LD Chandimal completes 3000 test runs
LD Chandimal had scored 2978 runs prior to the start of the test at Nagpur between India and Sri Lanka. He needed 22 more runs for his 3000 runs. He scored 57 in Sri Lanka’s first innings which fetched him an aggregate of 3035 runs. He became the 13th Sri Lankan batsman to score 3000 plus test runs. The following table lists the Sri Lankan batsmen who have scored 3000 plus runs arranged in the descending order of runs scored by them
| No | Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 |
| 1 | KC Sangakkara | 2000-2015 | 134 | 233 | 17 | 12400 | 319 | 57.40 | 38 | 52 | 11 |
| 2 | DPMD Jayawardene | 1997-2014 | 149 | 252 | 15 | 11814 | 374 | 49.84 | 34 | 50 | 15 |
| 3 | ST Jayasuriya | 1991-2007 | 110 | 188 | 14 | 06973 | 340 | 40.07 | 14 | 31 | 15 |
| 4 | PA de Silva | 1984-2002 | 093 | 159 | 11 | 06361 | 267 | 42.97 | 20 | 22 | 07 |
| 5 | MS Atapattu | 1990-2007 | 090 | 156 | 15 | 05502 | 249 | 39.02 | 16 | 17 | 22 |
| 6 | TM Dilshan | 1999-2013 | 087 | 145 | 11 | 05492 | 193 | 40.98 | 16 | 23 | 14 |
| 7 | TT Samaraweera | 2001-2013 | 081 | 132 | 20 | 05462 | 231 | 48.76 | 14 | 30 | 11 |
| 8 | A Ranatunga | 1982-2000 | 093 | 155 | 12 | 05105 | 135* | 35.69 | 04 | 38 | 12 |
| 9 | AD Mathews | 2009-2017 | 071 | 125 | 17 | 04792 | 160 | 44.37 | 07 | 28 | 02 |
| 10 | HP Tillakaratne | 1989-2004 | 083 | 131 | 25 | 04545 | 204* | 42.87 | 11 | 20 | 09 |
| 11 | FDM Karunaratne | 2012-2017 | 046 | 089 | 03 | 03120 | 196 | 36.86 | 07 | 14 | 09 |
| 12 | WPUJC Vaas | 1994-2009 | 111 | 162 | 35 | 03089 | 100* | 24.32 | 01 | 13 | 12 |
| 13 | LD Chandimal | 2011-2017 | 043 | 078 | 06 | 03035 | 162* | 42.15 | 09 | 14 | 02 |