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L Embuldenia {5-35} and RTM Mendis {5-66} of Sri Lanka shared the ten wickets equally in the fourth innings of the test against West Indies at Galle to provide the ninth occasion of two spin bowlers sharing wickets equally in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date	FWI
1	Ind	2	Win	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	2
2	Ind	3	Aus	Delhi	28 Nov 1969	2
3	Eng	3	Pak	Karachi	24 Mar 1973	2
4	Aus	4	Ind	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	2
5	Pak	2	Ind	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	2
6	Aus	3	Eng	Birmingham	05 Aug 1993	2
7	Srl	2	Zim	Galle	12 Jan 2002	2
8	Ind	3	Eng	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 2021	2
9	Srl	4	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021	2

It also provides the second occasion of Sri Lankan spin bowlers performing such a feat. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date	FWI
1	Srl	2	Zim	Galle	12 Jan 2002	2
2	Srl	4	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021	2

It also provides the second occasion of spin bowlers performing such a feat against West Indies. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date	FWI
1	Ind	2	Win	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	2
2	Srl	4	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021	2

L Embuldenia {5-35} and RTM Mendis {5-66} of Sri Lanka shared the ten wickets equally in the fourth innings of the test against West Indies at Galle to provide the 57^th occasion of two bowlers sharing wickets equally in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date	FWI
1	Aus	1	Eng	Sydney	25 Feb 1887	2
2	Eng	2	Aus	Sydney	10 Feb 1888	2
3	Aus	4	Eng	Lord’s	16 Jul 1888	2
4	Aus	2	Eng	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895	2
5	Eng	3	Aus	Lord’s	22 Jun 1896	2
6	Aus	3	Eng	Adelaide	14 Jan 1898	2
7	Aus	3	Eng	Sydney	14 Feb 1902	2
8	Aus	2	Eng	Sheffield	03 Jul 1902	2
9	Aus	4	Eng	Adelaide	10 Jan 1908	2
10	Eng	3	Aus	Birmingham	27 May 1909	2
11	Eng	1	Aus	Manchester	26 Jul 1909	2
12	SAF	2	Eng	Jo’burg	01 Jan 1910	2
13	Eng	1	SAF	Lord’s	10 Jun 1912	2
14	Eng	1	SAF	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	2
15	Eng	2	Aus	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	2
16	Eng	3	SAF	Jo’burg	24 Dec 1927	2
17	Eng	3	Aus	The Oval	18 Aug 1934	2
18	Ind	1	Eng	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	2
19	NZl	1	Eng	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	2
20	Eng	1	Aus	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	2
21	Eng	2	Ind	The Oval	14 Aug 1952	2
22	Ind	2	Win	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	2
23	Pak	2	Ind	Karachi	26 Feb 1955	2
24	SAF	4	Eng	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	2
25	Aus	3	SAF	P Elizabeth	28 Feb 1958	2
26	Ind	3	Aus	Delhi	28 Nov 1969	2
27	Eng	3	Pak	Karachi	24 Mar 1973	2
28	Aus	2	Win	Trinidad	21 Apr 1973	2
29	Aus	2	Eng	Birmingham	10 Jul 1975	2
30	Aus	2	Win	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976	2
31	Pak	1	Ind	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	2
32	Ind	2	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	2
33	Aus	3	Eng	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	2
34	Ind	4	Eng	Mumbai	27 Nov 1981	2
35	Aus	3	Eng	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	2
36	NZl	1	Srl	Col-CCC	24 Mar 1984	2
37	Aus	4	Ind	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	2
38	Eng	1	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	2
39	Pak	2	Ind	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	2
40	Win	2	Pak	Lahore	06 Dec 1990	2
41	Pak	4	NZl	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993	2
42	Aus	3	Eng	Birmingham	05 Aug 1993	2
43	Srl	4	NZl	Napier	11 Mar 1995	2
44	Eng	1	Win	Trinidad	13 Feb 1998	2
45	SAF	3	Eng	Leeds	06 Aug 1998	2
46	Aus	1	Win	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	2
47	Srl	1	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2000	2
48	Srl	2	Zim	Galle	12 Jan 2002	2
49	Pak	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	2
50	SAF	4	NZl	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	2
51	Eng	3	Pak	Manchester	27 Jul 2006	2
52	Ban	1	Ind	Chattogram	17 Jan 2010	2
53	Pak	3	NZl	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2018	2
54	NZl	2	Win	Wellington	11 Dec 2020	2
55	Ind	3	Eng	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 2021	2
56	Pak	3	Zim	Harare	07 May 2021	2
57	Srl	4	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021	2

