India capped HH Pandya for this test. He became the 288^th cricketer to represent India in tests. He also became the 16th Indian cricketer to make his test debut against Sri Lanka.

 

India capped HH Pandya for this test. He became the 128^th cricketer to represent India in away tests. He also became the ninth Indian Cricketer to make his test debut against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

 

Sri Lanka capped MD Gunathilaka for this test. He became the 78th cricketer to represent Sri Lanka in home tests. He also became the 18th Sri Lankan cricketer to make his test debut against India

 

Sri Lanka capped MD Gunathilaka for this test. He became the 140^th cricketer to represent Sri Lanka in tests. He also became the 14th Sri Lankan cricketer to make his test debut against India in Sri Lanka

 

HMRKB Herath became the ninth captain to lead Sri Lanka against India in tests. He also became the seventh captain to lead Sri Lanka against India at home

 

India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 201^st occasion of India winning the toss and opting to bat first. It also provides the 78th occasion of India winning the toss and batting first in away tests.

 

India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 19th occasion of India winning the toss and opting to bat first against Sri Lanka. It also provides the ninth occasion of India winning the toss and batting first in away tests against Sri Lanka

 

S Dhawan scored 190 in this game to provide the 143^rd occasion of an opening batsman scoring 190 plus runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 22^nd occasion of an Indian opening batsman accomplishing such a feat

 

S Dhawan scored 190 in this game to provide the eighth occasion of an opening batsman scoring 190 plus runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman accomplishing such a feat against Sri Lanka. S Dhawan became the second Indian opening batsman to score 190 plus runs against Sri Lanka.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	V Sehwag	201*	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
2	V Sehwag	293	2	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai BS	02 Dec 2009
3	S Dhawan	190	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017

 

S Dhawan and CA Pujara added 253 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the third occasion of Indian batsman posting 200 plus runs for the second wicket in a test innings. All the three such occasions are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan, CA Pujara	2	253	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
2	R Dravid, V Sehwag	2	237	2	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai BS	02 Dec 2009
3	R Dravid, S Ramesh	2	232	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	24 Feb 1999

 

S Dhawan and CA Pujara added 253 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the record partnership by Indian batsman for the second wicket against Sri Lanka in a test innings. The previous best was the 237 runs partnership between R Dravid and V Sehwag at Mum-BS in Dec 2009

 

S Dhawan and CA Pujara added 253 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the record partnership by Indian batsman for the second wicket against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.  The previous best was the 232 runs partnership between R Dravid and S Ramesh at Col-SSC in Feb 2009

S Dhawan and CA Pujara added 253 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the fifth occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the second wicket against Sri Lanks on Sri Lankan Soil. All such occasions are listed below.

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Azhar Ali, Mohammad Hafeez	2	287	1	Pak	Srl	Col-SSC	30 Jun 2012
2	S Dhawan, CA Pujara	2	253	1	Ind	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
3	SE Marsh, SPD Smith	2	246	2	Aus	Srl	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
4	R Dravid, S Ramesh	2	232	1	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	24 Feb 1999
5	Fawad Alam, Younis Khan	2	200	3	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	12 Jul 2009

 

S Dhawan and CA Pujara added 253 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the second best stand by batsmen for the second wicket against Sri Lanka on Sri Lankan Soil. The best stand is 287 runs partnership between Azhar Ali and Mohammad Hafeez at Col-SSC in Jun 2012. Both occasions are listed below.

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Azhar Ali, Mohammad Hafeez	2	287	1	Pak	Srl	Col-SSC	30 Jun 2012
2	S Dhawan, CA Pujara	2	253	1	Ind	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017

 

S Dhawan and CA Pujara added 253 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the second occasion of Indian  batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the second wicket against Sri Lanka on Sri Lankan Soil. Both occasions are listed below.

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan, CA Pujara	2	253	1	Ind	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
2	R Dravid, S Ramesh	2	232	1	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	24 Feb 1999

 

S Dhawan and CA Pujara added 253 runs for the second wicket in this test to provide the second occasion of  batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnership for the second wicket against Sri Lanka at Galle. Both occasions are listed below. Thus, this stand constitutes a record stand for the second wicket at Galle.

