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V Sehwag scored 109 and zero in the third test at Sara Oval against Sri Lanka providing the 134^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred and zero in a test match. All the 134 occasions are listed below

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	WL Murdoch	0	153*	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Sep 1880
2	GHS Trott	0	143	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1896
3	C Hill	188	0	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Jan 1898
4	JH Sinclair	0	104	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	Nov 1902
5	LC Braund	102	0	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1903
6	JT Tyldesley	0	100	Eng	Aus	Leeds	Jul 1905
7	G Gunn	122*	0	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1908
8	GA Faulkner	122*	0	SAF	Aus	Manchester	May 1912
9	RH Catterall	0	120	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	Jun 1924
10	FE Woolley	0	123	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1924
11	GB Legge	196	0	Eng	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1930
12	DG Bradman	0	103*	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 1932
13	IM Barrow	105	0	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1933
14	AD Nourse	0	231	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	Dec 1935
15	JHW Fingleton	100	0	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Dec 1936
16	MH Mankad	111	0	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Feb 1948
17	DCS Compton	145*	0	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1948
18	DG Bradman	138	0	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Jun 1948
19	SG Barnes	0	141	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1948
20	L Hutton	101	0	Eng	NZl	Leeds	Jun 1949
21	P Roy	140	0	Ind	Eng	MumbaiBS	Dec 1951
22	VL Manjrekar	133	0	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1952
23	RN Harvey	122	0	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1953
24	ML Apte	0	163*	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	Feb 1953
25	PBH May	0	112	Eng	SAF	Lord’s	Jun 1955
26	Imtiaz Ahmed	209	0	Pak	NZl	Lahore	Oct 1955
27	Imtiaz Ahmed	122	0	Pak	Win	Kingston	Feb 1958
28	Hanif Mohammad	160	0	Pak	Ind	MumbaiBS	Dec 1960
29	MC Cowdrey	119	0	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	Mar 1960
30	FCM Alexander	0	108	Win	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1961
31	Javed Burki	140	0	Pak	Eng	Dhaka	Jan 1962
32	Rev.DS Sheppard	0	113	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1962
33	EJ Barlow	114	0	SAF	Aus	Brisbane	Dec 1963
34	VL Manjrekar	108	0	Ind	Eng	Chennai	Jan 1964
35	SM Nurse	201	0	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	May 1965
36	GT Dowling	129	0	NZl	Ind	MumbaiBS	Mar 1965
37	MC Cowdrey	101	0	Eng	Win	Kingston	Feb 1968
38	GS Sobers	0	113*	Win	Eng	Kingston	Feb 1968
39	BF Hastings	0	117*	NZl	Win	Christchurch	Mar 1969
40	IR Redpath	0	132	Aus	Win	Sydney	Feb 1969
41	GR Viswanath	0	137	Ind	Aus	Kanpur	Nov 1969
42	CA Davis	103	0	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1969
43	IM Chappell	138	0	Aus	Ind	Delhi	Nov 1969
44	GS Sobers	132	0	Win	Ind	Port of Spain	Apr 1971
45	DL Amiss	158	0	Eng	Pak	Hyd-Pak	Mar 1973
46	AI Kallicharran	0	103*	Win	Ind	Port of Spain	Apr 1976
47	RC Fredericks	0	138	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1976
48	IC Davis	105	0	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	Dec 1976
49	Asif Iqbal	0	152*	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1976
50	RB McCosker	0	105	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	Jan 1977
51	Sadiq Mohammad	105	0	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 1977
52	SM Gavaskar	0	118	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1977
53	Asif Iqbal	0	104	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	Oct 1978
54	CS Serjeant	0	124	Aus	Win	Georgetown	Mar 1978
55	DB Vengsarkar	0	103	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	Aug 1979
56	DW Randall	0	150	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 1979
57	DL Haynes	0	122	Win	NZl	Christchurch	Feb 1980
58	CL King	0	100*	Win	NZl	Christchurch	Feb 1980
59	GN Yallop	0	114	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Aug 1981
60	IT Botham	0	118	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Aug 1981
61	IVA Richards	0	182*	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	Mar 1981
62	G Boycott	137	0	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1981
63	IVA Richards	208	0	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1984
64	DC Boon	103	0	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 1986
65	MW Gatting	100	0	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1986
66	GR Marsh	118	0	Aus	NZl	Auckland	Mar 1986
67	Ijaz Ahmed	122	0	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Sep 1988
68	MD Crowe	174	0	NZl	Pak	Wellington	Feb 1989
69	M Azharuddin	0	109	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Nov 1989
70	NS Sidhu	116	0	Ind	Win	Kingston	Apr 1989
71	DL Haynes	0	109	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	Apr 1990
72	DI Gower	100	0	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1990
73	RB Richardson	104	0	Win	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 1991
74	ME Waugh	139*	0	Aus	Win	St John’s	Apr 1991
75	JG Wright	116	0	NZl	Eng	Wellington	Feb 1992
76	MD Crowe	0	107	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	Dec 1992
77	A Ranatunga	127	0	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Aug 1992
78	AC Hudson	163	0	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	Apr 1992
79	KLT Arthurton	157*	0	Win	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 1992
80	CC Lewis	0	117	Eng	Ind	Chennai	Feb 1993
81	MA Atherton	144	0	Eng	Win	Georgetown	Mar 1994
82	GP Thorpe	123	0	Eng	Aus	Perth	Feb 1995
83	PA de Silva	0	105	Srl	Pak	Faisalabad	Sep 1995
84	HP Tillakaratne	115	0	Srl	Pak	Faisalabad	Sep 1995
85	MW Gatting	117	0	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1995
86	NR Mongia	152	0	Ind	Aus	Delhi	Oct 1996
87	N Hussain	113	0	Eng	Zim	Bulawayo	Dec 1996
88	Mohammad Wasim	0	109*	Pak	NZl	Lahore	Nov 1996
89	G Kirsten	103	0	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	Jan 1997
90	CL Hooper	0	106	Win	Pak	Karachi	Dec 1997
91	MW Goodwin	0	166*	Zim	Pak	Bulawayo	Mar 1998
92	GA Hick	107	0	Eng	Srl	The Oval	Aug 1998
93	CD McMillan	0	142	NZl	Srl	Col-RPS	May 1998
94	DJ Cullinan	103	0	SAF	Srl	Centurion	Mar 1998
95	S Chanderpaul	118	0	Win	Eng	Georgetown	Feb 1998
96	DJ Cullinan	168	0	SAF	Win	Cape Town	Jan 1999
97	G Kirsten	0	134	SAF	Win	Centurion	Jan 1999
98	Saeed Anwar	0	188*	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	Feb 1999
99	SL Campbell	170	0	Win	NZl	Hamilton	Dec 1999
100	HH Gibbs	120	0	SAF	NZl	Wellington	Mar 1999
101	MV Boucher	0	108	SAF	Eng	Durban	Dec 1999
102	TM Dilshan	163*	0	Srl	Zim	Harare	Nov 1999
103	SR Tendulkar	0	136	Ind	Pak	Chennai	Jan 1999
104	MS Atapattu	120	0	Srl	SAF	Kandy	Jul 2000
105	Shahid Afridi	107	0	Pak	Win	Sharjah	Feb 2002
106	V Sehwag	106	0	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2002
107	A Flintoff	0	137	Eng	NZl	Christchurch	Mar 2002
108	SR Tendulkar	117	0	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	Apr 2002
109	MP Vaughan	0	100	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 2002
110	MP Vaughan	0	183	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2003
111	JL Langer	121	0	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	Dec 2003
112	D Ganga	0	113	Win	Aus	Georgetown	Apr 2003
113	RT Ponting	242	0	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	Dec 2003
114	SP Fleming	192	0	NZl	Pak	Hamilton	Dec 2003
115	S Chanderpaul	0	109	Win	SAF	Durban	Dec 2003
116	Javed Omar	119	0	Ban	Pak	Peshawar	Aug 2003
117	JA Rudolph	101	0	SAF	Win	Cape Town	Jan 2004
118	AC Gilchrist	0	144	Aus	Srl	Kandy	Mar 2004
119	BC Lara	153	0	Win	Pak	Kingston	Jun 2005
120	AJ Strauss	147	0	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	Jan 2005
121	Younis Khan	147	0	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 2005
122	IR Bell	115	0	Eng	Pak	Faisalabad	Nov 2005
123	JH Kallis	0	109*	SAF	Win	Georgetown	Mar 2005
124	AC Gilchrist	0	102*	Aus	Eng	Perth	Dec 2006
125	ML Hayden	0	102	Aus	SAF	Durban	Mar 2006
126	AG Prince	121	0	SAF	Ind	Durban	Dec 2006
127	Mohd Ashraful	0	129*	Ban	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2007
128	DPMD Jayawardene	104	0	Srl	Aus	Hobart	Nov 2007
129	R Dravid	136	0	Ind	Eng	Mohali	Dec 2008
130	S Chanderpaul	126*	0	Win	NZl	Napier	Dec 2008
131	AJ Strauss	0	177	Eng	NZl	Napier	Mar 2008
132	MEK Hussey	0	121	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 2009
133	Tamim Iqbal	0	151	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Jan 2010
134	V Sehwag	109	0	Ind	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 2010

