RTM Mendis of Sri Lanka returned with figures of 11 for 136 in the just concluded Galle test against West Indies to provide the 40^th occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing ten plus wickets in  a test match. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	WPUJC Vaas	10-090	NZl	Napier	11 Mar 1995
2	M Muralitharan	12-117	Zim	Kandy	07 Jan 1998
3	M Muralitharan	16-220	Eng	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
4	M Muralitharan	10-128	Pak	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000
5	M Muralitharan	13-171	SAF	Galle	20 Jul 2000
6	M Muralitharan	11-161	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2000
7	M Muralitharan	11-196	Ind	Col-SSC	29 Aug 2001
8	M Muralitharan	10-111	Ban	Col-SSC	06 Sep 2001
9	M Muralitharan	11-170	Win	Galle	13 Nov 2001
10	M Muralitharan	10-135	Win	Kandy	21 Nov 2001
11	WPUJC Vaas	14-191	Win	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
12	M Muralitharan	13-115	Zim	Kandy	04 Jan 2002
13	M Muralitharan	10-098	Ban	Col-PSS	21 Jul 2002
14	M Muralitharan	11-093	Eng	Galle	02 Dec 2003
15	M Muralitharan	11-212	Aus	Galle	08 Mar 2004
16	UDU Chandana	10-210	Aus	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
17	M Muralitharan	10-083	Win	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
18	M Muralitharan	10-115	Eng	Birmingham	25 May 2006
19	M Muralitharan	11-132	Eng	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006
20	M Muralitharan	10-172	SAF	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
21	M Muralitharan	12-225	SAF	Col-PSS	04 Aug 2006
22	M Muralitharan	10-118	NZl	Wellington	15 Dec 2006
23	M Muralitharan	12-082	Ban	Kandy	11 Jul 2007
24	M Muralitharan	11-110	Ind	Col-SSC	23 Jul 2008
25	BAW Mendis	10-209	Ind	Galle	31 Jul 2008
26	M Muralitharan	10-190	Ban	Dhaka	26 Dec 2008
27	HMRKB Herath	12-171	Eng	Galle	26 Mar 2012
28	HMRKB Herath	11-108	NZl	Galle	17 Nov 2012
29	HMRKB Herath	12-157	Ban	Col-RPS	16 Mar 2013
30	HMRKB Herath	14-184	Pak	Col-SSC	14 Aug 2014
31	HMRKB Herath	10-147	Win	Galle	14 Oct 2015
32	MDK Perera	10-099	Aus	Galle	04 Aug 2016
33	HMRKB Herath	13-145	Aus	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
34	HMRKB Herath	13-152	Zim	Harare	06 Nov 2016
35	HMRKB Herath	11-249	Zim	Col-RPS	14 Jul 2017
36	HMRKB Herath	11-136	Pak	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017
37	MDK Perera	10-078	SAF	Galle	12 Jul 2018
38	L Embuldeniya	10-210	Eng	Galle	22 Jan 2021
39	P Jayawickrama	11-178	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
40	RTM Mendis	11-136	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021

It also provides the sixth occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing ten or more wickets in a test against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Muralitharan	11-170	Win	Galle	13 Nov 2001
2	M Muralitharan	10-135	Win	Kandy	21 Nov 2001
3	WPUJC Vaas	14-191	Win	Col-SSC	29 Nov 2001
4	M Muralitharan	10-083	Win	Kandy	22 Jul 2005
5	HMRKB Herath	10-147	Win	Galle	14 Oct 2015
6	RTM Mendis	11-136	Win	Galle	29 Nov 2021