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FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 280th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in an innings. It also provides the 50th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in an innings against India

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 52nd occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in the in a losing cause. It also provides the ninth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century against India in a losing cause.

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 51st occasion of a Sri Lankan captain scoring a century in an innings. It also provides the tenth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain scoring a century in an innings against India

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the ninth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain’s century in a losing cause. It also provides the fourth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain’s century in an innings against India in a losing cause.

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 81st occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a century in an innings. It also provides the 14th occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a century in an innings against India.

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 19th occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman’s century in a losing cause. It also provides the third occasion of a Sri Lankan opening century in an innings against India in a losing cause.

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 15th occasion of a Sri Lankan captain opening batsman scoring a century in an innings. It also provides the second occasion of a Sri Lankan captain opening batsman scoring a century in an innings against India. Prior to FDM Karunaratne, ST Jayasuriya had scored 111 as an opening batsman against India at Galle in Aug 2001. It also provides the first occasion of a Sri Lankan captain opening batsman scoring a century in an innings against India.

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the second occasion of a Sri Lankan captain opening batsman’s century in a losing cause.  It is interesting to note that on both occasions, it was FDM Karunaratne who witnessed both his centuries in losing cause as captain opening batsman. Prior to this, he had scored 103 against South Africa at Johannesburg in Jan 2021 which was in a losing cause. It also provides the first occasion of a Sri Lankan captain opening batsman’s century in an innings against India in a losing cause.

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 19th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test against India

FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka scored 107 in the fourth innings of this test to provide the eighth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman’s century in the fourth innings of a test in a losing cause. It also provides the second occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman’s century in the fourth innings of a test in a losing cause against India. AD Mathew’s 110 at Col-SSC in Aug 2015 was in losing cause against India

FDM Karunaratne’s 107 in this test represent his 14^th test century as an opening batsman. All his centuries are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FDM Karunaratne	152	3	NZl	Ch’church	26 Dec 2014
2	FDM Karunaratne	130	1	Pak	Pallekele	03 Jul 2015
3	FDM Karunaratne	186	1	Win	Galle	14 Oct 2015
4	FDM Karunaratne	110	3	Zim	Harare	29 Oct 2016
5	FDM Karunaratne	126	3	Ban	Col-PSS	15 Mar 2017
6	FDM Karunaratne	141	3	Ind	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
7	FDM Karunaratne	196	1	Pak	Dub-DSC	06 Oct 2017
8	FDM Karunaratne	158*	1	SAF	Galle	12 Jul 2018
9	FDM Karunaratne	122	4	NZl	Galle	14 Aug 2019
10	FDM Karunaratne	103	3	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2021
11	FDM Karunaratne	244	2	Ban	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021
12	FDM Karunaratne	118	1	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
13	FDM Karunaratne	147	1	Win	Galle	21 Nov 2021
14	FDM Karunaratne	107	4	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

FDM Karunaratne now occupies the second place in the list of Sri Lankan openers who have scored most centuries. MS Atapattu leads the list with 16 centuries to his credit. FDM Karunaratne went past ST Jayasuriya who had scored 13 centuries, on his way to occupy the second place. MS Atapattu, FDM Karunaratne and ST Jayasuriya are the three Sri Lankan openers who have scored ten or more centuries.

It also represents his second century in the fourth innings of a test as an opening batsman. Both centuries are listed below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FDM Karunaratne	122	4	NZl	Galle	14 Aug 2019
2	FDM Karunaratne	107	4	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

It also represents his sixth century while leading Sri Lanka. It also represents his sixth test century as captain opener for Sri Lanka.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FDM Karunaratne	122	4	NZl	Galle	14 Aug 2019
2	FDM Karunaratne	103	3	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2021
3	FDM Karunaratne	244	2	Ban	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021
4	FDM Karunaratne	118	1	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
5	FDM Karunaratne	147	1	Win	Galle	21 Nov 2021
6	FDM Karunaratne	107	4	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

FDM Karunaratne became the fourth Sri Lankan captain to score six or more centuries. Others are – DPMD Jayawardene {14}, KC Sangakkara {07} and AD Mathews {06}

FDM Karunaratne became the first Sri Lankan captain opener to score six  centuries. MS Atapattu {04}, ST Jayasuriya {04} and TM Dilshan {01} are the other Sri Lankan captain openers who have scored centuries.

