Kumar Sangakkara becomes 4th player to score 400 runs in a Test match

Kumar Sangakkara becomes
 4th player to score 400 runs
 in a Test match

Sanga rewrites record books

Sangakkara became the player to have scored a triple century in the 1st innings and then a century in his second innings after 24 years since Graham Gooch set the record.

Sangakkara scored 319 runs in the first innings and 105 runs in the second innings  of the second Test against Bangladesh at Chittagong.The speciality of the record was that he managed to score both the triple century and the second innings century with sixers.

Furthermore, Sangakkara is placed third among the batsmen who had scored the most amount of runs in a test match.

The three other players who have scored 400 runs in a match are Graham Gooch, Mark Taylor and Brian Lara.

Players	1st inn	2nd inn	Total Runs	Against	Ground
Graham Gooch (Eng)	333	123	456	India	Lord’s
Mark Taylor (Aus)	334*	92	426	Pakistan	Peshawar
Brian Lara (WI)	400*	DNB	400	England	St John’s
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)	319	81*	400**	Bangladesh	Chittagong