V Sehwag’s 109 and zero in this test provide the sixteenth occasion of Indian batsman achieving such a feat in a test match. All the sixteen occasions are listed below

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MH Mankad	111	0	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Feb 1948
2	P Roy	140	0	Ind	Eng	MumbaiBS	Dec 1951
3	VL Manjrekar	133	0	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1952
4	ML Apte	0	163*	Ind	Win	Trinidad	Feb 1953
5	VL Manjrekar	108	0	Ind	Eng	Chennai	Jan 1964
6	GR Viswanath	0	137	Ind	Aus	Kanpur	Nov 1969
7	SM Gavaskar	0	118	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1977
8	DB Vengsarkar	0	103	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	Aug 1979
9	M Azharuddin	0	109	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Nov 1989
10	NS Sidhu	116	0	Ind	Win	Kingston	Apr 1989
11	NR Mongia	152	0	Ind	Aus	Delhi	Oct 1996
12	SR Tendulkar	0	136	Ind	Pak	Chennai	Jan 1999
13	V Sehwag	106	0	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2002
14	SR Tendulkar	117	0	Ind	Win	Trinidad	Apr 2002
15	R Dravid	136	0	Ind	Eng	Mohali	Dec 2008
16	V Sehwag	109	0	Ind	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 2010

V Sehwag’s 109 and zero in this test provide the seventh occasion of batsman achieving such a feat in a test match against Sri Lanka. All the seven occasions are listed below

No	Player	1st	2nd	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	MD Crowe	0	107	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	Dec 1992
2	GA Hick	107	0	Eng	Srl	The Oval	Aug 1998
3	CD McMillan	0	142	NZl	Srl	Col-RPS	May 1998
4	DJ Cullinan	103	0	SAF	Srl	Centurion	Mar 1998
5	AC Gilchrist	0	144	Aus	Srl	Kandy	Mar 2004
6	Mohd Ashraful	0	129*	Ban	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2007
7	V Sehwag	109	0	Ind	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 2010

V Sehwag has scored a hundred and zero on two occasions – 106 and zero vs England at Nottingham in Aug 2002 and 109 and zero vs Sri Lanka at Col-PSS in Aug 2010. He became the 18^th batsman to score a hundred and zero in a test match on two or more occasions.

He became the third batsman to score a hundred and zero in a test match on two or more occasions. Others are – SR Tendulkar of India {02} and VL Manjrekar of India {02}

No	Batsmen	1st	2nd	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	S Chanderpaul	118	0	Win	Eng	Georgetown	Feb 1998
	S Chanderpaul	0	109	Win	SAF	Durban	Dec 2003
	S Chanderpaul	126*	0	Win	NZl	Napier	Dec 2008
2	AC Gilchrist	0	144	Aus	Srl	Kandy	Mar 2004
	AC Gilchrist	0	102*	Aus	Eng	Perth	Dec 2006
3	AJ Strauss	147	0	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	Jan 2005
	AJ Strauss	0	177	Eng	NZl	Napier	Mar 2008
4	Asif Iqbal	0	152*	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1976
	Asif Iqbal	0	104	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	Oct 1978
5	DG Bradman	0	103*	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Dec 1932
	DG Bradman	138	0	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	Jun 1948
6	DJ Cullinan	103	0	SAF	Srl	Centurion	Mar 1998
	DJ Cullinan	168	0	SAF	Win	Cape Town	Jan 1999
7	DL Haynes	0	122	Win	NZl	Christchurch	Feb 1980
	DL Haynes	0	109	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	Apr 1990
8	G Kirsten	103	0	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	Jan 1997
	G Kirsten	0	134	SAF	Win	Centurion	Jan 1999
9	GS Sobers	0	113*	Win	Eng	Kingston	Feb 1968
	GS Sobers	132	0	Win	Ind	Port of Spain	Apr 1971
10	Imtiaz Ahmed	209	0	Pak	NZl	Lahore	Oct 1955
	Imtiaz Ahmed	122	0	Pak	Win	Kingston	Feb 1958
11	IVA Richards	0	182*	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	Mar 1981
	IVA Richards	208	0	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1984
12	MC Cowdrey	119	0	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	Mar 1960
	MC Cowdrey	101	0	Eng	Win	Kingston	Feb 1968
13	MD Crowe	174	0	NZl	Pak	Wellington	Feb 1989
	MD Crowe	0	107	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	Dec 1992
14	MP Vaughan	0	100	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 2002
	MP Vaughan	0	183	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Jan 2003
15	MW Gatting	100	0	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1986
	MW Gatting	117	0	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1995
16	SR Tendulkar	0	136	Ind	Pak	Chennai	Jan 1999
	SR Tendulkar	117	0	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	Apr 2002
17	V Sehwag	106	0	Ind	Eng	Nottingham	Aug 2002
	V Sehwag	109	0	Ind	Srl	Col-PSS	Aug 2010
18	VL Manjrekar	133	0	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1952
	VL Manjrekar	108	0	Ind	Eng	Chennai	Jan 1964

Prasanna Jayawardene of Sri Lanka was dismissed for zero after facing one delivery in the second innings of the Sri Lanka against India in the third test at Sara Oval which is in progress. He has been dismissed for a first ball duck on three occasions – vs Australia at Hobart in Nov 2007, vs Bangladesh at Chittagong in Jan 2009 and vs India at Col-PSS in Aug 2010. He holds the record for most first ball ducks by a Sri Lankan wicket keeper. He wrested the record from KC Sangakkara who had collected two first ball ducks.