FDM Karunaratne was playing his 75^th test and made it memorable by scoring a century and also by reaching 5500 runs as an opening batsman. At the end of this test, his run aggregate read 5588. He is one of the three Sri Lankan openers who have an aggregate of 5000 plus runs. Others are ST Jayasuriya {5932} and MS Atapattu {5317}

FDM Karunaratne’s 107 in this test fetched him his 41^st fifty of his test career {14 C plus 27 HC} and with it the record for most fifties scored by a Sri Lankan opening batsman. He also became the 19^th opening batsmen who have scored 41 plus fifties in their test career. He also became the 24^th opening batsmen who have scored 14 or more centuries in their test career.

FDM Karunaratne’s centuries in losing cause as an opening batsman are listed below. He holds the record for most centuries by a Sri Lankan opening batsman in a losing cause.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	FDM Karunaratne	152	3	NZl	Ch’church	26 Dec 2014
2	FDM Karunaratne	130	1	Pak	Pallekele	03 Jul 2015
3	FDM Karunaratne	126	3	Ban	Col-PSS	15 Mar 2017
4	FDM Karunaratne	141	3	Ind	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
5	FDM Karunaratne	103	3	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2021
6	FDM Karunaratne	107	4	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

India won this test by 238 runs to provide India’s 168^th win. It also provides India’s 51^st win by 100 plus runs margin. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs margin.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	won	372 runs	NZl	Mum-WS	03 Dec 2021
2	Ind	won	337 runs	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
3	Ind	won	321 runs	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
4	Ind	won	320 runs	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
5	Ind	won	318 runs	Win	N Sound	22 Aug 2019
6	Ind	won	317 runs	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
7	Ind	won	304 runs	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
8	Ind	won	280 runs	SAF	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
9	Ind	won	279 runs	Eng	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
10	Ind	won	278 runs	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
11	Ind	won	272 runs	NZl	Auckland	07 Mar 1968
12	Ind	won	259 runs	Srl	Ahm’bad	18 Dec 2005
13	Ind	won	257 runs	Win	Kingston	30 Aug 2019
14	Ind	won	255 runs	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
15	Ind	won	246 runs	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
16	Ind	won	238 runs	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
17	Ind	won	237 runs	Win	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016
18	Ind	won	235 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
19	Ind	won	222 runs	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
20	Ind	won	216 runs	NZl	Chennai	26 Nov 1976
21	Ind	won	212 runs	Pak	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
22	Ind	won	208 runs	Ban	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
23	Ind	won	203 runs	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
24	Ind	won	203 runs	Eng	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
25	Ind	won	197 runs	NZl	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
26	Ind	won	195 runs	Pak	Kolkata	16 Mar 2005
27	Ind	won	188 runs	Srl	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
28	Ind	won	187 runs	Eng	Kolkata	30 Dec 1961
29	Ind	won	179 runs	Aus	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
30	Ind	won	178 runs	NZl	Kolkata	30 Sep 2016
31	Ind	won	172 runs	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
32	Ind	won	172 runs	NZl	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988
33	Ind	won	171 runs	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
34	Ind	won	170 runs	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
35	Ind	won	162 runs	NZl	Mum-WS	10 Nov 1976
36	Ind	won	157 runs	Eng	The Oval	02 Sep 2021
37	Ind	won	153 runs	Aus	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979
38	Ind	won	151 runs	Eng	Lord’s	12 Aug 2021
39	Ind	won	140 runs	Eng	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977
40	Ind	won	138 runs	Eng	Mum-WS	27 Nov 1981
41	Ind	won	137 runs	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
42	Ind	won	131 runs	Pak	Mum-WS	16 Dec 1979
43	Ind	won	128 runs	Eng	Chennai	10 Jan 1962
44	Ind	won	124 runs	SAF	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
45	Ind	won	123 runs	SAF	Jo’burg	15 Dec 2006
46	Ind	won	119 runs	Aus	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
47	Ind	won	117 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
48	Ind	won	113 runs	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021
49	Ind	won	113 runs	Ban	Chattogram	17 Jan 2010
50	Ind	won	108 runs	SAF	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
51	Ind	won	100 runs	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1975

