12 March,2015 08:28 AM IST | | A Correspondent
After he became the first man ever to score four consecutive ODI tons, mid-day looks at the stats that underline why the wicketkeeper-batsman is so critical to Lanka's chances of winning their second World Cup
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara in action against Scotland at Bellerive Oval in Hobart yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
Graphic: Moulvi Zaki Hasan
Concept: Amit Kamath
Sangakkara's batting average in World Cups
2003: 25.14
2007: 35.00
2011: 93.00Extras
67
4%
Total runs
1,788
Sangakkara
496 runs
28%
Other batsmen
1,225 runs
68%
2015: 124