HAPW Jayawardne became the 13^th wicket keeper batsman to collect the first ball ducks on three or more occasions. The complete list read thus

No	No	Wicketkeeper	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	1	IA Healy	Aus	Pak	Lahore	Oct 1988
	2	IA Healy	Aus	Win	Adelaide	Feb 1989
	3	IA Healy	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1989
	4	IA Healy	Aus	Win	Adelaide	Jan 1993
	5	IA Healy	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	Jun 1997
	6	IA Healy	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	Mar 1999
2	1	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 2001
	2	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 2001
	3	AC Gilchrist	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	Dec 2005
	4	AC Gilchrist	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	Mar 2006
3	1	RD Jacobs	Win	SAF	Georgetown	Mar 2001
	2	RD Jacobs	Win	Pak	Sharjah	Jan 2002
	3	RD Jacobs	Win	Inds	Mumbai	Oct 2002
	4	RD Jacobs	Win	Aus	St John’s	May 2003
4	1	IDS Smith	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	Mar 1982
	2	IDS Smith	NZl	Pak	Karachi	Dec 1984
	3	IDS Smith	NZl	Ind	Hyd-LBS	Dec 1988
	4	IDS Smith	NZl	Aus	Perth	Nov 1989
5	1	PJL Dujon	Win	Pak	Faisalabad	Oct 1986
	2	PJL Dujon	Win	Eng	Port of Spain	Mar 1990
	3	PJL Dujon	Win	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1991
6	1	TG Evans	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1947
	2	TG Evans	Eng	SAF	Durban	Dec 1948
	3	TG Evans	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 1953
7	1	P Jayawardene	Srl	Aus	Hobart	Nov 2007
	2	P Jayawardene	Srl	Ban	Chittagong	Jan 2009
	3	P Jayawardene	Srl	Ind	Col-PSS	Aug 2010
8	1	Khaled Mashud	Ban	Pak	Multan	Aug 2001
	2	Khaled Mashud	Ban	Pak	Dhaka	Jan 2002
	3	Khaled Mashud	Ban	Win	Dhaka	Dec 2002
9	1	JR Murray	Win	Pak	Port of Spain	Apr 1993
	2	JR Murray	Win	Eng	Georgetown	Mar 1994
	3	JR Murray	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1995
10	1	DJ Richardson	SAF	Pak	Johannesburg	Jan 1995
	2	DJ Richardson	SAF	Pak	Johannesburg	Jan 1995
	3	DJ Richardson	SAF	Pak	Faisalabad	Oct 1997
11	1	AJ Stewart	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	Jan 1993
	2	AJ Stewart	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	Nov 1999
	3	AJ Stewart	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 2002
12	1	Wasim Bari	Pak	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1972
	2	Wasim Bari	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	Jan 1977
	3	Wasim Bari	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	Jun 1978
13	1	D Williams	Win	Aus	Melbourne	Dec 1992
	2	D Williams	Win	Pak	Rawalpindi	Nov 1997
	3	D Williams	Win	Eng	Port of Spain	Feb 1998

KC Sangakkara completed 8000 runs of his test career when he was on 12 during his knock of 28 in Sri Lanka’s second innings. At the end of the third test, his run aggregate stood at 8016. He became the 21^st batsman in the world to reach the milestone. He is the second Sri Lankan batsman to achieve the feat after DPMD Jayawardene.

KC Sangakkara completed 8000 runs {8016} in his 152^nd innings. He reached the milestone in least number of innings amongst the batsman who have reached 8000 runs. The previous record was held by SR Tendulkar who had reached the milestone in 154 innings.

KC Sangakkara completed 8000 runs in his 91^st test. He now shares the record with GS Sobers of West Indies who had also reached 8000 in 91 tests. {Sobers ended his test career with 8039 runs from 91 tests}. Both these two batsmen have reached 8000 runs in least number of tests

KC Sangakkara stands second in the list of batsmen who have taken least number of days to reach 8000 runs – R Dravid {9 years and 173 days}, KC Sangakkara {10 years and 16 days} and RT Ponting {10 years and 25 days}. KC Sangakkara improved upon RT Ponting’s record by nine days.

SL Malinga captured his 100^th wicket in tests when he had SR Tendulkar caught at the wicket by HAPW Jayawardene for 41 in this test. At the end of India’s first innings his aggregate stood at 101. He became the 152^nd bowler to capture 100 plus wickets in test cricket. He is the third Sri Lankan bowler after M Muralitharan {800} and WPUJC Vaas {355} to total 100 plus wickets in tests

With two catches to his credit in India’s innings, DPMD Jayawardene extended his tally of catches against India to 20. He became the second fieldsman in Sri Lanka-India test series to pouch 20 plus catches after M Azharuddin who has taken 27 catches. He pouched two more catches in India’s second innings to take his tally of catches against India to 22.

At the end of the fourth day of this test, DPMD Jayawardene has aggregated 161 catches. Other fieldsmen who have pouched more catches are – R Dravid {196}, ME Waugh {181}, RT Ponting {172}, SP Fleming {171} and BC Lara {164}

DPMD Jayawardene with four catches in this test so far {two in each innings} has pouched 101 catches on home soil. He earned the distinction of becoming the first fieldsman to pouch 100 plus catches on home soil. Prior to this test he was on par with MA Taylor who has pouched 97 catches. His claimed his 100^th catch when he caught V Sehwag of S Randiv for zero in India’s second innings.

TT Samaraweera and BAW Mendis added 118 plus runs for the ninth wicket providing the 45^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the ninth wicket in the annals of test cricket. This stand also represents the third occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the ninth wicket. Other two occasions are – 101 runs between ST Jayasuriya and CRD Fernando vs Pakistan at Faisalabad in Oct 2004 and 105 runs between WPUJC Vaas and KMDN Kulasekara vs England at Lord’s in May 2006. Thus the 118 runs partnership between TT Samaraweera and BAW Mendis in this game represent the highest three figure partnership by Sri Lankan batsman for the ninth wicket

The 118 runs stand between TT Samaraweera and BAW Mendis represent not only the highest stand for the ninth wicket against India but also the first three figure partnership for the ninth wicket against India. Sri Lanka’s previous best stand was 73 runs stand between TT Samaraweera and BAW Mendis at Kanpur in Nov 2009.

The 118 runs stand between TT Samaraweera and BAW Mendis represent the highest stand for the ninth wicket against India on home soil. Sri Lanka’s previous best stand at home soil for ninth wicket was 98 runs stand between CRD Fernando and HAPW Jayawardene vs England at Col-SSC in Dec 2007

TT Samaraweera and BAW Mendis added 118 plus runs for the ninth wicket providing the sixth occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the ninth wicket against India. The other five occasions are – 106 runs between DS Atkinson and RJ Christiani of West Indies at Delhi in Nov 1948, 161 runs between CH Lloyd and AME Roberts of West Indies at Kolkata in Dec 1983, 136 runs between IDS Smith and MC Snedden of New Zealand at Auckland in Feb 1990, 133 runs between SR Waugh and JN Gillespie at Kolkata in Mar 2001 ad 103 runs between C White and MJ Hoggard at Nottingham in Aug 2002

HAPW Jayawardene collected his first ball duck in Sri Lanka’s second innings providing the 1258^th occasion of a batsman dismissed of the first ball in a test innings. His dismissal for zero of the first ball in this test provide the 103^rd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman collecting the first ball duck in a test innings.