It also represents India’s eighth win by 100 plus runs margin against Sri Lanka. All such wins are tabulated below in the descending order of runs margin.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	won	304 runs	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
2	Ind	won	278 runs	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
3	Ind	won	259 runs	Srl	Ahm’bad	18 Dec 2005
4	Ind	won	238 runs	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
5	Ind	won	235 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
6	Ind	won	188 runs	Srl	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
7	Ind	won	170 runs	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
8	Ind	won	117 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

It also provides India’s 24^th win by 200 plus runs margin. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs margin.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	won	372 runs	NZl	Mum-WS	03 Dec 2021
2	Ind	won	337 runs	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
3	Ind	won	321 runs	NZl	Indore	08 Oct 2016
4	Ind	won	320 runs	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
5	Ind	won	318 runs	Win	N Sound	22 Aug 2019
6	Ind	won	317 runs	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
7	Ind	won	304 runs	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
8	Ind	won	280 runs	SAF	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
9	Ind	won	279 runs	Eng	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
10	Ind	won	278 runs	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
11	Ind	won	272 runs	NZl	Auckland	07 Mar 1968
12	Ind	won	259 runs	Srl	Ahm’bad	18 Dec 2005
13	Ind	won	257 runs	Win	Kingston	30 Aug 2019
14	Ind	won	255 runs	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
15	Ind	won	246 runs	Eng	Vizag	17 Nov 2016
16	Ind	won	238 runs	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
17	Ind	won	237 runs	Win	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016
18	Ind	won	235 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
19	Ind	won	222 runs	Aus	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
20	Ind	won	216 runs	NZl	Chennai	26 Nov 1976
21	Ind	won	212 runs	Pak	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
22	Ind	won	208 runs	Ban	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
23	Ind	won	203 runs	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
24	Ind	won	203 runs	Eng	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018

It also provides India’s fifth win by 200 plus runs margin against Sri Lanka All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs margin.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	won	304 runs	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
2	Ind	won	278 runs	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
3	Ind	won	259 runs	Srl	Ahm’bad	18 Dec 2005
4	Ind	won	238 runs	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
5	Ind	won	235 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993

R Ashwin became India’s first bowler to appear in India’s 50 wins and his wicket aggregate in 50 test wins read 310.

R Ashwin became the 36^th cricketer to appear in a team’s 50 plus winning tests and he is the fifth bowler to have an aggregate of 300 plus wickets in the annals of test cricket.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Wkts
1	SK Warne	Aus	92	510
2	Muralitharan	Srl	54	438
3	GD McGrath	Aus	84	414
4	JM Anderson	Eng	73	338
5	R Ashwin	Ind	50	310

R Ashwin became the second all round cricketer to score 1500 plus runs and capture 300 plus wickets in a team’s 50 plus winning tests

No	Player	Team	Mat	Runs	Wkts	C
1	SK Warne	Aus	92	1830	510	0
2	R Ashwin	Ind	50	1571	310	4

R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets at the end of this test read 442. He went past DW Steyn’s 439 wickets to occupy the eighth place in the list of most wicket takers in the annals of test cricket

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts
1	Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708
3	JM Anderson	Eng	169	314	36396	17014	640
4	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619
5	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563
6	SCJ Broad	Eng	152	280	30575	14932	537
7	CA Walsh	Win	132	242	30019	12688	519
8	R Ashwin	Ind	86	162	23089	10666	442
9	DW Steyn	SAF	93	171	18608	10077	439

Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 109 and 208 in this test to provide the 128^th occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out in both innings of a test. It also provides the 23^rd occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out in both innings of a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Runs	W	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Sri Lanka	740	20	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
2	Sri Lanka	345	20	v India	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986
3	Sri Lanka	333	20	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987
4	Sri Lanka	280	20	v India	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990
5	Sri Lanka	490	20	v India	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
6	Sri Lanka	392	20	v India	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994
7	Sri Lanka	446	20	v India	Bengaluru	26 Jan 1994
8	Sri Lanka	341	20	v India	Ahm’bad	08 Feb 1994
9	Sri Lanka	495	20	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001
10	Sri Lanka	477	20	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
11	Sri Lanka	455	20	v India	Ahm’bad	18 Dec 2005
12	Sri Lanka	428	20	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008
13	Sri Lanka	498	20	v India	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
14	Sri Lanka	702	20	v India	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009
15	Sri Lanka	692	20	v India	Col-PSS	03 Aug 2010
16	Sri Lanka	550	20	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015
17	Sri Lanka	440	20	v India	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
18	Sri Lanka	469	20	v India	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
19	Sri Lanka	569	20	v India	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
20	Sri Lanka	316	20	v India	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017
21	Sri Lanka	371	20	v India	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
22	Sri Lanka	352	20	v India	Mohali	04 Mar 2022
23	Sri Lanka	317	20	v India	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

HDRL Thirimanne {0} and FDM Karunaratne {107} scored century and duck in the just concluded second test between India and Sri Lanka at Bengaluru to provide the 98th occasion of one of the openers scoring a century and another a duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket.

It also provides the eighth occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsmen performing such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	Atapattu  MS	0
	Arnold  RP	104*	Srl	Zim	1	Harare	04.12.1999
2	Atapattu  MS	0
	Jayasuriya  ST	253	Srl	Pak	2	Faisalabad	20.10.2004
3	Vandort  MG	0
	Tharanga  WU	165	Srl	Ban	1	Bogra	08.03.2006
4	Vandort  MG	105
	Tharanga  WU	0	Srl	Eng	2	Birmingham	25.05.2006
5	Vandort  MG	117
	Warnapura BSM	0	Srl	Ban	1	Col-SSC	25.06.2007
6	Paranavitana NT	0
	Dilshan  TM	121	Srl	Pak	1	Col-SSC	30.06.2012
7	Karunaratne  D	0
	Mendis  K	196	Srl	Ban	1	Chittagong	31.01.2018
8	Karunaratne D	107
	Thirimanne L	0	Srl	Ind	4	Bengaluru	12.03.2022

FDM Karunaratne {107} scored century the just concluded second test between India and Sri Lanka at Bengaluru to provide the eighth occasion of an opening scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Stollmeyer	104*	4	Win	Ind	Trinidad	19 Feb 1953
2	LRD Mendis	124	4	Srl	Ind	Kandy	14 Sep 1985
3	IVA Richards	109*	4	Win	Ind	Delhi	25 Nov 1987
4	MA Taylor	102*	4	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
5	Younis Khan	107*	4	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
6	AD Mathews	110	4	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
7	Karunaratne	107	4	Srl	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test against India.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Mathews	110	4	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
2	Karunaratne	107	4	Srl	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test against India on Indian soil. Bengaluru has witnessed two such occasions.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	IVA Richards	109*	4	Win	Ind	Delhi	25 Nov 1987
2	MA Taylor	102*	4	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
3	Younis Khan	107*	4	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
4	Karunaratne	107	4	Srl	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

HDRL Thirimanne scored duck in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 101^st occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a duck in an innings. It also provides the 13th occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a duck in an innings against India.

HDRL Thirimanne scored duck in the fourth innings of this test to provide the 17^th occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a duck in the fourth innings of a test. It also provides the fourth occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a duck in the fourth innings of a test against India.

R Ashwin’s six wickets in this test fetched him an aggregate of 62 wickets against Sri Lanka. He became the second Indian bowler to capture 60 plus wickets against Sri Lanka after A Kumble. A Kumble has an aggregate of 74 wickets against Sri Lanka.

