India Vs Sri Lanka Second Test at Bengaluru Second day

India Vs Sri Lanka Second Test at Bengaluru Second day

Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 109 in this game to provide the 60th occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out in an innings against India.

Sri Lanka’s 109 all out in this game represent its second lowest total in a completed innings against India. Its lowest total in a completed innings against India is 82 all out at Chandigarh in Nov 1990

Sri Lanka was dismissed all out for 109 in this game to provide the 60th occasion of team dismissed all out in an innings in tests at Bengaluru.

Sri Lanka’s 109 all out in this game represent its second lowest total in a completed innings in tests at Bengaluru. Lowest total in a completed innings in tests at Bengaluru is 103 by Afghanistan {in the third innings of the test} against India in Jun 2018.

Sri Lanka in this test and Afghanistan in Jun 2018 {All out for 109 in second innings of the test against India share the second lowest total in a completed innings in tests at Bengaluru.

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of five for 24 to provide the 34th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test at Bengaluru. It also provides the 20th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five plus wickets in tests at Bengaluru

NoPlayerWRunsITeamOppDate
1Chandrasekhar6762IndEng28.01.77
2BS Bedi6714IndEng28.01.77
3KD Ghavri5513IndWin15.12.78
4N Kapil Dev5682IndPak14.09.83
5Maninder7271IndPak13.03.87
6ND Hirwani6594IndNZl12.11.88
7A Kumble5813IndNZl18.10.95
8A Kumble6982IndAus25.03.98
9A Kumble61432IndRSA02.03.00
10Harbhajan51461IndAus06.10.04
11Harbhajan6783IndAus06.10.04
12Harbhajan61521IndPak24.03.05
13I Sharma51182IndPak08.12.07
14A Kumble5604IndPak08.12.07
15Z Khan5911IndAus09.10.08
16PP Ojha5991IndNZl31.08.12
17R Ashwin5693IndNZl31.08.12
18RA Jadeja6632IndAus04.03.17
19R Ashwin6414IndAus04.03.17
20JJ Bumrah5242IndSrl12.03.22

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of five for 24 to provide the 14th occasion of a pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test at Bengaluru. It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing five plus wickets in tests at Bengaluru

NoPlayerWRunsITeamOppDate
1KD Ghavri5513IndWin15.12.78
2N Kapil Dev5682IndPak14.09.83
3I Sharma51182IndPak08.12.07
4Z Khan5911IndAus09.10.08
5JJ Bumrah5242IndSrl12.03.22

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of five for 24 to provide the best figures in an innings by a pace bowler in a test at Bengaluru. The previous best was KD Ghavri’s five for 51 against West Indies in Dec 1978.

NoPlayerWRunsITeamOppDate
1JJ Bumrah5242IndSrl12.03.22
2KD Ghavri5513IndWin15.12.78

JJ Bumrah returned with figures of five for 24 to provide the 25th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets against Sri Lanka. It also provides the eighth occasion of an Indian pace bowler capturing five plus wickets against Sri Lanka.

JJ Bumrah’s five for 24 represent the best bowling figures by an Indian pace bowler against Sri Lanka. The previous best was Ishant Sharma’s five for 54 at Col-SSC in Aug 2015.

JJ Bumrah’s five for 24 represent his eighth five wicket haul in a test innings. It also represents his first five wicket haul on home soil.

NoW-RIOppGroundStart Date
15-542SAFJo’burg24 Jan 2018
25-654EngNot’ham18 Aug 2018
36-332AusMelbourne26 Dec 2018
45-074WinN Sound22 Aug 2019
56-272WinKingston30 Aug 2019
65-643EngNot’ham04 Aug 2021
75-422SAFC Town11 Jan 2022
85-242SrlBengaluru12 Mar 2022

SS Iyer scored 92 and 65+ in this test to provide the 155th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Indian batsmen scoring fifties in both innings of a test against Sri Lanka