HAPW Jayawardene’s first ball duck in this test provide the seventh occasion of a Sri Lankan wicket keeper collecting the first ball duck in a test innings. He has been dismissed for a first ball duck on three occasions – vs Australia at Hobart in Nov 2007, vs Bangladesh at Chittagong in Jan 2009 and vs India at Col-PSS in Aug 2010. He holds the record for most first ball ducks by a Sri Lankan wicket keeper. He wrested the record from KC Sangakkara who had collected two first ball ducks.

HAPW Jayawardne became the 13^th wicket keeper batsman to collect the first ball ducks on three or more occasions. The complete list read thus – IA Healy of Aus {06}, AC Gilchrist of Aus {04}, RD Jacobs of Win {04}, IDS Smith of NZl {04}, PJL Dujon of Win {03}, TG Evans of Eng {03}, HAPW Jayawardene of Srl {03}, Khaled Mashud of Ban {03}, JR Murray of Win {03}, DJ Richardson of SAF {03}, AJ Stewart of Eng {03}, Wasim Bari of Pak {03} and D Williams of Win {03}

TT Samaraweera scored 137 not out and 83 in this test providing the 47^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test match. Samaraweera’s feat provides the 22nd occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a hundred and a fifty in a test match. Others to achieve the feat are – 111 and 94 by LRD Mendis vs England at Lord’s in Aug 1984, 53 and 124 by LRD Mendis vs India at Kandy in Sep 1985, 53 and 135* by A Ranatunga vs Pakistan at Col-PSS in Mar 1986, 96 and 123 by PA de Silva vs New Zealand at Auckland in Mar 1991, 103 and 54 by HP Tilakaratne vs India at Col-PSS in Aug 1993, 72 and 113 by ST Jayasuriya vs Pakistan at Col-SSC in Apr 1997, 123 and 56* by RP Arnold vs Pakistan at Lahore in Mar 1999, 50 and 100* by MS Atapattu vs Zimbabwe at Galle in Jan 2002, 62 and 109 by RP Arnold vs England at Manchester in Jun 2002, 61 and 140 by MG Vandort vs Bangladesh at Col-SSC in Jul 2002, 118 and 50* by MS Atapattu vs West Indies at Gros Islet in Jun 2003, 63 and 100 by TM Dilshan vs England at Kandy in Dec 2003, 232 and 64 by KC Sangakkara vs South Africa at Col-SSC in Aug 2004, 165 and 71* by WU Tharanga vs Bangladesh at Bogra in Mar 2006, 61 and 119 by DPMD Jayawardene vs England at Lord’s in May 2006, 61 and 152 by LPC Silva vs New Zealand at Wellington in Dec 2006, 57 and 192 by KC Sangakara vs Australia at Hobart in Nov 2007, 92 and 152 by KC Sangakara vs England at Kandy in Dec 2007, 120 and 62 by BSM Warnapura vs West Indies at Providence in Mar 2008, 92 and 123* by TM Dilshan vs New Zealand at Galle in Aug 2009 and 50 and 109 by by KC Sangakara vs New Zealand at Col-SSC in Aug 2009

TT Samaraweera scored 137 not out and 83 in this test providing the third occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test match. Other two occasions are – 53 and 124 by LRD Mendis vs India at Kandy in Sep 1985 and 103 and 54 by HP Tilakaratne vs India at Col-PSS in Aug 1993,

BAW Mendis registered his maiden test half century when he scored 78 in this test. His previous best was 27 vs India at Kanpur in Nov 2009.

BAW Mendis’s 78 in this test provide the eleventh occasion of a batsman scoring 75 plus runs while batting at number 10 in a test innings. The complete list read thus – 117 by WW Read of England vs Australia at The Oval in Aug 1984, 108 by PL Symcox of South Africa vs Pakistan at Jo’burg in Feb 1998, 104 by RA Duff of Australia vs England at Melbourne in Jan 1902, 90 by Sarfraz Nawaz of Pakistan vs England at Lahore in Mar 1984, 85 by RB Desai of India vs Pakistan at Mumbai {BS} in Dec 1960, 83* by JG Bracewell of New Zealand vs Australia at Sydney in Nov 1985, 79 by Wasim Akram of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi in Feb 2000, 78 by BAW Mendis of Sri Lanka vs India at Col-PSS in Aug 2010, 77* by TG Southee of New Zealand vs England at Napier in Mar 2008, 76 by GG Macaulay of England vs Australia at Leeds in Jul 1926 and 76 by DW Steyn of South Africa vs Australia at Melbourne in Dec 2008.

BAW Mendis’s 78 in this test provide the highest individual innings by a batsman batting at number 10 in a test innings against India

V Sehwag scored 109 and zero in this test providing the 134^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred and zero in a test match. V Sehwag’s feat provide the 16^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a hundred and zero in a test match

V Sehwag has scored a hundred and zero on two occasions – 106 and zero vs England at Nottingham in Aug 2002 and 109 and zero vs Sri Lanka at Col-PSS in Aug 2010. He became the 18^th batsman to score a hundred and zero in a test match on two or more occasions. Others are – SC Chanderpaul of West Indies {03}, AC Gilchrist of Australia {02}, AJ Strauss of England {02}, Asif Iqbal of Pakistan {02}. DG Bradman of Australia {02}, DJ Cullinan of South Africa {02}, DL Haynes of West Indies {02}, G Kirsten of South Africa {02}, GS Sobers of West Indies {02}, Imtiaz Ahmed of Pakistan {02}, IVA Richards of West Indies {02}, MC Cowdrey of England {02}, MD Crowe of New Zealand {02}, MP Vaughan of England {02}, MW Gatting of England {02}, SR Tendulkar of India {02} and VL Manjrekar of India {02}

He became the third batsman to score a hundred and zero in a test match on two or more occasions. Others are – SR Tendulkar of India {02} and VL Manjrekar of India {02}

KC Sangakkara completed 8000 runs of his test career when he was on 12 in Sri Lanka’s second innings at the end of the second day’s play in the third test between Sri Lanka and India at Sara Oval. He became the 21^st batsman in the world to reach the milestone. He is the second Sri Lankan batsman to achieve the feat after DPMD Jayawardene.

KC Sangakkara completed 8000 runs in his 152^nd innings. He reached the milestone in least number of innings amongst the batsman who have reached 8000 runs. The previous record was held by SR Tendulkar who had reached the milestone in 154 innings.

KC Sangakkara completed 8000 runs in his 91^st test. He now shares the record with GS Sobers of West Indies who had also reached 8000 in 91 tests. {Sobers ended his test career with 8039 runs from 91 tests}. Both these two batsmen have reached 8000 runs in least number of tests

KC Sangakkara stands second in the list of batsmen who have taken least number of days to reach 8000 runs – R Dravid {9 years and 173 days}, KC Sangakkara {10 years and 16 days} and RT Ponting {10 years and 25 days}. KC Sangakkara improved upon RT Ponting’s record by nine days.

