One of the worlds ‘s legendary batsmen and elegant wicket keeper is classified as the greatest of all time. He has achieved some marvelous milestones and is one of the most admired cricketers in the cricket fraternity. The classic left-hand batsman made 28016 runs in international cricket. Also, he struck 11 double centuries in his career.

On his day he could give a headache to any team in the world. He dominated many legendary bowlers like Shane Warne, Bret Lee and Shoaib Akhtar throughout his career.

But do you know which bowler dominates Kumar Sangakkara? The name will definitely give a shock. Sangakkara named the bowler himself. He had once revealed on social media that he found India fast bowler Zaheer Khan and Pakistan’s Wasim Akram the most difficult to play during his career. Kumar Sangakkara had said, ‘I have faced Zaheer Khan many times, which was very difficult. At the same time, facing Wasim Akram was like a nightmare.

Not easy to tackle turn

Kumar Sagakkara is known as one of the greatest men to stand behind the wicket. His style and technique is often regarded as the masterclass. In the same interview Sangakkara also talked about which bowler he faced most difficult to keep the wicket.

Sangakkara said, “I found Muthaiya Muralidharan as the most difficult bowler while wicket keeping. His variation and sharp turn were very hard to tackle”

Kumar Sangakkara has scored 12,400 runs in 134 Tests and 14,234 runs in 404 ODIs. Kumar Sangakkara holds the record for scoring the most double centuries in Test cricket after Don Bradman with 11. Don Bradman had scored 12 double centuries.