It also provides the fourth occasion of Sri Lankan bowlers performing such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date	FWI
1	Srl	4	NZl	Napier	11 Mar 1995	2
2	Srl	1	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2000	2
3	Srl	2	Zim	Galle	12 Jan 2002	2
4	Srl	4	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021	2

It also provides the seventh occasion of bowlers performing such a feat against West Indies. such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date	FWI
1	Ind	2	Win	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	2
2	Aus	2	Win	Trinidad	21 Apr 1973	2
3	Aus	2	Win	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976	2
4	Eng	1	Win	Trinidad	13 Feb 1998	2
5	Aus	1	Win	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	2
6	NZl	2	Win	Wellington	11 Dec 2020	2
7	Srl	4	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021	2

India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 218th occasion of India doing so. It also provides the 131^st occasion of India doing so in a home test.

India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 27th occasion of India doing so against New Zealand. It also provides the 21^st occasion India doing so in a home test against New Zealand.

India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 14th occasion of India doing so in a test at Mum-WS. It also provides the second occasion of India doing so in a test against New Zealand at Mum-WS

New Zealand was led by TWM Latham in this test in place of injured KS Williamson. He became the 15^th captain to lead New Zealand against India in a test. He also became the eleventh captain to lead New Zealand against India in India.

New Zealand was led by TWM Latham in this test in place of injured KS Williamson. He became the fourth captain opener to lead New Zealand against India in a test and also against India in India.

In India’s innings batsmen batting at number three and four scored zeroes {CA Pujara and V Kohli} to provide the 64^th occasion of batsmen batting at number three and four scoring zeroes in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

It also provides the seventh occasion of Indian batsmen batting at number three and four scoring zeroes in a test innings.

CA Pujara scored his tenth zero and V Kohli scored his 14^th zero in a test innings.

V Kohli scored his tenth zero while leading India. He became the first Indian captain to score ten zeroes. He also became the third captain to score ten or more zeroes in the annals of test cricket. Others are – SP Fleming {13] and GC Smith {10}

MA Agarwal scored 120 not out at the end of the first day’s play. His knock provides the 525th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 283rd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings on home soil.

MA Agarwal scored 120 not out at the end of the first day’s play. His knock provides the 55th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against New Zealand. It also provides the 39th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings on home soil against New Zealand.

MA Agarwal scored 120 not out at the end of the first day’s play. His knock provides the 157^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 84^th  occasion of an Indian opening  batsman scoring a century in a test innings on home soil.

MA Agarwal scored 120 not out at the end of the first day’s play. His knock provides the 14th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against New Zealand. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century in a test innings on home soil against New Zealand.

It also represents his fourth century in a test innings while opening the innings. All his centuries are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MA Agarwal	215	1	SAF	Vizaf	02 Oct 2019
2	MA Agarwal	108	1	SAF	Pune	10 Oct 2019
3	MA Agarwal	243	2	Ban	Indore	14 Nov 2019
4	MA Agarwal	120*	1	NZl	Mumbai	03 Dec 2021

It also represents the second century by an Indian opening batsman against New Zealand at Mum-WS. Prior to this SM Gavaskar had scored 119 against New Zealand at Mum-WS in Nov 1976. Thus MA Agarwal’s 120 not out in this test represent the highest individual innings by an Indian opening batsman against New Zealand at Mum-WS.

