BKG Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 176 against Australia in the ongoing Palekkele test to provide the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring 175 plus runs in the third innings of a test. He is the third batsman to accomplish such a feat after ST Jayasuriya and KC Sangakkara. ST Jayasuriya and KC Sangakkara have achieved this feat on two occasions. The performance of these three batsmen are furnished below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ST Jayasuriya	199	3	v India	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997
2	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
3	KC Sangakkara	185	3	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Mar 2006
4	KC Sangakkara	211	3	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011
5	BKG Mendis	176	3	v Australia	Pallekele	26 Jul 2016

BKG Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 176 against Australia in the ongoing Palekkele test to provide the fifteenth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring 175 plus runs in the third innings of a test against Australia. He aslo became the first Sri Lankan batsman to accomplish such a feat. All such occasion are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	WR Hammond	177	3	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
2	AD Nourse	231	3	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935
3	DCS Compton	184	3	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948
4	ER Dexter	180	3	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	08 Jun 1961
5	DT Lindsay	182	3	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966
6	JH Edrich	175	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	31 Jul 1975
7	CG Greenidge	226	3	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991
8	Saleem Malik	237	3	Pak	Aus	Rawalpindi	05 Oct 1994
9	VVS Laxman	281	3	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
10	R Dravid	180	3	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
11	MP Vaughan	183	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 2003
12	AN Cook	235*	3	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
13	HM Amla	196	3	SAF	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2012
14	JE Root	180	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
15	BKG Mendis	176	3	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	26 Jul 2016

India’s VVS Laxman {281} and R Dravid {180} scored 175 plus runs against Australia at Kolkata in Mar 2001 to provide the lone occasion of two batsmen accomplishing such a feat against Australia

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	VVS Laxman	281	3	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
2	R Dravid	180	3	Ind	Aus	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001