P Jayawickrame of Sri Lanka captured six for 92 against Bangladesh at Palekkele in the ongoing second test to provide the 168th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets  in an innings on test debut. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler performing such a feat in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AK Kuruppuarachchi	5-044	1	Srl	Pak	Col-CCC	14 Mar 1986
2	UDU Chandana	6-179	2	Srl	Pak	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
3	A Dananjaya	5-024	4	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	08 Feb 2018
4	L Embuldeniya	5-066	3	Srl	SAF	Durban	13 Feb 2019
4	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

It also provides the 63^rd occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets  on test debut and  second  such occasion by a Sri Lankan bowler. Both the occasions are tabulated below. Thus P Jayawickrama’s figures of 6 for 92 is the best innings bowling figures by a Sri Lankan bowler on test debut

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	UDU Chandana	6-179	2	Srl	Pak	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
2	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

P Jayawickrame of Sri Lanka became the fourth bowler to capture five or more wickets on test debut against Bangladesh. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AM Blignaut	5-073	1	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001
2	Shabbir Ahmed	5-048	3	Pak	Ban	Karachi	20 Aug 2003
3	A Dananjaya	5-024	4	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	08 Feb 2018
4	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021

P Jayawickrame became the second bowler to capture five or more wickets on test debut against Bangladesh after A Dhananjaya. A Dhananjya had returned with figures of five for 24 at Dhaka in Feb 2018. Both such occasions are tabulated below. Thus P Jayawickrama’s figures of 6 for 92 is the best innings bowling figures by a Sri Lankan bowler on test debut against Bangladesh

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Dananjaya	5-024	4	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	08 Feb 2018
2	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021