Kumar Sangakkara Makes History with 4th Successive ODI Hundred

Kumar Sangakkara secured himself yet another slice of cricket history by becoming the first player to record four successive centuries in one-day internationals.

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WORLD RECORD ALERT: Sangakkara has just become the 1st man to score FOUR consecutive one-day international centuries. http://t.co/N4Dkq9Fbty

— telegraph_sport (@telegraph_sport) March 11, 2015"

The Sri Lankan is one of the greatest players ever to pick up a bat and came into the match with Scotland in prime form having already racked up centuries against Bangladesh (105), England (117) and Australia (104).

Coming in at No. 3 after the early departure of Lahiru Thirimanne, Sangakkara took to the Scotland bowling with relish.

He brought up his century off 86 balls and in so doing he moved ahead of an elite group of players—Zaheer Abbas, Saeed Anwar, Herschelle Gibbs, AB de Villiers, Quinton de Kock and Ross Taylor—who have three successive tons to their names.

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What an amazing player! Kumar Sangakkara scores four World Cup hundreds in a row at the age of 37.

— Malcolm Conn (@malcolmconn) March 11, 2015"

Another record Sangakkara set with his knock was he passed Matthew Hayden, Sourav Ganguly and Mark Waugh to become the first player to make four hundreds at a World Cup.

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Most hundreds in a single World Cup edition 4 - Kumar Sangakkara 3 - Matthew Hayden(2007) 3 - Sourav Ganguly(2003) 3 - M Waugh(1996) #SLvSCO

— DD Sports (@ddsportsindia) March 11, 2015"

While his ODI record is one that could take some time to pass, Sangakkara could well be kicking himself as in the game before he started his amazing run of form he missed out against the minnows of Afghanistan.