V Sehwag completed 7000 runs of his test career when he was on 70 during his knock of 109 in this innings. At the end of India’s first innings, his total stood at 7039. He became the 38^th batsman to total 7000 plus runs in tests. He also earned the distinction of becoming sixth Indian batsman to reach the mile stone. Others are – SR Tendulkar {13783}, R Dravid {11483}, SM Gavaskar {10122}, VVS Laxman {7256} and SC Ganguly {7212}. V Sehwag’s aggregate of 7039 include 83 runs scored by him representing ICC World Eleven

V Sehwag achieved another milestone in this innings. He aggregated 1000 boundary fours and at the end of his first innings in this test, his aggregate stood at 1007. He became the 17^th batsman to total 1000 plus boundary fours. Others are – SR Tendulkar {1786}, BC Lara {1559}, R Dravid {1444}, RT Ponting {1362}, JH Kallis {1243}, SR Waugh {1175}, AR Border {1161}, AJ Stewert {1121}, DPMD Jayawardene {1115}, Inzamam-ul-Haq {1105}, GA Gooch {1079}, IVA Richards {1051}, ML Hayden {1049}, KC Sangakkara {1028}, SM Gavaskar {1016} and S Chanderpaul {1008}. V Sehwag’s 1007 boundary fours include 14 boundary fours scored by him representing ICC World Eleven

V Sehwag with his 1007 boundary fours became the fourth Indian batsman to total 1000 plus boundary fours. Others are – SR Tendulkar {1786}, R Dravid {1444} and SM Gavaskar {1016}

DPMD Jayawardene’s 56 in Sri Lanka’s first innings represent his 50^th fifty while batting at number four. He became the sixth batsman to score 50 fifties while batting at number four. Others are – SR Tendulkar {88}, JH Kallis {58}, BC Lara {55}, ME Waugh {55} and Javed Miandad {50}

DPMD Jayawardene’s 56 in Sri Lanka’s first innings represent his 25^th half century while batting at number four. He became the eighth batsman to score 25 half centuries while batting at number four. Others are – SR Tendulkar {46}, ME Waugh {39}, JH Kallis {32}, BC Lara {31}, Javed Miandad {31}, GR Viswanath {31}, and SP Fleming {26}

V Sehwag’s 109 in this innings represent his 21^st hundred and also his 20^th hundred as an opening batsman. He becomes the fifth opening batsman to score 20 or more test hundreds. Others are – SM Gavaskar {33}, ML Hayden {30}, G Boycott {22} and GC Smith {21}.

V Sehwag’s 109 in this innings has the following statistical accreditations – It represents the 24^th hundred at Sara Oval. It is the second hundred by an Indian batsman against Sri Lanka at Sara Oval, after VG Kambli’s 120 in Aug 1993. It is the eighth hundred against Sri Lanka at Sara Oval. It represent the 173^rd hundred scored against Sri Lanka. It also provides the 46^th hundred by an Indian batsman against Sri Lanka

V Sehwag registered his fifth hundred against Sri Lanka when he scored 109 in this innings. The other four hundreds are – 201* at Galle in Jul 2008, 131 at Kanpur in Nov 2009, 293 at Mumbai {BS} in Dec 2009 and 109 at Galle in Jul 2010. He became the sixth batsman to score five or more hundreds against Sri Lanka. Others are – SR Tendulakr of India {09}, M Azharuddin of India {05}, DJ Cullian of South Africa {05}, Inzamam-ul-Haq {05} and BC Lara of West Indies {05}

SR Tendulkar became the second batsman to total 800 plus runs in the calendar year 2010. Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh {837} and SR Tendulkar {817} are the two batsmen to achieve the feat.

VVS Laxman and SK Raina added 105 runs for the fifth wicket in this innings providing the 47^th occasion of a three figure partnership posted by Indian batsmen against Sri Lanka. This stand also represents the ninth occasion of a fifth wicket three figure partnership by Indian batsmen against Sri Lanka. It is the second occasion that Indian batsman posting a three figure partnership against Sri Lanka at Sara Oval, the first being the 162 runs partnership between SR Tendulkar and VG Kambli in Aug 1993

V Sehwag {109}, VVS Laxman {56} and SK Raina {65} scored fifties in this innings to take the number of fifties scored by Indian batsmen against Sri Lanka to 125.

VVS Laxman’s 56 in this innings was his ninth fifty against Sri Lanka. He became the fourth Indian batsman to score nine or more fities against Sri Lanka. Others are – SR Tendulkar {14}, R Dravid {12} and M Azharuddin {09},

V Sehwag’s 109 in this innings represent his eighth fifty as an opening batsman against Sri Lanka. He now holds the record for most fifties by an Indian opening batsman against Sri Lanka. He wrested the record from NS Sidhu who had seven fifties to his credit.

VVS Laxman’s 56 in this innings represent his 45^th test half century and his 60^th fifty. He became the 20^th batsman to score 60 or more fifties in a test innings. The complete list read thus – SR Tendulkar {103}, RT Ponting {91}, AR Border {90}, JH Kallis {88}, R Dravid {87}, BC Lara {82}, SR Waugh {82}, SM Gavaskar {76}, S Chanderpaul {76}, Inzamam-ul-Haq {71}, IVA Richards {69}, ME Waugh {67}, GA Gooch {66}, Javed Miandad {66}, G Boycott {64}, DPMD Jayawardene {64}, MA Atherton {62}, MC Cowdrey {60}, VVS Laxman {60} and AJ Stewart {60}

VVS Laxman with his 60 fifties became the fourth Indian batsman to score 60 or more fifties in a test innings. Others are – SR Tendulkar {103}, R Dravid {87} and SM Gavaskar {79}

India gained the first innings lead over Sri Lanka in this test after Sri Lanka has scored 425 runs. India made 436 runs. This is the tenth occasion that India gained the lead over Sri Lanka after Sri Lanka. This is also the third occasion of India gaining the first innings lead after Sri Lanka has scored 400 plus runs. The other two occasions were at – Col-SSC in Jul 2010 {Sri Lanka – 642 for 4d and India – 707} and at Kanpur in Dec 1986 {Sri Lanka – 420 and India – 676 for 7}

SL Malinga {119} and BAW Mendis {109} conceded 100 plus runs in this innings providing the 48^th and 49^th occasion of Sri Lankan bowlers conceding 100 plus runs in an innings against India.