MA Agarwal scored 120 not out at the end of the first day’s play. His knock provides the 25th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against various oppositions at Mum-WS. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	ED Solkar	102	2	Win	Mumbai	23 Jan 1975
2	SM Gavaskar	119	1	NZl	Mumbai	10 Nov 1976
3	SM Gavaskar	108	1	Eng	Mumbai	11 Feb 1977
4	SM Gavaskar	205	1	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
5	SM Gavaskar	123	1	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
6	SMH Kirmani	101*	1	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
7	DB Vengsarkar	100	1	Win	Mumbai	24 Nov 1983
8	RJ Shastri	142	2	Eng	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
9	SMH Kirmani	102	2	Eng	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
10	SM Gavaskar	103	2	Aus	Mumbai	15 Oct 1986
11	DB Vengsarkar	164*	2	Aus	Mumbai	15 Oct 1986
12	RJ Shastri	121*	2	Aus	Mumbai	15 Oct 1986
13	VG Kambli	224	2	Eng	Mumbai	19 Feb 1993
14	SC Ganguly	173	1	Srl	Mumbai	03 Dec 1997
15	SR Tendulkar	148	1	Srl	Mumbai	03 Dec 1997
16	V Sehwag	147	1	Win	Mumbai	09 Oct 2002
17	R Dravid	100*	1	Win	Mumbai	09 Oct 2002
18	R Ashwin	103	2	Win	Mumbai	22 Nov 2011
19	CA Pujara	135	1	Eng	Mumbai	23 Nov 2012
20	CA Pujara	113	2	Win	Mumbai	14 Nov 2013
21	RG Sharma	111*	2	Win	Mumbai	14 Nov 2013
22	M Vijay	136	2	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
23	V Kohli	235	2	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
24	J Yadav	104	2	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
25	MA Agarwal	120*	1	NZl	Mumbai	03 Dec 2021

MA Agarwal scored 120 not out at the end of the first day’s play. His knock provides the eightth occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century in a test innings against various oppositions at Mum-WS. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	119	1	NZl	Mumbai	10 Nov 1976
2	SM Gavaskar	108	1	Eng	Mumbai	11 Feb 1977
3	SM Gavaskar	205	1	Win	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
4	SM Gavaskar	123	1	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
5	SM Gavaskar	103	2	Aus	Mumbai	15 Oct 1986
6	V Sehwag	147	1	Win	Mumbai	09 Oct 2002
7	M Vijay	136	2	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
8	MA Agarwal	120*	1	NZl	Mumbai	03 Dec 2021