R Ashwin with 62 wickets to his credit against Sri Lanka became the fourth bowler to aggregate 60 plus wickets against Sri Lanka. Others are – A Kumble {74}, Saeed Ajmal {66} and Wasim Akram {63}

No	Player	Team	Opp	M	I	W
1	A Kumble	Ind	Srl	18	28	74
2	S Ajmal	Pak	Srl	14	28	66
3	W Akram	Pak	Srl	19	32	63
4	R Ashwin	Ind	Srl	11	21	62

R Ashwin, A Kumble and Wasim Akram share the record for most wickets in winning matches against Sri Lanka. All the three bowlers have captured 48 wickets apiece.

No	Player	Team	Opp	M	I	W
1	R Ashwin	Ind	Srl	08	16	48
2	A Kumble	Ind	Srl	07	14	48
3	W Akram	Pak	Srl	10	20	48

R Ashwin has captured 20 wickets in India’s winnings tests against Sri Lanka on home soil. He became the 13^th bowler to capture 20 plus wickets in a team’s winning tests on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	M	I	W
1	A Kumble	Ind	5	10	35
2	Philander	SAF	5	10	33
3	Imran Khan	Pak	4	06	28
4	GD McGrath	Aus	4	08	28
5	TA Boult	NZl	5	10	26
6	TG Southee	NZl	5	10	26
7	Harbhajan	Ind	4	08	25
8	M Ntini	SAF	6	12	24
9	SLV Raju	Ind	4	08	24
10	MA Starc	Aus	4	08	22
11	Anderson	Eng	3	05	21
12	SM Pollock	SAF	6	11	21
13	R Ashwin	Ind	3	06	20

R Ashwin has captured 20 wickets in India’s winnings tests against Sri Lanka on home soil. He became the fourth Indian bowler to capture 20 plus wickets in a India’s winning tests on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	M	I	W
1	A Kumble	Ind	5	10	35
2	Harbhajan	Ind	4	08	25
3	SLV Raju	Ind	4	08	24
4	R Ashwin	Ind	3	06	20

R Ashwin’s six wickets in this test fetched him an aggregate of 258 wickets in India’s winning tests on home soil. He is one of the four bowlers who have captured 250 plus wickets in a team’s winning tests on home soil.

No	Player	Team	M	Inns	Wkts
1	Muralitharan	Srl	37	074	305
2	JM Anderson	Eng	54	107	260
3	R Ashwin	Ind	39	077	258
4	SK Warne	Aus	49	095	250

JJ Bumrah became the fourth Indian pace bowler to capture exact eight wickets in a test against Sri Lanka. He returned with figures of 8 for 47 in this test. All the four occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JJ Bumrah	8-047	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
2	I Sharma	8-086	Srl	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
3	B Kumar	8-096	Srl	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017
4	N Kapil Dev	8-207	Srl	Chennai	17 Sep 1982

JJ Bumrah’s 8 for 47 in this test represent the best match bowling effort by an Indian pace bowler against Sri Lanka. The previous best was 8 for 86 by Ishant Sharma at Col-SSC in Aug 2015.

No	Player	W-R	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JJ Bumrah	8-047	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
2	I Sharma	8-086	Srl	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015

JJ Bumrah’s 8 for 47 in this test represent the best match bowling effort by an Indian pace bowler against Sri Lanka in India.  The previous best was 8 for 96 by B Kumar at Kolkata in Nov 2017

No	Player	W-R	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JJ Bumrah	8-047	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
2	B Kumar	8-096	Srl	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017

It is interesting to note that an Indian pace bowlers is yet to return with match figures of ten plus wickets. The following Indian spin bowlers {seven occasions, six bowlers} have captured ten or more wickets in a match against Sri Lanka.

No	Player	W-Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SLV Raju	11-125	Opp	Ahm’bad	08 Feb 1994
2	A Kumble	11-128	Srl	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994
3	Maninder	10-107	Opp	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986
4	Harbhajan	10-141	Srl	Ahm’bad	18 Dec 2005
5	Harbhajan	10-153	Opp	Galle	31 Jul 2008
6	A Kumble	10-157	Srl	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
7	R Ashwin	10-160	Opp	Galle	12 Aug 2015

Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 109 in this game to provide the 60^th occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out in an innings against India.