A Mithun registered his highest test score of 46 in this innings. His previous best was 41 at Col-SSC in Jul 2010. He made his test debut in this series at Galle in Jul 2010. He has played four innings in his three tests and his scores in five innings are – 8 and 25 at Galle in Jul 2010, 41 at Col-SSC in Jul 2010 and 46 at Col-PSS in Aug 2010

Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Asif of Pakistan bagged a pair against England in the recently concluded first test at Nottingham providing the 40^th occasion of two or more batsmen collecting pairs in the same test. All the 40 occasions are listed below

No	Player	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	IA Colquhoun	NZl	Eng	Auckland	Mar 1955
	JA Hayes	NZl	Eng	Auckland	Mar 1955
	MB Poore	NZl	Eng	Auckland	Mar 1955
2	DL Amiss	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1975
	GG Arnold	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1975
	DL Underwood	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1975
3	Majid Khan	Pak	Aus	Perth	Mar 1979
	Sikander Bakht	Pak	Aus	Perth	Mar 1979
	Wasim Bari	Pak	Aus	Perth	Mar 1979
4	MS Atapattu	Srl	Ind	Chandigarh	Nov 1990
	GF Labrooy	Srl	Ind	Chandigarh	Nov 1990
	RJ Ratnayake	Srl	Ind	Chandigarh	Nov 1990
5	TW Garrett	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 1883
	PS McDonnell	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 1883
6	SE Gregory	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1899
	MA Noble	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jun 1899
7	J Darling	Aus	Eng	Sheffield	Jul 1902
	JJ Kelly	Aus	Eng	Sheffield	Jul 1902
8	CB Llewellyn	SAF	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1912
	LJ Tancred	SAF	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1912
9	FT Badcock	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	Jan 1930
	KC James	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	Jan 1930
10	XC Balaskas	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	Feb 1936
	F Nicholson	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	Feb 1936
11	RW Blair	NZl	Win	Dunedin	Feb 1956
	HB Cave	NZl	Win	Dunedin	Feb 1956
12	RN Harvey	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1956
	KD Mackay	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1956
13	FCM Alexander	Win	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1957
	ED Weekes	Win	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1957
14	Nasim-ul-Ghani	Pak	Win	Port of Spain	Feb 1958
	Wazir Mohammad	Pak	Win	Port of Spain	Feb 1958
15	RW Blair	NZl	SAF	Auckland	Mar 1964
	MJF Shrimpton	NZl	SAF	Auckland	Mar 1964
16	BS Bedi	Ind	Eng	Delhi	Dec 1976
	BS Chandrasekhar	Ind	Eng	Delhi	Dec 1976
17	RM Hogg	Aus	Win	Perth	Nov 1984
	CG Rackemann	Aus	Win	Perth	Nov 1984
18	JP Crawley	Eng	Aus	Perth	Feb 1995
	PAJ DeFreitas	Eng	Aus	Perth	Feb 1995
19	CJ McDermott	Aus	Pak	Sydney	Nov 1995
	GD McGrath	Aus	Pak	Sydney	Nov 1995
20	M Mbangwa	Zim	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1998
	GJ Rennie	Zim	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1998
21	MA Atherton	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	Nov 1999
	GM Hamilton	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	Nov 1999
22	ESH Giddins	Eng	Win	Birmingham	Jun 2000
	GA Hick	Eng	Win	Birmingham	Jun 2000
23	NAM McLean	Win	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2000
	CA Walsh	Win	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 2000
24	JEC Franklin	NZl	Pak	Auckland	Mar 2001
	CS Martin	NZl	Pak	Auckland	Mar 2001
25	AC Gilchrist	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 2001
	SK Warne	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 2001
26	RP Arnold	Srl	Eng	Col-SSC	Mar 2001
	MS Atapattu	Srl	Eng	Col-SSC	Mar 2001
27	Manjural Islam	Ban	Zim	Harare	Apr 2001
	Mohammad Sharif	Ban	Zim	Harare	Apr 2001
28	CH Gayle	Win	Srl	Col-SSC	Nov 2001
	D Ramnarine	Win	Srl	Col-SSC	Nov 2001
29	M Dillon	Win	Pak	Sharjah	Feb 2002
	D Ramnarine	Win	Pak	Sharjah	Feb 2002
30	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	Apr 2002
	A Nehra	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	Apr 2002
31	Alamgir Kabir	Ban	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2002
	Aminul Islam	Ban	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2002
32	Manjural Islam	Ban	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2002
	Talha Jubair	Ban	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2002
33	Taufeeq Umar	Pak	Aus	Sharjah	Oct 2002
	Waqar Younis	Pak	Aus	Sharjah	Oct 2002
34	RP Arnold	Srl	SAF	Johannesburg	Nov 2002
	KHRK Fernando	Srl	SAF	Johannesburg	Nov 2002
35	SL Malinga	Srl	NZl	Wellington	Dec 2006
	M Muralitharan	Srl	NZl	Wellington	Dec 2006
36	MR Gillespie	NZl	SAF	Centurion	Nov 2007
	IE O’Brien	NZl	SAF	Centurion	Nov 2007
37	Aftab Ahmed	Ban	NZl	Dunedin	Jan 2008
	Shahadat Hossain	Ban	NZl	Dunedin	Jan 2008
38	CS Martin	NZl	Aus	Adelaide	Nov 2008
	IE O’Brien	NZl	Aus	Adelaide	Nov 2008
39	Abdur Rauf	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2009
	Saeed Ajmal	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2009
40	Kamran Akmal	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2010
	Mohammad Asif	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2010

As far as Pakistan is concerned it provides the fifth occasion of such a feat. All the five occasions are furnished below

No	Player	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Majid Khan	Pak	Aus	Perth	Mar 1979
	Sikander Bakht	Pak	Aus	Perth	Mar 1979
	Wasim Bari	Pak	Aus	Perth	Mar 1979
2	Nasim-ul-Ghani	Pak	Win	Port of Spain	Feb 1958
	Wazir Mohammad	Pak	Win	Port of Spain	Feb 1958
3	Taufeeq Umar	Pak	Aus	Sharjah	Oct 2002
	Waqar Younis	Pak	Aus	Sharjah	Oct 2002
4	Abdur Rauf	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2009
	Saeed Ajmal	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2009
5	Kamran Akmal	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2010
	Mohammad Asif	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	Jul 2010

When V Sehwag scored fifty plus runs {97 not out| in the first innings of third test at Sara Oval, he achieved the distinction of scoring fifty in ten consecutive tests. He is the fourth batsman to earn the feat of scoring a fifty in ten or more consecutive test in the annals of test cricket. Others are – IVA Richards of West Indies {11}, G Gambhir of India {11} and JH Edrich of England {10}

The performance of these four batsmen read are listed below

IVA Richards of West Indies {Eleven Tests} – 30 and 101 vs Australia at Adelaide in Jan 1976, 50 and 98 vs Australia at Melbourne in Jan 1976, 142 vs India at Bridgetown in Mar 1976, 130 and 20 vs India at Trinidad in Mar 1976, 177 and 23 vs India at Trinidad in Apr 1976, 64 vs India at Kingston in Apr 1976, 232 and 63 vs England at Nottingham in Jan 1976, 4 and 135 vs England at Manchester in Jul 1976, 66 and 38 vs England at Leeds in Jul 1976, 291 vs England at The Oval in Aug 1976 and 32 and 92 vs Pakistan at Bridgetown in Feb 1977

G Gambhir of India {Eleven tests} – 67 and 104 vs Australia at Mohali in Oct 2008, 206 and 36 vs Australia at Delhi in Oct 2008, 19 and 66 vs England at Chennai in Dec 2008, 179 and 97 vs England at Mohali in Dec 2008, 72 and 30* vs New Zealand at Hamilton in Mar 2009, 16 and 137 vs New Zealand at Napier in Mar 2009, 23 and 167 vs New Zealand at Wellington in Apr 2009, 1 and 114 vs Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad in Nov 2009, 23 and 116 vs Bangladesh at Chittagong in Jan 2010 and 68 and Zero not out vs Bangladesh at Dhaka in Jan 2010