No	Player	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	Amarnath L	38	118	Eng	Mum-Gym	1933	34
2	Adhikari HR	114*	29*	Win	Delhi	1948	49
3	Mushtaq Ali	54	106	Win	Kolkata	1948	49
4	Shodhan DH	110	DNB	Pak	Kolkata	1952	53
5	Umrigar PR	223	DNB	NZl	Hyd-LBS	1955	56
6	Manjrekar VL	118	DNB	NZl	Hyd-LBS	1955	56
7	Kripal Singh AG	100*	DNB	NZl	Hyd-LBS	1955	56
8	Baig AA	26	112	Eng	Old Trafford	1959
9	Hanumant Singh	105	23	Eng	Delhi	1963	64
10	MAK Pataudi	128*	1	Aus	Chennai-C	1964	65
11	Viswanath GR	0	137	Aus	Kanpur	1969	70
12	Gavaskar SM	119	14	NZl	Mum-WS	1976	77
13	Gavaskar SM	3	113	Aus	Brisbane	1977	78
14	Viswanath GR	145	DNB	Pak	Faisalabad	1978	79
15	Gavaskar SM	155	4*	Srl	Chepauk	1982	83
16	Patil SM	114*	46	Srl	Chepauk	1982	83
17	Azharuddin M	110	DNB	Eng	Kolkata	1984	85
18	Sidhu NS	116	43*	NZl	Bangalore	1988	89
19	Manjrekar SV	3	113*	Pak	Karachi	1989	90
20	Amre PK	103	DNB	SAF	Kingsmead	1992	93
21	Manjrekar SV	104	DNB	Zim	Harare	1992	93
22	Kambli VG	227	DNB	Zim	Delhi	1992	93
23	Kambli VG	125	DNB	Srl	Col-SSC	1993
24	Mongia NR	152	0	Aus	Delhi	1996	97
25	Ganguly SC	131	DNB	Eng	Lord’s	1996
26	Ramesh S	143	30	Srl	Col-SS	1998	99
27	Dravid RS	118	44	Zim	Harare	1998	99
28	Dravid RS	1	144	NZl	Mohali	1999	00
29	Dasgupta D	100	0*	Eng	Mohali	2001	02
30	Sehwag V	105	31	SAF	Bloemfontein	2001	02
31	Bangar SB	100*	DNB	Zim	Nagpur	2001	02
32	Agarkar AB	2	109*	Eng	Lord’s	2002
33	Sehwag V	147	DNB	Win	Mum-WS	2002	03
34	Sehwag V	309	DNB	Pak	Multan-CS	2003	04
35	Dhoni MS	148	DNB	Pak	Faisalabad	2005	06
36	Raina SK	120	DNB	Srl	Col-SSC	2010
37	Pujara CA	159	DNB	NZl	Hyd-RGS	2012
38	Pujara CA	206*	41*	Eng	Motera	2012	13
39	Dhawan S	187	DNB	Aus	Mohali	2012	13
40	Sharma RG	177	DNB	Win	Kolkata	2013
41	Vijay M	146	52	Eng	Nottingham	2014
42	Dhawan S	173	DNB	Ban	Fatullah	2015
43	Dhawan S	134	28	Srl	Galle	2015
44	Pujara CA	145*	0	Srl	Col-SSC	2015
43	Vijay M	105	DNB	Afg	Bengaluru	2018
44	Dhawan S	107	DNB	Afg	Bengaluru	2018
45	Agarwal MA	215	7	SAF	Vizag	2019	20
46	Agarwal MA	243		Ban	Indore	2019	20
47	SS Iyer	105	65	NZl	Kanpur	2021	22

The following are the six occasion when an Indian batsman scored 200 plus runs on first appearance.

No	Player	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	Sehwag V	309	DNB	Pak	Multan-CS	2003	04
2	Agarwal MA	243		Ban	Indore	2019	20
3	Kambli VG	227	DNB	Zim	Delhi	1992	93
4	Umrigar PR	223	DNB	NZl	Hyd-LBS	1955	56
5	Agarwal MA	215	7	SAF	Vizag	2019	20
6	Pujara CA	206*	41*	Eng	Motera	2012	13

MA Agarwal holds the distinction of scoring 200 plus runs on first appearance against two teams

No	Player	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	Agarwal MA	243		Ban	Indore	2019	20
2	Agarwal MA	215	7	SAF	Vizag	2019	20

SS Iyer became the third Indian batsman to score a century and a half century on first appearance after Mushtaq Ali and M Vijay

No	Player	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	Mushtaq Ali	54	106	Win	Kolkata	1948	49
2	Vijay M	146	52	Eng	Nottingham	2014
3	SS Iyer	105	65	NZl	Kanpur	2021	22

S Dhawan {04}, V Sehwag {03}, Pujara CA {03} and Gavaskar SM {03} are the four Indian batsmen who have scored a  century on first appearance against three or more teams.

