Kumar Sangakkara joined Sachin Tendulkar in an exclusive club Sunday , becoming only the second batsman to pass 14,000 career runs in one-day international cricket . The 37-year-old Sangakkara was playing against four-time champion Australia in a World Cup match at the Sydney Cricket Ground when he passed the milestone in his 402nd ODI . He turned Glenn Maxwell for two runs down legside to reach 39 . He stroked consecutive boundaries off the subsequent two deliveries and reached his 94th ODI half century from 45 balls . Kumar Sangakkara ( right ) is congratulated by Tilakaratne Dilshan after reaching 14,000 ODI runs . The Sri Lankan batsman reached the milestone during his 24th ODI century against Australia on Sunday . Sangakkara hit unbeaten centuries in his previous two World Cup matches against Bangladesh and England . India great Tendulkar holds the record with 18,426 ODI runs . Sangakarra flick a ball away during another excellent innings , but it was in vain as Sri Lanka were beaten . Only Sachin Tendulkar has more ODI runs than Sangakkara , but the Indian great is still 4,000 ahead .
Sri Lankan star joins Sachin Tendulkar as only batsmen to reach milestone . Kumar Sangakkara hit his 24th One Day International century in defeat . - The ICC announces that the World Cup will be played from June 14 to July 11 and is being held at home venues for the first time since 2002.