Sri Lanka’s 109 all out in this game represent its second lowest total in a completed innings against India. Its lowest total in a completed innings against India is 82 all out at Chandigarh in Nov 1990

Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 109 in this game to provide the 60^th occasion of team dismissed all out in an innings in tests at Bengaluru.

Sri Lanka’s 109 all out in this game represent its second lowest total in a completed innings in tests at Bengaluru. Lowest total in a completed innings in tests at Bengaluru is 103 by Afghanistan {in the third innings of the test} against India in Jun 2018.

Sri Lanka in this test and Afghanistan in Jun 2018 {All out for 109 in second innings of the test against India share the second lowest total in a completed innings in tests at Bengaluru.

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of five for 24 to provide the 34^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test at Bengaluru. It also provides the 20^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five plus wickets in tests at Bengaluru

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Date
1	Chandrasekhar	6	76	2	Ind	Eng	28.01.77
2	BS Bedi	6	71	4	Ind	Eng	28.01.77
3	KD Ghavri	5	51	3	Ind	Win	15.12.78
4	N Kapil Dev	5	68	2	Ind	Pak	14.09.83
5	Maninder	7	27	1	Ind	Pak	13.03.87
6	ND Hirwani	6	59	4	Ind	NZl	12.11.88
7	A Kumble	5	81	3	Ind	NZl	18.10.95
8	A Kumble	6	98	2	Ind	Aus	25.03.98
9	A Kumble	6	143	2	Ind	RSA	02.03.00
10	Harbhajan	5	146	1	Ind	Aus	06.10.04
11	Harbhajan	6	78	3	Ind	Aus	06.10.04
12	Harbhajan	6	152	1	Ind	Pak	24.03.05
13	I Sharma	5	118	2	Ind	Pak	08.12.07
14	A Kumble	5	60	4	Ind	Pak	08.12.07
15	Z Khan	5	91	1	Ind	Aus	09.10.08
16	PP Ojha	5	99	1	Ind	NZl	31.08.12
17	R Ashwin	5	69	3	Ind	NZl	31.08.12
18	RA Jadeja	6	63	2	Ind	Aus	04.03.17
19	R Ashwin	6	41	4	Ind	Aus	04.03.17
20	JJ Bumrah	5	24	2	Ind	Srl	12.03.22

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of five for 24 to provide the 14^th occasion of a pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test at Bengaluru. It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing five plus wickets in tests at Bengaluru

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Date
1	KD Ghavri	5	51	3	Ind	Win	15.12.78
2	N Kapil Dev	5	68	2	Ind	Pak	14.09.83
3	I Sharma	5	118	2	Ind	Pak	08.12.07
4	Z Khan	5	91	1	Ind	Aus	09.10.08
5	JJ Bumrah	5	24	2	Ind	Srl	12.03.22

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of five for 24 to provide the best figures in an innings by a pace bowler in a test at Bengaluru. The previous best was KD Ghavri’s five for 51 against West Indies in Dec 1978.

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Date
1	JJ Bumrah	5	24	2	Ind	Srl	12.03.22
2	KD Ghavri	5	51	3	Ind	Win	15.12.78

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of five for 24 to provide the 25th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets against Sri Lanka. It also provides the eighth occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing five plus wickets against Sri Lanka.

JJ Bumrah’s five for 24 represent the best bowling figures by an Indian pace bowler against Sri Lanka. The previous best was Ishant Sharma’s five for 54 at Col-SSC in Aug 2015.

JJ Bumrah’s five for 24 represent his eighth five wicket haul in a test innings. It also represents his first five wicket haul on home soil.