JH Edrich of England {Ten tests} – 79 and 15 vs West Indies at Leeds in Jul 1969, 16 and 115 vs New Zealand at Lord’s in Jul 1969, 155 vs New Zealand at Nottingham in Aug 1969, 68 and 22 vs New Zealand at The Oval in Aug 1969, 79 vs Australia at Brisbane in Nov 1970, 47 and 115* vs Australia at Perth in Dec 1970, 55 and 12 vs Australia at Sydney in Jan 1971, 9 and 74* vs Australia at Melbourne in Jan 1971, 130 and 40 vs Australia at Adelaide in Jan 1971 and 30 and 57 vs Australia at Sydney in Feb 1971

V Sehwag of India {Ten tests} – 16 and 51 vs Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad in Nov 2009, 131 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Nov 2009, 293 vs Sri Lanka at Mumbai {BS} in Dec 2009, 52 and 45 vs Bangladesh at Chittagong in Jan 2010, 56 and zero not out vs Bangaldesh at Dhaka in Jan 2010, 109 and vs South Africa at Nagpur in Feb 2010, 165 vs South Africa at Kolkata in Feb 2010, 109 and 31 vs Sri Lanka at Galle in Jul 2010, 99 vs Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Jul 2010 and 97* vs Sri Lanka at Col-PSS in Aug 2010

Note : Stats are as of 04.08.10, the second day of the third test between Sri Lanka and India at Sara Oval

KC Sangakkara’s 75 in the first innings of this test represent the 100^th fifty by Sri Lankan batsmen against India. DPMD Jayawardene {56} and TT Samaraweera {137*} with their fifties extended the number of fifties scored by Sri Lankan batsmen against India to 102.

KC Sangakkara earned the distinction of becoming the highest run getter at Sara Oval when he was on 8 during his knock of 75 in this game. At the end of the first innings, his run aggregate stood at 756. He went past the record of PA de Silva who had an aggregate of 688 runs.

TT Samaraweera scored 137 not out in this innings which represents his 12^th test hundred. It also represents the 41^st hundred by a Sri Lankan batsman against India. This knock provides TT Samaraweera’s third hundred against India. The other two are – 103* at Col-SSC in Aug 2001 and 127 at Col-SSC in Jul 2008. Thus his knock of 137 not out in this innings represents his highest individual innings against India

At the end of Sri Lanka’s first innings, MS Dhoni has effected 20 dismissals against Sri Lanka. He became the second wicket keeper to effect 20 plus dismissals in Sri Lanka-India test series. SAR Silva of Sri Lanka is the other wicket keeper to effect 22 dismissals.

At the end of Sri Lanka’s first innings, R Dravid has pouched 15 catches against Sri Lanka. M Azharuddin {27}, DPMD Jayawardene {18} and HP Tilakaratne {16} are the other fieldsmen who have pouched 15 or more catches in Sri Lanka-India test series.

R Dravid with two catches in Sri Lanka’s first innings extended his world record of catches to 195 – break up reading as – catches on away soil {103} and catches on home soil {92}

A Mishra {140} and PP OJha {115} conceded 100 plus runs in this innings providing the 40^th and 41^st occasion of Indian bowlers conceding 100 plus runs in a test innings against Sri Lanka. The feat of A Mishra and PP Ojha provide the 23^rd and 24^th occasion of Indian spin bowlers conceding 100 plus runs

PP Ojha’s conceding 115 runs in this innings represent the fourth occasion of his leaking 100 plus runs in an innings against Sri Lanka. Harbhajan Singh {08} and A Kubmble {06} are the other two bowlers who have conceded 100 plus runs in an innings on more occasions than PP Ojha.

A Mishra {140} and PP Ojha {115} conceded 100 plus runs in this innings to provide the ninth occasion of two or more Indian spin bowlers leaking 100 plus runs in a test innings against Sri Lanka.

When V Sehwag scored fifty plus runs {97 not out }in the first innings of third test at Sara Oval, he achieved the distinction of scoring fifty in ten consecutive tests. He is the fourth batsman to earn the feat of scoring a fifty in ten or more consecutive test in the annals of test cricket Others are – IVA Richards of West Indies {11}, G Gambhir of India {11} and JH Edrich of England

R Dravid completed 1500 runs against Sri Lanka when he was on 22 during his knock of 23 in the first innings of this test. At the end of his innings his run aggregate against Sri Lanka stood at 1501. He became the second Indian batsman to score 1500 plus runs against Sri Lanka. Other batsman is SR Tendulkar who has an aggregate of 1940 plus runs at the end of the second day’s play in this test

R Dravid with his aggregate of 1501 runs against Sri Lanka completed 1500 runs against two specific oppositions. He has already has an aggregate of 1837 runs against Australia. R Dravid joined the select band of Indian batsmen who have an aggregate of 1500 runs against two or more specific oppositions. SM Gavaskar {1550 vs England, 2483 vs England, 2089 vs Pakistan and 2749 vs West Indies}, SR Tendulkar {2748 vs Australia, 2150 vs England and 1940 vs Sri Lanka}, DB Vengsarkar {1589 vs England and 1596 vs West Indies} and GR Viswanath {1538 vs Australia and 1880 vs England} are the four Indian batsmen who have aggregated 1500 runs against two or more specific oppositions

R Dravid with his aggregate of 1501 runs against Sri Lanka provide the 14^th occasion of an Indian batsman totaling 1500 runs against a specific opposition

SR Tendulkar now owns the record for most appearances in tests, when he made his appearance against Sri Lanka at Sara Oval today, in the third test of the ongoing test series. It is his 169^th test and he wrested the record from SR Waugh of Australia who has made 168 test appearances

He made his test debut under the captaincy of K Srikkanth against Pakistan at Karachi in Nov 1989. He scored 15 runs on his debut.

The break up of SR Tendulkar’s 168 appearances read as under – 29 vs Australia {2748 runs}, 07 vs Bangladesh {820 runs}, 24 vs England {2150 runs}, 19 vs New Zealand {1406 runs}, 18 vs Pakistan {1057 runs}, 22 vs South Africa {1415 runs}, 24 vs Sri Lanka {1900 runs}, 16 vs West Indies {1328 runs} and 09 vs Zimbabwe {918 runs}

SR Tendulkar’s world record appearance against Sri Lanka at Sara Oval in the third test of the ongoing test series has fetched another record. He earned the distinction of becoming the first cricketer to play 25 tests against Sri Lanka. He needs another 100 runs to total 2000 runs against Sri Lanka.

SR Tendulkar has already made 29 test appearances agains Australia and his 25 test appearances against Sri Lanka has made him the 20^th cricketer to appear in 25 plus tests against two or more specific oppositions.

SR Tendulkar is the fourth Indian test cricketers to achieve this distinction. Others are – N Kapil Dev {vs Eng – 27: vs Pak – 29 and vs Win -25}, SM Gavaskar {vs Eng – 38: vs Win – 27} and DB Vengsarkar {vs Eng – 26: vs Win – 25}

SR Tendulkar’s appearance in the third test at Sara Oval in the third test of the ongoing test series is his 95^th test on away soil and he is the first batsman to appear in 95 tests on away soil. He has already played 152 innings on away soil, his 150^th innings was in the first innings of the Galle test, the first test of the series. SR Tendulkar is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to play 150 plus test innings.

