India Vs Sri Lanka at Mohali – First Test – Second day

India Vs Sri Lanka at Mohali – First Test – Second day

RR Pant and Jadeja added 104 runs for the sixth wicket and RA Jadeja-R Ashwin posted 130 runs for the seventh wicket in this test to provide the 22nd occasion of batsman posting  three figure partnerships for the consecutive sixth and seventh wickets  in an innings in the annals of  test cricket. It also provides the third such occasion by Indian batsmen.  All the three occasions are tabulated below

NoPartnersWRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1Azharuddin, N Kapil Dev61431PakKolkata11.02.87
 Azharuddin, RMH Binny71011PakKolkata11.02.87
        
2KK Nair, R Ashwin61811EngChennai16,12,16
 KK Nair, RA Jadeja71381EngChennai16,12,16
        
3RR Pant, RA Jadeja61041SrlMohali04.03.22
 RA Jadeja, R Ashwin71301SrlMohali04.03.22

It is interesting to note that RA Jadeja and R Ashwin figure twice in this category of statistics.

RA Jadeja-R Ashwin posted 130 runs for the seventh wicket in this test to provide the 600th occasion of Indian batsman posting three figure partnerships in an innings in the annals of test cricket. India became the third team to post 600 plus three figure partnerships in a test innings. Others are – England {1055} and Australia {927}

RA Jadeja-Mohd Shami posted 103 runs in an unfinished partnership for the ninth wicket in this test to provive the 601st occasion of Indian batsman posting three figure partnerships in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

It also provides the 55th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the ninth wicket in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the fourth occasion batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the ninth wicket against Sri Lanka in the annals of test cricket.

It also provides the ninth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the ninth wicket in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the ninth wicket against Sri Lanka in the annals of test cricket.

NoPartnersWRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1RB Desai, PG Joshi91492PakMum-BS02.12.60
2Prasanna, DN Sardesai91221WinKingston18.02.71
3BS Bedi, Kirmani91051NZlMumbai10.11.76
4Kirmani, NS Yadav91051NZlAuckland13.03.81
5S Madan Lal, RJ Shastri91042EnfDelhi23.12.81
6RMH Binny, Madan Lal91172WinKanpur21.10.83
7Gavaskar, Kirmani9143*2WinChennai24.12.83
8MS Dhoni, B Kumar91402AusChennai22.02.13
9RA Jadeja, Mohd Shami9103*1SrlMohali04.03.22

Indian innings contained three three figure partnerships as furnished below

NoPartnersWRunsIOppGroundStart Date
1RR Pant, RA Jadeja61041SrlMohali04.03.22
2RA Jadeja, R Ashwin71301SrlMohali04.03.22
3RA Jadeja, Mohd Shami9103*1SrlMohali04.03.22

It provides the 172nd occasion of a team posting exact three three figure partnerships in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 16th occasion of a team posting exact three three figure partnerships in an innings against Sri Lanka in the annals of test cricket.

It provides the 24th occasion of India posting exact three three figure partnerships in an innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the fifth occasion of India posting exact three three figure partnerships in an innings against Sri Lanka in the annals of test cricket.

Indian innings contained four fifties – GH Vihari {58}, RR Pant {96}, RA Jadeja {175*} and R Ashwin {61} to provide the 90th occasion of exact four Indian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings. It also provides the twelfth occasion of exact four Indian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against Sri Lanka.

It also provides the second occasion of exact four Indian batsmen scoring fifties in an innings against Sri Lanka at Mohali. NR Mongia {57}, NS Sidhu {131}, Azaruddin {53} and SC Ganguly {109} had scored fifties against Sri Lanka at Mohali in Nov 1997

L Embuldeniya returned with figures of 2 for 188 in this test to provide the 13th occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler conceding 175 plus runs in an innings.

NoPlayerW-RunsIOppGroundStart Date
1M Muralitharan4-1791IndBengaluru26 Jan 1994
2M Muralitharan2-2242AusPerth08 Dec 1995
3UDU Chandana6-1792PakDhaka12 Mar 1999
4M Muralitharan2-1751IndKanpur24 Nov 2009
5HMRKB Herath3-2402IndMum-BS02 Dec 2009
6M Muralitharan4-1952IndMum-BS02 Dec 2009
7S Randiv2-2222IndCol-SSC26 Jul 2010
8S Randiv3-1831WinGalle15 Nov 2010
9MDK Perera3-2022IndNagpur24 Nov 2017
10L Embuldeniya1-1933PakKarachi19 Dec 2019
11L Embuldeniya4-1821ZimHarare27 Jan 2020
12L Embuldeniya3-1762EngGalle14 Jan 2021
13L Embuldeniya2-1881IndMohali04 Mar 2022