No	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	5-54	2	SAF	Jo’burg	24 Jan 2018
2	5-65	4	Eng	Not’ham	18 Aug 2018
3	6-33	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
4	5-07	4	Win	N Sound	22 Aug 2019
5	6-27	2	Win	Kingston	30 Aug 2019
6	5-64	3	Eng	Not’ham	04 Aug 2021
7	5-42	2	SAF	C Town	11 Jan 2022
8	5-24	2	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

SS Iyer scored 92 and 65+ in this test to provide the 155^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Indian batsmen scoring fifties in both innings of a test against Sri Lanka

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NS Sidhu	82	104	Srl	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
2	R Dravid	93	85	Srl	Mum-WS	03 Dec 1997
3	SC Ganguly	56	78	Srl	Col-SSC	24 Feb 1999
4	Tendulkar	53	124*	Srl	Col-SSC	24 Feb 1999
5	SS Das	59	68	Srl	Col-SSC	29 Aug 2001
6	G Gambhir	56	74	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
7	V Sehwag	201*	50	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
8	VVS Laxman	56	103*	Srl	Col-PSS	03 Aug 2010
9	V Kohli	243	50	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
10	RG Sharma	65	50*	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
11	SS Iyer	92	65+	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

SS Iyer scored 92 and 67 in this test to provide the 20th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety and a fifty a test match.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CG Borde	109	96	Win	Delhi	06 Feb 1959
2	M Amarnath	90	100	Aus	Perth	16 Dec 1977
3	M Amarnath	91	80	Win	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983
4	M Amarnath	78	95	Eng	Chennai	13 Jan 1985
5	SV Manjrekar	93	50	Eng	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
6	R Dravid	93	85	Srl	Mum-WS	03 Dec 1997
7	S Ramesh	60	96	Pak	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
8	SC Ganguly	68	99	Eng	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
9	SC Ganguly	239	91	Pak	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007
10	MS Dhoni	92	68*	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
11	V Sehwag	66	92	Aus	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
12	G Gambhir	179	97	Eng	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
13	V Sehwag	96	54*	NZl	Hyd-RGS	12 Nov 2010
14	G Gambhir	93	64	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
15	V Kohli	119	96	SAF	Jo’burg	18 Dec 2013
16	AM Rahane	51*	96	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2013
17	M Vijay	53	99	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
18	KL Rahul	90	51	Aus	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
19	V Kohli	97	103	Eng	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
20	SS Iyer	92	67	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the second occasion of Indian batsmen scoring a ninety and a fifty in a test against Sri Lanka

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	R Dravid	93	85	Srl	Mum-WS	03 Dec 1997
2	SS Iyer	92	67	Srl	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022

RR Pant scored 50 in this test to provide the 131st occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings at Sri Lanka.

RR Pant scored 50 in this test to provide the tenth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings in a Pink Ball test. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings in a Pink Ball test.

SS Iyer scored 92 and 67 in this test to provide the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a Pink Ball test.  

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DM Bravo	87	116	Win	Pak	Dub-DSC	Oct 2016
2	SPD Smith	130	63	Aus	PAK	Brisbane	Dec 2016
3	Labuschagne	143	50	Aus	NZl	Perth	Dec 2019
4	Labuschagne	103	51	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2021
5	SS Iyer	92	67	Ind	Srl	Bengaluru	Mar 2022

SS Iyer scored 92 and 67 in this test to provide the first occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety and a fifty in a Pink Ball test.  

RR Pant scored 50 in 28 balls in this test which fetched him a record the fastest fifty by an Indian batsman in a test innings. The previous record was held by N Kapil Dev who has scored the fifty in 30 balls against Pakistan at Karachi in 1982. Thus it took 40 years for RR Pant to rewrite the record of Kapil Dev

The following table lists the fastest fifties scored by Indian batsmen in terms of balls faced where known.

No	Balls	Player	Opp	Location	Year
1	28	RR Pant	Srl	Bengaluru	2022
2	30	Kapil Dev	Pak	Karachi	1982
3	31	SN Thakur	Eng	The Oval	2021
4	32	V Sehwag	Eng	Chennai	2008

RR Pant’s fifty in 28 balls is the second fastest fifty scored in a test Bangalore. Shahid Afridi had scored fifty in 26 balls against India at Bangalore in 2005.

India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 223^rd occasion of India doing so. It also provides the 24th occasion of India doing so against Sri Lanka.

India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 223^rd occasion of India doing so. It also provides the 24th occasion of India doing so against Sri Lanka.