No	Player	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	Sehwag V	105	31	SAF	Bloemfontein	2001	02
2	Sehwag V	147	DNB	Win	Mum-WS	2002	03
3	Sehwag V	309	DNB	Pak	Multan-CS	2003	04
1	Pujara CA	159	DNB	NZl	Hyd-RGS	2012
2	Pujara CA	206*	41*	Eng	Motera	2012	13
3	Pujara CA	145*	0	Srl	Col-SSC	2015
1	Gavaskar SM	119	14	NZl	Mum-WS	1976	77
2	Gavaskar SM	3	113	Aus	Brisbane	1977	78
3	Gavaskar SM	155	4*	Srl	Chepauk	1982	83
1	Dhawan S	187	DNB	Aus	Mohali	2012	13
2	Dhawan S	173	DNB	Ban	Fatullah	2015
3	Dhawan S	134	28	Srl	Galle	2015
4	Dhawan S	107	DNB	Afg	Bengaluru	2018

RTM Mendis of Sri Lanka captured six for 70 in the ongoing test against West Indies at Galle to provide the  60^th occasion of a Sri Lankan spin bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	HDPK Dharmasena	6	99	1	Pak	Col-PSS	09 Aug 1994
2	M Muralitharan	6	98	2	Pak	Col-RPS	19 Apr 1997
3	M Muralitharan	7	94	3	Zim	Kandy	07 Jan 1998
4	HDPK Dharmasena	6	72	1	NZl	Galle	03 Jun 1998
5	M Muralitharan	7	155	1	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
6	M Muralitharan	9	65	3	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
7	UDU Chandana	6	179	2	Pak	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
8	M Muralitharan	6	71	4	Pak	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000
9	M Muralitharan	6	87	2	SAF	Galle	20 Jul 2000
10	M Muralitharan	7	84	3	SAF	Galle	20 Jul 2000
11	M Muralitharan	6	39	3	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2000
12	M Muralitharan	8	87	1	Ind	Col-SSC	29 Aug 2001
13	M Muralitharan	6	126	1	Win	Galle	13 Nov 2001
14	M Muralitharan	6	81	4	Win	Kandy	21 Nov 2001
15	M Muralitharan	9	51	1	Zim	Kandy	04 Jan 2002
16	M Muralitharan	7	46	2	Eng	Galle	02 Dec 2003
17	M Muralitharan	6	59	1	Aus	Galle	08 Mar 2004
18	M Muralitharan	6	45	1	Zim	Harare	06 May 2004
19	M Muralitharan	6	36	3	Win	Col-SSC	13 Jul 2005
20	M Muralitharan	8	46	4	Win	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
21	M Muralitharan	6	18	3	Ban	Col-RPS	12 Sep 2005
22	M Muralitharan	7	100	1	Ind	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
23	M Muralitharan	6	54	3	Ban	Chattogram	28 Feb 2006
24	M Muralitharan	6	86	2	Eng	Birmingham	25 May 2006
25	M Muralitharan	8	70	4	Eng	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006
26	M Muralitharan	6	131	3	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
27	M Muralitharan	7	97	3	SAF	Col-PSS	04 Aug 2006
28	M Muralitharan	6	87	4	NZl	Wellington	15 Dec 2006
29	M Muralitharan	6	28	1	Ban	Kandy	11 Jul 2007
30	M Muralitharan	6	54	3	Ban	Kandy	11 Jul 2007
31	M Muralitharan	6	55	2	Eng	Kandy	01 Dec 2007
32	M Muralitharan	6	26	3	Ind	Col-SSC	23 Jul 2008
33	BAW Mendis	6	117	1	Ind	Galle	31 Jul 2008
34	M Muralitharan	6	49	2	Ban	Dhaka	26 Dec 2008
35	BAW Mendis	6	169	1	Win	Galle	15 Nov 2010
36	HMRKB Herath	7	157	3	Aus	Col-SSC	16 Sep 2011
37	HMRKB Herath	6	74	2	Eng	Galle	26 Mar 2012
38	HMRKB Herath	6	97	4	Eng	Galle	26 Mar 2012
39	HMRKB Herath	6	133	2	Eng	Col-PSS	03 Apr 2012
40	HMRKB Herath	6	43	3	NZl	Galle	17 Nov 2012
41	HMRKB Herath	6	103	1	NZl	Col-PSS	25 Nov 2012
42	HMRKB Herath	7	89	3	Ban	Col-RPS	16 Mar 2013
43	BAW Mendis	6	99	2	Ban	Chattogram	04 Feb 2014
44	HMRKB Herath	6	48	3	Pak	Galle	06 Aug 2014
45	HMRKB Herath	9	127	2	Pak	Col-SSC	14 Aug 2014
46	HMRKB Herath	7	48	4	Ind	Galle	12 Aug 2015
47	HMRKB Herath	6	68	2	Win	Galle	14 Oct 2015
48	MDK Perera	6	70	4	Aus	Galle	04 Aug 2016
49	HMRKB Herath	6	81	2	Aus	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
50	HMRKB Herath	7	64	4	Aus	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
51	HMRKB Herath	8	63	4	Zim	Harare	06 Nov 2016
52	HMRKB Herath	6	59	4	Ban	Galle	07 Mar 2017
53	HMRKB Herath	6	133	3	Zim	Col-RPS	14 Jul 2017
54	HMRKB Herath	6	43	4	Pak	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017
55	MDK Perera	6	32	4	SAF	Galle	12 Jul 2018
56	HMRKB Herath	6	98	4	SAF	Col-SSC	20 Jul 2018
57	A Dananjaya	6	115	3	Eng	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018
58	L Embuldeniya	7	137	2	Eng	Galle	22 Jan 2021
59	P Jayawickrama	6	92	2	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
60	RTM Mendis	6	70	2	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021

