Third day’s highlights

R Dravid has been dismissed run out on ten occasions in his test career including his run out dismissal in the first innings of this test. He is the sixth batsman in the annals of test cricket who have been dismissed run out on ten or more occasions. Others are – AR Border {12}, ML Hayden {12}, RT Ponting {11}, CL Hooper {10} and GS Sobers {10}

KC Sangakkara was playing his 80^th test while playing at number three. He became the third batsman in the annals of test cricket to play 80 plus tests after R Dravid of India {110} and RT Ponting of Australia {96}

AD Mathews became the 40^th Sri Lankan victim of Harbhajan Singh. A Kumble {74} and Kapil Dev {45} are the other two Indian bowlers who have captured 40 plus wickets against Sri Lanka

Zaheer Khan’s fifth maiden over in his spell represented his 450^th maiden over of his test career.

P Ojha’s captured his first test wicket was DPMD Jayawardene caught by SR Tendulkar for 47.

It was the 10^th catch for SR Tendulkar against Sri Lanka. M Azharuddin {27}, A Kumble {13} and R Dravid {10} are the other fieldsmen who have pouched 10 or more catches against Sri Lanka.

Sreesanth’s five for 75 represent the 23^rd occasion of a bowler capturing five wickets haul in a test at Kanpur. He is the ninth Indian bowler and the second Indian pace bowler to capture five wicket haul at Kanpur. N Kapil Dev with his 6 for 63 against Pakistan in Dec 79 is the other Indian pace bowler to capture five plus wickets at Kanpur

Sreesanth’s five for 75 represent the 17th occasion of a bowler capturing five wickets haul against Sri Lanka. Sreesanth became the fifth Indian pace bowler to capture five plus wickets against Sri Lanka. Others are – N Kapil Dev – five for 110 at Chennai in Sep 82, Chetan Sharma – five for 118 at Col-PSS in Sep 85, J Srinath – five for 114 at Galle and BKV Prasad – five for 72 at Kandy in Aug 01

Sreesanth with his five for 75 became the second Indian bowler to capture five wicket haul against Sri Lanka on home soil, the first being N Kapil Dev {five for 110 at Chennai in Sep 82}

Herath’s dismissal bowled in Sri Lanka’s innings provides the 75^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen getting dismissed bowled against India

Welegedera’s dismissal leg before wicket in Sri Lanka’s innings provides the 80^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen getting dismissed leg before wicket against India

Sri Lanka’s 229 all out in the first innings provide the 36^th occasion of Sri Lanka all out against India. Ir also provides the 15^th occasion of Sri Lanka getting all out when it has batted in the second innings of a test match.

India has enforced follow on against Sri Lanka on seven occasions including the ongoing test. The following table lists all the seven occasions

No	Ground	Month	Year
1	Nagpur	Dec	1986
2	Cuttack	Jan	1987
3	Chandigarh	Nov	1990
4	Lucknow	Jan	1994
5	Bangalore	Jan	1994
6	Ahmedabad	Feb	1994
7	Kanpur	Nov	2009

India took the first innings lead of 413 runs against Sri Lanka in the second test at Kanpur providing the 25^th occasion of a team taking the first innings lead of 400 plus runs in the annals of test cricket

India has taken the first innings lead of 400 plus runs on two occasions which are furnished in the following table

No	Team	Score	Lead	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Ban	118	-492	v Ind	Mirpur	May 2007
2	Srl	229	-413	v Ind	Kanpur	Nov 2009

India has taken the first innings lead against Sri Lanka on eleven occasions including the 413 runs lead in the ongoing test.

DPMD Jayawardene’s run out dismissal in the second innings provide the 10^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman getting dismissed run out in a test innings against Sri Lanka. This run out also represents the 115^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed run out against various oppositions.

DPMD Jayawardene has been dismissed run out on four occasions including the one in Sri Lanka’s second innings and it was his first run out dismissal against India. The four occasions are – vs Pakistan at Rawalpindi in Feb 00 for 42, vs England at Galle in Feb 01 for 61, vs West Indies at Galle in Nov 01 for 99 and vs India at Kanpur in Nov 09 for 10