ever ODI run scorer, surpassing the previous record of 13,430 runs held by Sanath Jayasuriya.

The wicket-keeper batsman scored an unbeaten 113 off 105 balls to bring up his 21st century ODI ton.

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