RTM Mendis of Sri Lanka captured six for 70 in the ongoing test against West Indies at Galle to provide the  seventh occasion of a Sri Lankan spin bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings against West Indies All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Muralitharan	6	126	1	Win	Galle	13 Nov 2001
2	M Muralitharan	6	81	4	Win	Kandy	21 Nov 2001
3	M Muralitharan	6	36	3	Win	Col-SSC	13 Jul 2005
4	M Muralitharan	8	46	4	Win	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
5	BAW Mendis	6	169	1	Win	Galle	15 Nov 2010
6	HMRKB Herath	6	68	2	Win	Galle	14 Oct 2015
7	RTM Mendis	6	70	2	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021

RTM Mendis of Sri Lanka captured six for 70 in the ongoing test against West Indies at Galle to provide the  76^th occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RJ Ratnayake	6	85	3	Ind	Col-SSC	30 Aug 1985
2	JR Ratnayeke	8	83	2	Pak	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985
3	ALF de Mel	6	109	2	Pak	Karachi	7 Nov 1985
4	RJ Ratnayake	6	66	1	Aus	Hobart	16 Dec 1989
5	HDPK Dharmasena	6	99	1	Pak	Col-PSS	09 Aug 1994
6	KR Pushpakumara	7	116	2	Zim	Harare	26 Oct 1994
7	WPUJC Vaas	6	87	2	NZl	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995
8	M Muralitharan	6	98	2	Pak	Col-RPS	19 Apr 1997
9	M Muralitharan	7	94	3	Zim	Kandy	07 Jan 1998
10	HDPK Dharmasena	6	72	1	NZl	Galle	03 Jun 1998
11	M Muralitharan	7	155	1	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
12	M Muralitharan	9	65	3	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
13	GP Wickramasinghe	6	103	1	Pak	Lahore	04 Mar 1999
14	UDU Chandana	6	179	2	Pak	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
15	GP Wickramasinghe	6	60	1	Zim	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
16	M Muralitharan	6	71	4	Pak	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000
17	M Muralitharan	6	87	2	SAF	Galle	20 Jul 2000
18	M Muralitharan	7	84	3	SAF	Galle	20 Jul 2000
19	M Muralitharan	6	39	3	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2000
20	WPUJC Vaas	6	73	2	Eng	Col-SSC	15 Mar 2001
21	M Muralitharan	8	87	1	Ind	Col-SSC	29 Aug 2001
22	M Muralitharan	6	126	1	Win	Galle	13 Nov 2001
23	M Muralitharan	6	81	4	Win	Kandy	21 Nov 2001
24	WPUJC Vaas	7	120	1	Win	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
25	WPUJC Vaas	7	71	3	Win	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
26	M Muralitharan	9	51	1	Zim	Kandy	04 Jan 2002
27	M Muralitharan	7	46	2	Eng	Galle	02 Dec 2003
28	M Muralitharan	6	59	1	Aus	Galle	08 Mar 2004
29	M Muralitharan	6	45	1	Zim	Harare	06 May 2004
