Batsmen who scaled 10000 in ODIs

Kumar Sangakkara, on reaching the personal score of 11 against Australia at Adelaide, became the tenth man to enter the elite club of men with 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. In fact, four of the master batsmen, Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, are a part of the ongoing Commonwealth Bank Series.

This doesn't come as a surprise for anyone. Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is in fact the top run getter in the history of ODIs and Test match cricket. Sachin became the first man to cross the 10k mark during his knock of 139 against Australia in 2000-01. The little master has since then piled up insurmountable runs and uncountable records against his name! Ponting scaled the 10k mark during Australia's group encounter against South Africa in the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean Islands. The skipper contributed 91 runs to his team's mammoth total of 377 as Australia won the high-scoring game by a convincing margin of 83 runs. Sanath Jayasuriya loved to hammer India and therefore it is no surprise that his 10,000th run in ODI cricket too came against his favorite opposition. Jayasuriya, during his crucial knock of 66 in the Indian Oil Cup final, crossed the 10k in ODI cricket at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Former skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq may physically look bit unfit for the faster version of the game, but has been one of the few greats from the neighboring country. In fact, Inzamam became only the second player ever, after Sachin Tendulkar, to cross the 10,000 run barrier in ODI cricket. He reached the five figure mark during his match-winning knock of 41 in the ICC Champions Trophy match at Edgbatson in 2004. Undoubtedly amongst the best South African batsmen ever, Kallis is the only man from his country to cross the 10k barrier in ODI cricket. Kallis achieved the prestigious feat during his match-winning knock of 60 against Australia at the SCG 2009. Former skipper Sourav Ganguly became the second Indian batsmen and fourth overall to join the elite 10k club in ODI cricket. Sri Lanka has been Ganguly's favorite opposition in OIDs and his personal milestone too came against the islanders during his half-century knock in the 4th match of the Indian Oil cup in 2005. Yes, the man who was once labeled as Mr. Misfit for ODI cricket went on to register more than 10,000 runs in the 50-over format of the game. In fact, he became only the third Indian, after Sachin Tendulkar and former skipper Sourav Ganguly to scale Mount 10k. Dravid achieved the peak during his steady knock of 66 against Sri Lanka, when the skipper, along with MS Dhoni guided India to a series-leveling victory in 2007 The legendary batsman from West Indies, Brian Lara became the fifth batsmen after Sachin Tendulkar, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sanath Jayasuriya and Sourav Ganguly to cross 10,000 run mark in ODI cricket. He reached the personal milestone during his steady knock of 44 against Pakistan in a must win game at Karachi. Windies however lost the match and the series 3-1. Sri Lanka's present skipper Mahela Jayawardene became only the second Sri Lankan batsmen to enter the elite club of batsmen with 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. Chasing 258 for victory against Pakistan in the 3rd ODI in November last year, Jayawardene couldn't play an impressive role but achieved the personal milestone in his 355th ODI game as the batsmen crossed the individual score of 13. Playing his 315th ODI match, Sangakkara became the tenth batsmen and third Sri Lankan to join the elite club of 10,000

or more runs in the 50-over format of the game. He scaled the milestone on reaching the personal score of 11 against Australia in the 6th ODI of the ongoing Commonwealth Bank series.