SR Tendulkar’s away test record prior to the start of the third test read thus – 94 tests, 152 innings, 7724 runs, 27 hundreds. All these parameters are a record for a batsman who has played away tests.

SR Tendulakr has scored 7724 runs from 94 tests on away soil and 6018 runs from 74 tests on home soil and has earned the distinction of becoming the only batsman to score 6000 plus runs on away and home soil.

SR Tendulkar’s 168 test appearances under various captains are – M Azharuddin – {47 tests – 3767 runs}, MS Dhoni {14 tests : 1454 runs}, R Dravid {21 tests : 1304 runs}, SC Ganguly {42 tests : 3768 runs}, A Kumble {12 tests : 904 runs}, V Sehwag {03 tests : 276 runs}, K Srikkanath {04 tests : 215 runs} and under himself {25 tests : 2054 runs}

SR Tendulkar is one of the 47 captains in the world to have led a country on 25 or more tests. He is the seventh Indian captain to earn this distinction. Others are – SC Ganguly {49}, M Azharuddin {47}, SM Gavaskar {47}, MAK Pataudi {40}, N Kapil Dev {34} and R Dravid {25}

SR Tendulkar has an aggregate of 2054 runs while leading India which makes him one of the 34 captains in the world to total 2000 plus runs as captain. He is the fifth Indian captain to achieve such a feat. Others are – SM Gavaskar {3449}, M Azharuddin {2856}, SC Ganguly {2561} and MAK Pataudi {2424}

MS Dhoni lost the toss for the eighth time in a row including the one at Col-SSC. The Indian record for most consecutive toss losses is held by SM Gavaskar who lost nine tosses in a row.

MS Dhoni caught Sri Lankan opening batsman NT Paranavitana of I Sharma for 8 in the first innings of this test. It was his 19^th dismissal against Sri Lanka with which he obliterared NR Mongia’s 18 dismissals to own the record for most dismissals by an Indian wicket keeper against Sri Lanka

SR Tendulkar owned the record for most appearances in tests, when he made his appearance against Sri Lanka at Sara Oval today, in the third test of the ongoing test series. This test is his 169^th test and he wrested the record from SR Waugh of Australia who has made 168 test appearances

The break up of SR Tendulkar’s 169 appearances read as under – 29 vs Australia {2748 runs}, 07 vs Bangladesh {820 runs}, 24 vs England {2150 runs}, 19 vs New Zealand {1406 runs}, 18 vs Pakistan {1057 runs}, 22 vs South Africa {1415 runs}, 25 vs Sri Lanka {1900 runs}, 16 vs West Indies {1328 runs} and 09 vs Zimbabwe {918 runs}

SR Tendulkar’s world record appearance against Sri Lanka at Sara Oval in the third test of the ongoing test series has fetched another record. He earned the distinction of becoming the first cricketer to play 25 tests against Sri Lanka. He needs another 100 runs to total 2000 runs against Sri Lanka.

SR Tendulkar has already made 29 test appearances agains Australia and his 25 test appearances against Sri Lanka has made him the 20^th cricketer to appear in 25 plus tests against two or more specific oppositions.

SR Tendulkar is the fourth Indian test cricketers to achieve this distinction. Others are – N Kapil Dev {vs Eng – 27: vs Pak – 29 and vs Win -25}, SM Gavaskar {vs Eng – 38: vs Win – 27} and DB Vengsarkar {vs Eng – 26: vs Win – 25}

SR Tendulkar has yet another record to his credit. As India lost the toss in this test, this test is his 80^th test he is playing after India had lost the toss. The previous record was held by SR Waugh in this category of statistics. He had played 79 tests after Australia had lost the toss.

TM Dilshan was playing his 100^th test innings in the first innings of this test. He became the tenth Sri Lankan batsman to play 100 or more test innings. Others are – ST Jayasuriya {188}, DPMD Jayawardene {186}, M Muralitharan {164}, WPUJC Vaas {162}, PA de Silva {159}, MS Atapattu {156}, A Ranatunga {155}, KC Sangakkara {151} and HP Tilakaratne {131}

TM Dilshan’s run out in this test provide the 117th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed run out against India. It was his seventh run out dismissal for TM Dilshan and he now joins – A Ranatunga {08}, TT Samaraweera {08}, MS Atapattu {07} and KC Sangakkara {07} – who have been dismissed run out on seven or more occasions

TM Dilshan’s run out dismissal in this innings provide the 23^rd occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman dismissed run out in a test innings. It is the first run out dismissal for TM Dilshan as an opening batsman.

KC Sangakkara’s 75 in this innings provide his eighth fifty while captaining Sri Lanka. He is the fifth Sri Lankan captain to score eight or more fifties. Others are – A Ranatunga {24}, DPMD Jayawardene {17}, ST Jayasuriya {13} and LRD Mendis {08}

KC Sangakkara’s 75 in this innings represent his 53^rd fifty while batting at number three. RT Ponting {71} and R Dravid {68} are the other two batsmen who have scored more number of fifties than KC Sangakkara while batting at number three.

TM Dilshan completed 800 runs against India during the course of his knock of 41 when he was on 35. At the end of the first innings TM Dilshan’s run aggregate stood at 806. He became the seventh Sri Lankan batsman to total 800 plus runs against India. Others are – DPMD Jayawardene {1817}, PA de Silva {1252}, KC Sangakkara {1229}, ST Jayasuriya {938}, RS Mahanama {924} and A Ranatunga {867}

At the end of the Sri Lankan first innings, DPMD Jayawardene’s run aggregate against India stood at 1817. He became the first Sri Lankan batsman to total 1800 runs against India and the second batsman to total 1800 runs in Sri Lanka-India test series after SR Tendulkar who has an aggregate of 1900 runs

DPMD Jayawardene’s 56 in this innings represent his 14^th fifty against India and he shares the Sri Lanka-India test series record for most fifties jointly with SR Tendulkar who also has scored 14 fifties.

DPMD Jayewardene’s 56 in this innings represent his eighth half century against India in Sri Lanka-India test series. He went past VVS Laxman’s seven half centuries and only R Dravid with nine half centuries is ahead of DPMD Jayawardene in terms of most half centuries

DPMD Jayawardene registered his 36^th half century of his test career when he scored 56 in this innings, while KC Sangakkara registered his 33^rd half century when he scored 75. A Ranatunga {38} and ST Jayasuriya {31} are the other two Sri Lankan batsmen who have scored 30 or more fifties.

KC Sangakkara with his 75 in this innings which was his 56^th fifty is one of the fourteen left hand batsman who have scored 50 or more fifties in tests. He is now on par with GS Sobers who also has scored 56 fifties and went past the 55 fifties scored SP Fleming and G Kirsten on his was to 56^th fifty.

TT Samaraweera who completed 4000 runs in the second test at Col-SSC extended his run aggregate to 4089 runs at the end of the first day’s play. He scored his 23^rd test half century and 34^th fifty when he scored 65 not out.

KC Sangakkara with his 75 in this innings which was his 56^th fifty is one of the 39 batsmen who have scored 50 or more fifties in tests. He is now on par with GS Sobers and Mohammad Yousuf who have scored 56 fities went past the 55 fifties scored by KF Barrington, GS Chappell, SP Fleming, G Kirsten and GP Thorpe on his was to 56^th fifty.