Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara became the fastest to reach the 8,000-mark in Test cricket, during the Sri Lankan second innings on day three of the third and Test against India in Colombo, on Thursday.

Sangakkara took 152 innings to accomplish this feat -- two less than Sachin Tendulkar.

He reached the milestone in the last over of the third day, becoming the second Sri Lankan after Mahela Jayawardene.

Fastest to 8000-run mark:

Statistics: Rajneesh Gupta

Photographs: Reuters

Sangakkara has done well against all the Test playing nations, but he has been particularly successful against Zimbabwe and Pakistan, against whom he averages 89.33 and 77.29 respectively.

Sangakkara along with Mahela Jayawardene also shares the partnership record of 624 runs for the third wicket against South Africa.

In his illustrious career, he has scored 23 centuries and 33 half-centuries. He also has five double centuries in his kitty.

A look at his Test career.

Performance against each country:

Sangakkara's batting record has got better, ever since he has taken over the captaincy. Though still in his early days of captaincy, he averages 72.70 in his eight Tests, with five centuries and three half-centuries.

As a player, he averages a staggering 54.99 from 80 Tests, which has 18 centuries and 30 half-centuries.

Sangakkara has enjoyed more success at No 3 position, where he has scored the maximum runs in his career, scoring 22 of his 23 centuries at an average of 60.38.

Performance at home and away:

	Mts	Inns	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50
Home	52	82	4684	287	63.29	15	16
Away	39	70	3316	270	50.24	8	17

Performance as player and captain:

	Mts	Inns	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50
as a player	80	132	6764	287	54.99	18	30
as a captain	11	20	1236	219	72.70	5	3

Performance at different batting positions:

When Sangakkara crossed the 8000-run mark, he joined an elite group, which includes names such as Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Gary Sobers, Viv Richard and Sunil Gavaskar among others.

The 8000-club in Tests:

	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50
SR Tendulkar (Ind)	169	275	29	13783	248*	56.02	48	55
RT Ponting (Aus)	146	247	27	12026	257	54.66	39	52
BC Lara (WI)	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	34	48
R Dravid (Ind)	142	244	28	11483	270	53.16	29	58
AR Border (Aus)	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63
JH Kallis (SA)	140	237	35	11126	189*	55.07	35	53
SR Waugh (Aus)	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50
SM Gavaskar (Ind)	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45
M Jayawardene (SL)	113	186	13	9403	374	54.35	28	36
S Chanderpaul (WI)	126	215	33	8969	203*	49.28	22	54
GA Gooch (Eng)	118	215	6	8900	333	42.58	20	46
Javed Miandad (Pak)	124	189	21	8832	280*	52.57	23	43
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	120	200	22	8830	329	49.60	25	46
ML Hayden (Aus)	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	30	29
IVA Richards (WI)	121	182	12	8540	291	50.23	24	45
AJ Stewart (Eng)	133	235	21	8463	190	39.54	15	45
DI Gower (Eng)	117	204	18	8231	215	44.25	18	39
G Boycott (Eng)	108	193	23	8114	246*	47.72	22	42
GS Sobers (WI)	93	160	21	8032	365*	57.78	26	30
ME Waugh (Aus)	128	209	17	8029	153*	41.81	20	47
KC Sangakkara (SL)	91	152	12	8000	287	57.14	23	33