NoPlayerFISIOppGroundStart Date
1NS Sidhu82104SrlCol-SSC27 Jul 1993
2R Dravid9385SrlMum-WS03 Dec 1997
3SC Ganguly5678SrlCol-SSC24 Feb 1999
4Tendulkar53124*SrlCol-SSC24 Feb 1999
5SS Das5968SrlCol-SSC29 Aug 2001
6G Gambhir5674SrlGalle31 Jul 2008
7V Sehwag201*50SrlGalle31 Jul 2008
8VVS Laxman56103*SrlCol-PSS03 Aug 2010
9V Kohli24350SrlDelhi02 Dec 2017
10RG Sharma6550*SrlDelhi02 Dec 2017
11SS Iyer9265+SrlBengaluru12 Mar 2022

SS Iyer scored 92 and 67 in this test to provide the 20th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety and a fifty a test match.

NoPlayerFISIOppGroundStart Date
1CG Borde10996WinDelhi06 Feb 1959
2M Amarnath90100AusPerth16 Dec 1977
3M Amarnath9180WinBridgetown15 Apr 1983
4M Amarnath7895EngChennai13 Jan 1985
5SV Manjrekar9350EngManchester09 Aug 1990
6R Dravid9385SrlMum-WS03 Dec 1997
7S Ramesh6096PakDelhi04 Feb 1999
8SC Ganguly6899EngNottingham08 Aug 2002
9SC Ganguly23991PakBengaluru08 Dec 2007
10MS Dhoni9268*AusMohali17 Oct 2008
11V Sehwag6692AusNagpur06 Nov 2008
12G Gambhir17997EngMohali19 Dec 2008
13V Sehwag9654*NZlHyd-RGS12 Nov 2010
14G Gambhir9364SAFCape Town02 Jan 2011
15V Kohli11996SAFJo’burg18 Dec 2013
16AM Rahane51*96SAFDurban26 Dec 2013
17M Vijay5399AusAdelaide09 Dec 2014
18KL Rahul9051AusBengaluru04 Mar 2017
19V Kohli97103EngNottingham18 Aug 2018
20SS Iyer9267SrlBengaluru12 Mar 2022

It also provides the second occasion of Indian batsmen scoring a ninety and a fifty in a test against Sri Lanka

NoPlayerFISIOppGroundStart Date
1R Dravid9385SrlMum-WS03 Dec 1997
2SS Iyer9267SrlBengaluru12 Mar 2022

RR Pant scored 50 in this test to provide the 131st occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings at Sri Lanka.

RR Pant scored 50 in this test to provide the tenth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings in a Pink Ball test. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in a test innings in a Pink Ball test.

SS Iyer scored 92 and 67 in this test to provide the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a Pink Ball test.  

NoPlayerFISITeamOppGroundMon/Year
1DM Bravo87116WinPakDub-DSCOct 2016
2SPD Smith13063AusPAKBrisbaneDec 2016
3Labuschagne14350AusNZlPerthDec 2019
4Labuschagne10351AusEngAdelaideDec 2021
5SS Iyer9267IndSrlBengaluruMar 2022

SS Iyer scored 92 and 67 in this test to provide the first occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety and a fifty in a Pink Ball test.  

RR Pant scored 50 in 28 balls in this test which fetched him a record the fastest fifty by an Indian batsman in a test innings. The previous record was held by N Kapil Dev who has scored the fifty in 30 balls against Pakistan at Karachi in 1982. Thus it took 40 years for RR Pant to rewrite the record of Kapil Dev

The following table lists the fastest fifties scored by Indian batsmen in terms of balls faced where known.

NoBallsPlayerOppLocationYear
128RR PantSrlBengaluru2022
230Kapil DevPakKarachi1982
331SN ThakurEngThe Oval2021
432V SehwagEngChennai2008

RR Pant’s fifty in 28 balls is the second fastest fifty scored in a test Bangalore. Shahid Afridi had scored fifty in 26 balls against India at Bangalore in 2005.

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