Top 5 players with most international runs in cricket across all formats

#2. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) (28016 Runs)

Sangakkara narrowly missed out on a world cup after Sri Lanka lost to India in the 2011 world cup final.

This may come as a bit of a surprise. Sangakkara is the second highest runs scorer in the history of cricket. He is perhaps one of the most underrated and underappreciated player having played cricket. Sangakkara was also the captain of the team that lost to India in the 2011 world cup final.

Sangakkara was born in 1977 and made his debut in 2000. He is the only player in this list to start his career in the 21st century. He also has had the shortest career, 15 years, having retired in 2015.

Stats: Having started his career a little late, Sangakkara has played in 594 matches. In a total of 666 innings he has scored 28016 runs at an average of 46.77 and strike rate of 66.56.