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Kumar Sangakkara Believes Virat Kohli Can Break His Record
By CricShots - Dec 7, 2017 12:04 pm
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Former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara has praised Indian skipper Virat Kohli and his achievements. Recently, a BBC reporter and Sri Lankan fan mentioned that Kohli fell short of 50 runs from Sangakkara’s record of most international runs in a calendar year, Sangakkara quickly replied to the same.

Kumar mentioned that Kohli ‘is a different class’ and could break his record next year. Here are the top five batsmen with most international runs in a calendar year:

Kumar Sangakkara, 2,968 runs (2014)
Ricky Ponting, 2,833 runs (2005)
Virat Kohli, 2,818 runs (2017)
Kane Williamson, 2,692 runs (2015)
Angelo Mathews, 2,657 runs (2014)

Here’s the tweet of the Sri Lankan fan:

Here’s how Sangakkara replied to the tweet:

Kohli could have easily broken that record this year itself if he was featuring limited-overs series against Sri Lanka. He has been rested for the India vs Sri Lanka limited overs series.

Recently, Virat became the first cricketer to score 6 double centuries in Test cricket as a skipper. However, Sangakkara reckons that Kohli can break records and even better his own records in the years to come. Though his real test will be in January 2018 when India will tour South Africa for the three-match Test series.