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan, CA Pujara	2	253	1	Ind	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
2	TM Dilshan, KC SAFngakkara	2	213	3	Srl	Ban	Galle	08 Mar 2013

 

S Dhawan scored 126 runs between Lunch and Tea to provide the 26^th occasion of batsman accomplishing such a feat in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Runs	Batsman	Score	Match	Venue	Year
1	173	DCS Compton	278	Eng v Pak	Nottingham	1954
2	150	WR Hammond	334*	Eng v NZ	Auckland	1932-33
3	127	SJ McCabe	232	Aus v Eng	Nottingham	1938
4	126	S Dhawan	190	Ind v SRL	Galle	2017
5	121	R Benaud	121	Aus v WI	Kingston	1954-55
6	115	DG Bradman	334	Aus v Eng	Leeds	1930
7	114	FMM Worrell	261	WI v Eng	Nottingham	1950
8	112	JM Gregory	119	Aus v SAF	Johannesburg	1921-22
9	110	PR Umrigar	172*	Ind v Win	Port of Spain	1961-62
10	110	MC Cowdrey	159	Eng v Pak	Birmingham	1962
11	109	V Sehwag	254	Ind v Pak	Lahore	2005-06
12	108	V Sehwag	319	Ind v SAF	Chennai	2007-08
13	107	DG Bradman	244	Aus v Eng	The Oval	1934
14	106	DW Hookes	143*	Aus v SRL	Kandy	1982-83
15	106	S Dhawan	187	Ind v Aus	Mohali	2012-13
16	105	PA de Silva	206	SRL v Ban	Colombo PSS	2002-03
17	105	ML Hayden	380	Aus v Zim	Perth	2003-04 3
18	103	GS Sobers	174	WI v Eng	Leeds	1966
19	103	M Azharuddin	179	Ind v.Eng	Manchester	1990
20	103	TM Dilshan	168	SRL v Ban	Colombo PSS	2005-06
21	101	L Vincent	224	NZ v SRL	Wellington	2004-05
22	100	KR Stackpole	134	Aus v SAF	Cape Town	1966-67
23	100	KD Walters	112	Aus v WI	Port of Spain	1972-73
24	100	AC Gilchrist	113*	Aus v Zim	Perth	2003-04 3
25	100	Mushfiqur Rahim	101	Ban v Ind	Chittagong	2009-10
26	100	AB de Villiers	278	SAF v Pak	Abu Dhabi	2010-11

 

S Dhawan scored 126 runs between Lunch and Tea to provide the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman accomplishing such a feat in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Runs	Batsman	Score	Match	Venue	Year
1	110	PR Umrigar	172*	Ind v Win	Port of Spain	1961-62
2	103	M Azharuddin	179	Ind v.Eng	Manchester	1990
3	109	V Sehwag	254	Ind v Pak	Lahore	2005-06
4	108	V Sehwag	319	Ind v SAF	Chennai	2007-08
5	106	S Dhawan	187	Ind v Aus	Mohali	2012-13
6	126	S Dhawan	190	Ind v SRL	Galle	2017

 

S Dhawan scored 126 runs between Lunch and Tea to provide the second occasion of his accomplishing such a feat in the annals of test cricket. Prior to this, he had scored 106 runs between Lunch and Tea against Australia at Mohali in 2012-13. S Dhawam became the third batsman in the annals of test cricket to accomplish the feat on two occasions. Others are – DG Bradman of Australia and V Sehwag of India. The feats of these three batsmen  are tabulated below

 

 

No	Runs	Batsman	Score	Match	Venue	Year
1	115	DG Bradman	334	Aus v Eng	Leeds	1930
2	107	DG Bradman	244	Aus v Eng	The Oval	1934
1	106	S Dhawan	187	Ind v Aus	Mohali	2012-13
2	126	S Dhawan	190	Ind v SRL	Galle	2017
1	109	V Sehwag	254	Ind v Pak	Lahore	2005-06
2	108	V Sehwag	319	Ind v SAF	Chennai	2007-08