India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 16^th occasion of team doing so in a pink ball test. It also provides the second occasion of India doing so in a pink ball test. Prior to this, India had won the toss and elected to bat in a pink ball test at Adelaide in Dec 2020

MA Agarwal was dismissed run out for 4 in this test to provide the 57th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed run out in an innings. It also provide the third occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed run out in an innings against Sri Lanka

MA Agarwal was dismissed run out for 4 in this test to provide the seventh occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out in an innings in a pink ball test. It also provide the first occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed run out in an innings in a pink ball test.

RG Sharma became the first captain to open a team’s innings in a Pink ball test. RG Sharma-FDM Karunaratne became the first rival captains who opened the innings for their respective teams in a pink ball test.

SS Iyer was dismissed stumped for 92 in India’s innings to provide the 29^th occasion of a batsman dismissed stumped for nineties in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed stumped for nineties in an innings. All such four occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Vengsarkar	96	2	Pak	Chennai	Feb 1987
2	Tendulkar	90	2	Eng	Bengaluru	Dec 2001
3	V Sehwag	99	2	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2010
4	SS Iyer	92	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Mar 2022

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed stumped for nineties in a test at Bangalore. SR Tendulkar was the other batsman to be dismissed stumped for nineties at Bangalore. He was dismissed stumped for 90 against England at Bangalore in Dec 2001.

SS Iyer became the eighth Indian batsman to be dismissed for 90s in a test at Bangalore. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Gavaskar	96	4	Pak	Bengaluru	Mar 1987
2	NS Sidhu	99	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Jan 1994
3	Tendulkar	96	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Jan 1994
4	Tendulkar	90	2	Eng	Bengaluru	Dec 2001
5	Ganguly	91	3	Pak	Bengaluru	Dec 2007
6	KL Rahul	90	1	Aus	Bengaluru	Mar 2017
7	CA Pujara	92	3	Aus	Bengaluru	Mar 2017
8	SS Iyer	92	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Mar 2022

SS Iyer became the third Indian batsman to be dismissed for 90s in a test at Bangalore against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	R	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	NS Sidhu	99	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Jan 1994
2	Tendulkar	96	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Jan 1994
3	SS Iyer	92	1	Srl	Bengaluru	Mar 2022

SS Iyer’s dismissal for 92 in India’s innings provides the 126^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for nineties in an innings. It also provides the 14^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for nineties in an innings against Sri Lanka.

SS Iyer’s dismissal for 92 in India’s innings provides the fifth occasion of an batsman dismissed for nineties in an innings in Pink Ball test. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for nineties in an innings in a Pink Ball test.

No	Player	R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Sami Aslam	90	1	Pak	Win	Dub-DSC	Oct 2016
2	Babar Azam	97	2	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	Nov 2019
3	DA Warner	95	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2021
4	SPD Smith	93	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2021
5	SS Iyer	92	1	Ind	Srl	Bengaluru	Mar 2022

The overall aggregate of boundary sixes scored in test at Bengaluru read 143 at the end of the first day. Indian batsmen have scored 79 boundary sixes while visiting batsmen have scored 64 boundary sixes.

SS Iyer’s 92 in this test represent the 134^th fifty scored by batsmen at Bangalore. Indian batsmen have scored 69^th fifty while visiting batsmen have scored 65 fifties.

SS Iyer’s 92 in this test represent the 102nd half century scored by batsmen at Bangalore. Indian batsmen have scored 52 half centuries while visiting batsmen have scored 50 fifties.

RG Sharma became the third Indian captain to score boundary sixes at Bengaluru. Others are MS Dhoni {04} and M Azharuddin {01}. A total number of six boundary sixes have been scored by Indian captains as at the end of the first day’s play in this test. Visiting captains have scored 13 boundary sixes and the total number of boundary sixes scored by captains at Bengaluru read 19.

RG Sharma’s lone six in India’s innings fetched a total number of 21 boundary sixes by Indian opening batsmen at Bengaluru. The total number of boundary sixes by opening batsmen read 36 at the end of the first day’s play which includes 15 boundary sixes by visiting opening batsmen.