30	WPUJC Vaas	6	29	4	SAF	Col-SSC	11 Aug 2004
31	WPUJC Vaas	6	108	2	NZl	Wellington	11 Apr 2005
32	M Muralitharan	6	36	3	Win	Col-SSC	13 Jul 2005
33	WPUJC Vaas	6	22	2	Win	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
34	M Muralitharan	8	46	4	Win	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
35	M Muralitharan	6	18	3	Ban	Col-RPS	12 Sep 2005
36	M Muralitharan	7	100	1	Ind	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
37	M Muralitharan	6	54	3	Ban	Chattogram	28 Feb 2006
38	M Muralitharan	6	86	2	Eng	Birmingham	25 May 2006
39	M Muralitharan	8	70	4	Eng	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006
40	M Muralitharan	6	131	3	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
41	M Muralitharan	7	97	3	SAF	Col-PSS	04 Aug 2006
42	M Muralitharan	6	87	4	NZl	Wellington	15 Dec 2006
43	M Muralitharan	6	28	1	Ban	Kandy	11 Jul 2007
44	M Muralitharan	6	54	3	Ban	Kandy	11 Jul 2007
45	M Muralitharan	6	55	2	Eng	Kandy	01 Dec 2007
46	M Muralitharan	6	26	3	Ind	Col-SSC	23 Jul 2008
47	BAW Mendis	6	117	1	Ind	Galle	31 Jul 2008
48	M Muralitharan	6	49	2	Ban	Dhaka	26 Dec 2008
49	BAW Mendis	6	169	1	Win	Galle	15 Nov 2010
50	HMRKB Herath	7	157	3	Aus	Col-SSC	16 Sep 2011
51	HMRKB Herath	6	74	2	Eng	Galle	26 Mar 2012
52	HMRKB Herath	6	97	4	Eng	Galle	26 Mar 2012
53	HMRKB Herath	6	133	2	Eng	Col-PSS	03 Apr 2012
54	HMRKB Herath	6	43	3	NZl	Galle	17 Nov 2012
55	HMRKB Herath	6	103	1	NZl	Col-PSS	25 Nov 2012
56	HMRKB Herath	7	89	3	Ban	Col-RPS	16 Mar 2013
57	BAW Mendis	6	99	2	Ban	Chattogram	04 Feb 2014
58	HMRKB Herath	6	48	3	Pak	Galle	06 Aug 2014
59	HMRKB Herath	9	127	2	Pak	Col-SSC	14 Aug 2014
60	HMRKB Herath	7	48	4	Ind	Galle	12 Aug 2015
61	HMRKB Herath	6	68	2	Win	Galle	14 Oct 2015
62	MDK Perera	6	70	4	Aus	Galle	04 Aug 2016
63	HMRKB Herath	6	81	2	Aus	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
64	HMRKB Herath	7	64	4	Aus	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
65	HMRKB Herath	8	63	4	Zim	Harare	06 Nov 2016
66	CBRLS Kumara	6	122	1	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017
67	HMRKB Herath	6	59	4	Ban	Galle	07 Mar 2017
68	HMRKB Herath	6	133	3	Zim	Col-RPS	14 Jul 2017
69	N Pradeep	6	132	1	Ind	Galle	26 Jul 2017
70	HMRKB Herath	6	43	4	Pak	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017
71	MDK Perera	6	32	4	SAF	Galle	12 Jul 2018
72	HMRKB Herath	6	98	4	SAF	Col-SSC	20 Jul 2018
73	A Dananjaya	6	115	3	Eng	Pallekele	14 Nov 2018
74	L Embuldeniya	7	137	2	Eng	Galle	22 Jan 2021
75	P Jayawickrama	6	92	2	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
76	RTM Mendis	6	70	2	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021