L Embuldeniya returned with figures of 2 for 188 in this test to provide the seventh occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler conceding 175 plus runs in an innings against India

NoPlayerW-RunsIOppGroundStart Date
1M Muralitharan4-1791IndBengaluru26 Jan 1994
2M Muralitharan2-1751IndKanpur24 Nov 2009
3HMRKB Herath3-2402IndMum-BS02 Dec 2009
4M Muralitharan4-1952IndMum-BS02 Dec 2009
5S Randiv2-2222IndCol-SSC26 Jul 2010
6MDK Perera3-2022IndNagpur24 Nov 2017
7L Embuldeniya2-1881IndMohali04 Mar 2022

L Embuldeniya returned with figures of 2 for 188 in this test to provide the fourth occasion of his conceding 175 plus runs in an innings. He now shares the record for conceding 175 plus runs on most occasions – four occasions -with M Muralitharan.

NoPlayerW-RunsIOppGroundStart Date
1M Muralitharan4-1791IndBengaluru26 Jan 1994
2M Muralitharan2-2242AusPerth08 Dec 1995
3M Muralitharan2-1751IndKanpur24 Nov 2009
4M Muralitharan4-1952IndMum-BS02 Dec 2009
       
1L Embuldeniya1-1933PakKarachi19 Dec 2019
2L Embuldeniya4-1821ZimHarare27 Jan 2020
3L Embuldeniya3-1762EngGalle14 Jan 2021
4L Embuldeniya2-1881IndMohali04 Mar 2022

MVT Fernando {2-135} and L Embuldeniya {2-188} conceded 100 plus runs in India’s first innings to provide the 46th occasion of two Sri Lankan bowlers conceding 100 plus runs in an innings. It also provides 13th such occasions against India.

India posted a team total of 574 for 8 declared to provide the ninth occasion of India posting a total of 550 plus runs against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamScoreOversIGroundMatch Date
1Ind726/9d163.32Mum-BS02 Dec 2009
2Ind707225.22Col-SSC26 Jul 2010
3Ind676/7167.12Kanpur17 Dec 1986
4Ind642154.01Kanpur24 Nov 2009
5Ind622/9d158.01Col-SSC03 Aug 2017
6Ind610/6d176.12Nagpur24 Nov 2017
7Ind600133.11Galle26 Jul 2017
8Ind574/9d129.21Mohali04 Mar 2022
9Ind566/6d131.02Chennai17 Sep 1982

India posted a team total of 574 for 8 declared to provide the sixth occasion of India posting a total of 550 plus runs against Sri Lanka on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamScoreOversIGroundMatch Date
1Ind726/9d163.32Mum-BS02 Dec 2009
2Ind676/7167.12Kanpur17 Dec 1986
3Ind642154.01Kanpur24 Nov 2009
4Ind610/6d176.12Nagpur24 Nov 2017
5Ind574/9d129.21Mohali04 Mar 2022
6Ind566/6d131.02Chennai17 Sep 1982

RA Jadeja scored 175 not out in this test to provide the 67th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in an innings against Sri Lanka. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring 175 plus runs in an innings against Sri Lanka.

NoPlayerRunsTeamGroundMatch Date
1V Sehwag293IndMum-BS02 Dec 2009
2V Kohli243IndDelhi02 Dec 2017
3V Kohli213IndNagpur24 Nov 2017
4Tendulkar203IndCol-SSC26 Jul 2010
5V Sehwag201*IndGalle31 Jul 2008
6M Azharuddin199IndKanpur17 Dec 1986
7S Dhawan190IndGalle26 Jul 2017
8R Dravid177IndAhm’bad16 Nov 2009
9SM Gavaskar176IndKanpur17 Dec 1986
10RA Jadeja175*IndMohali04 Mar 2022

It also provides the 92nd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring 175 plus runs in a test innings.

RA Jadeja’s 175 not out in this test not only represent his second test century but also his highest individual innings in a test. His previous best score was 100 not out against West Indies at Rajkot in Oct 2018 and was his first test century.

RA Jadeja’s 175 not out in this test places him seventh in the list of batsmen who have scored 175 plus runs while batting at number seven.

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundDate
1Bradman2703AusEngMelbourne01.01.1937
2DS Atkinson2192WinAusBridgetown14.05.1955
3Gilchrist204*1AusSAFJo’burg22.02.2002
4J Ryder201*1AusEngAdelaide16.01.1925
5McCullum1851NZlBanHamilton15.02.2010
6DT Lindsay1823SAFAusJo’burg23.12.1966
7RA Jadeja175*1IndSrlMohali04.03.2022
8Ranjitsinhji1751EngAusSydney13.12.1897
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