BKG Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 110 in Sri Lanka’s second innings {the third innings of the test} after Sri Lanka followed on to provide the 107^th occasion of batsman scoring a century in the third innings of a test after his  team followed on.

 

BKG Mendis became the ninth Sri Lankan batsman to score a century under such circumstances when he scored 110 against India at Col-SSC. The following table lists all the nine Sri Lankan batsmen who have accomplished such a  feat.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	S Ranatunga	100*	3	Srl	Zim	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994
2	AP Gurusinha	143	3	Srl	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995
3	RS Kaluwitharana	103	3	Srl	NZl	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997
4	RP Arnold	109	3	Srl	Eng	Manchester	13 Jun 2002
5	DPMD Jayawardene	119	3	Srl	Eng	Lord’s	11 May 2006
6	TT Samaraweera	115*	3	Srl	SAF	Cape Town	03 Jan 2012
7	FDM Karunaratne	152	3	Srl	NZl	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014
8	LD Chandimal	126	3	Srl	Eng	Ch-le-St	27 May 2016
9	BKG Mendis	110	3	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017

 

BKG Mendis became the 15^th batsman to score a century against India under such circumstances when he scored 110 against India at Col-SSC. The following table lists all the fifteen batsmen who have accomplished such a feat against India

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	B Sutcl	137*	3	NZl	Ind	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
2	G Pullar	119	3	Eng	Ind	Kanpur	01 Dec 1961
3	KF Barrington	172	3	Eng	Ind	Kanpur	01 Dec 1961
4	ER Dexter	126*	3	Eng	Ind	Kanpur	01 Dec 1961
5	RB Kanhai	158*	3	Win	Ind	Kingston	18 Feb 1971
6	DI Gower	157*	3	Eng	Ind	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
7	CC Lewis	117	3	Eng	Ind	Chennai	11 Feb 1993
8	ADR Campbell	102	3	Zim	Ind	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
9	A Flower	232*	3	Zim	Ind	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
10	N Hussain	110	3	Eng	Ind	Leeds	22 Aug 2002
11	Mohd Yousuf	112	3	Pak	Ind	Multan	28 Mar 2004
12	BC Lara	120	3	Win	Ind	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2006
13	DM Bravo	136	3	Win	Ind	Kolkata	14 Nov 2011
14	AN Cook	176	3	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
15	BKG Mendis	110	3	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017