RTM Mendis of Sri Lanka captured six for 70 in the ongoing test against West Indies at Galle to provide the  tenth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings against West Indies All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Muralitharan	6	126	1	Win	Galle	13 Nov 2001
2	M Muralitharan	6	81	4	Win	Kandy	21 Nov 2001
3	WPUJC Vaas	7	120	1	Win	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
4	WPUJC Vaas	7	71	3	Win	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
5	M Muralitharan	6	36	3	Win	Col-SSC	13 Jul 2005
6	WPUJC Vaas	6	22	2	Win	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
7	M Muralitharan	8	46	4	Win	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
8	BAW Mendis	6	169	1	Win	Galle	15 Nov 2010
9	HMRKB Herath	6	68	2	Win	Galle	14 Oct 2015
10	RTM Mendis	6	70	2	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021

P Jayawickrama of Sri Lanka captured eleven wickets conceding 178 runs against Bangladesh at Pallekele in Apr 2021 this year to provide the 16^th occasion of a bowler capturing ten or more wickets on test debut. He became the first Sri Lankan bowler to achieve such a feat.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-Runs	Team	Opo	Ground	Mon/Year
1	F Martin	12-102	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1890
2	T Richardson	10-256	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Aug 1893
3	AE Hall	11-112	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 1923
4	CV Grimmett	11-082	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Feb 1925
5	CS Marriott	11-096	Eng	Win	The Oval	Aug 1933
6	K Farnes	10-179	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	Jun 1934
7	AV Bedser	11-145	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1946
8	HHH Johnson	10-096	Win	Eng	Kingston	Mar 1948
9	AL Valentine	11-204	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jun 1950
10	SF Burke	11-196	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	Jan 1962
11	RAL Massie	16-137	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1972
12	JK Lever	10-070	Eng	Eng	Delhi	Dec 1976
13	ND Hirwani	16-136	Ind	Win	Chennai	Jan 1988
14	Mohd Zahid	11-130	Pak	NZl	Rawalpindi	Nov 1996
15	JJ Krejza	12-358	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	Nov 2008
16	P Jayawickrama	11-178	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	Apr 2021

P Jayawickrama was awarded the Man of the Match for his performance in this test. He became the 50^th cricketer to bag the Man of the Match Award on test debut in the annals of test cricket

V Permaul of West Indies captured five of 35 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Galle to provide the 17^th occasion of a West Indies left arm spinner capturing five or more wickets in a test innings. He also became the fourth West Indies left arm spinner to perform such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-R	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AL Valentine	8-104	1	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
2	AL Valentine	6-039	3	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1950
3	AL Valentine	5-099	2	Aus	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951
4	AL Valentine	6-102	3	Aus	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951
5	AL Valentine	5-088	4	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951
6	AL Valentine	5-127	1	Ind	Georgetown	11 Mar 1953
7	AL Valentine	5-064	1	Ind	Kingston	28 Mar 1953
8	AL Valentine	5-032	3	NZl	Ch’church	18 Feb 1956
9	Inshan Ali	5-059	2	NZl	Trinidad	20 Apr 1972
10	JC Adams	5-017	1	NZl	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996
11	SJ Benn	5-155	2	Aus	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009
12	SJ Benn	5-120	1	SAF	Trinidad	10 Jun 2010
13	SJ Benn	6-081	2	SAF	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2010
14	SJ Benn	5-093	1	NZl	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2014
15	SJ Benn	5-039	2	Ban	Kingstown	05 Sep 2014
16	SJ Benn	5-072	4	Ban	Gros Islet	13 Sep 2014
17	V Permaul	5-035	1	Srl	Galle	29 Nov 2021