The performance of Sri Lankan team’s best player Kamindu Mendis has been quite good so far in international Test cricket. He batted brilliantly and played a valuable inning of 182* runs on the second day of the second Test match being played against New Zealand.

Kamindu Mendis has scored five centuries in the last 8 test matches. Not only this, the young player has completed 1000 Test runs in just 13 innings and has equaled Sir Donald Bradman. Not only this, Kamindu Mendis has scored more than 50 runs 8 times in 8 tests. Former Sri Lankan player Kumar Sangakkara has also praised Kamindu Mendis for his performance.

Kumar Sangakkara is counted among the best batsmen in the world. There are many records that Kumar Sangakkara has made and broken. Today we will tell you about three incredible records of Kumar Sangakkara which Kamindu Mendis can easily break.

1- Record of fastest 10000 test runs

Kumar Sangakkara is the fastest player to score 10000 test runs along with Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara. He achieved this feat in 195 innings. Let us tell you that, one year after making his Test debut, Kumar Sangakkara scored his first Test century.

Kamindu Mendis has completed 1000 runs in just 13 tests at the age of 25. Kamindu Mendis can easily break Kumar Sangakkara’s record of scoring the fastest 10000 runs in Test cricket. Even against England, this player batted brilliantly and scored 297 runs in three test matches at an average above 53.