V Kohli has an aggregate of 2887 runs while leading India in tests prior to the start of the Delhi test against Sri Lanka.  He needed 124 more runs for his 3000 runs. He scored 156 not out at the end of the first day which fetched him 3033 runs. He became the third Indian captain to score 3000 plus runs. Others are MS Dhoni {3454} and SM Gavaskar {3449}.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	MS Dhoni	60	96	11	3454	224	40.63	5	24	8
2	SM Gavaskar	47	74	6	3449	205	50.72	11	14	2
3	V Kohli	32	50	5	3033	235	67.40	13	4	2

The ongoing test series between India  and Sri Lanka has witnessed two occasions of Indian batsmen posting two 200 plus runs partnerships – 209  runs between M Vijay and CA Pujara for the second wicket at Nagpur and 283 runs partnership between M Vijay and V Kohli  at Delhi – to provide the 16^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting two or  more  200 plus runs partnerships in a series. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	VS Hazare, VL Manjrekar	4	222	1	Eng	Leeds	05 Jun 1952
	2	VS Hazare, MH Mankad	3	211	3	Eng	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
2	1	VL Manjrekar, PR Umrigar	3	238	1	NZl	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
	2	MH Mankad, P Roy	1	413	1	NZl	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
3	1	DB Vengsarkar, GR Viswanath	3	210	3	Eng	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
	2	CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar	1	213	4	Eng	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
4	1	SMH Kirmani, RJ Shastri	7	235	2	Eng	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
	2	M Azharuddin, RJ Shastri	5	214	1	Eng	Kolkata	31 Dec 1984
5	1	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	3	229	3	NZl	Mohali	10 Oct 1999
	2	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	4	281	1	NZl	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999
6	1	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	3	213	2	Zim	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
	2	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	3	249	1	Zim	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
7	1	SB Bangar, V Sehwag	1	201	1	Win	Mumbai	09 Oct 2002
	2	VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar	5	214	3	Win	Kolkata	30 Oct 2002
8	1	R Dravid, VVS Laxman	5	303	2	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
	2	VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar	4	353	1	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
9	1	R Dravid, V Sehwag	1	410	2	Pak	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
	2	MS Dhoni, IK Pathan	6	210	2	Pak	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
10	1	W Jaffer, V Sehwag	1	213	2	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
	2	R Dravid, V Sehwag	2	268	2	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
11	1	MS Dhoni, R Dravid	6	224	1	Srl	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
	2	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	233	1	Srl	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
	3	V Sehwag, M Vijay	1	221	2	Srl	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
	4	R Dravid, V Sehwag	2	237	2	Srl	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
12	1	V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar	3	249	2	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
	2	MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman	7	259*	2	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
13	1	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	370	2	Aus	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
	2	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	289	2	Aus	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
14	1	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	209	2	Eng	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
	2	V Kohli, CA Pujara	3	226	1	Eng	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
	3	V Kohli, J Yadav	8	241	2	Eng	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
15	1	S Dhawan, CA Pujara	2	253	1	Srl	Galle	26 Jul 2017
	2	CA Pujara, AM Rahane	4	217	1	Srl	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
16	1	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	209	2	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
	2	V Kohli, M Vijay	3	283	1	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017

 

India posted 283 runs for the third wicket between M Vijay and V Kohli in the ongoing third test at Delhi against Sri Lanka to provide the 14^th occasion of India posting a 200 plus runs partnership against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	M Azharuddin, N Kapil Dev	6	272	2	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
2	M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar	4	221	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
3	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	4	256	1	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai	03 Dec 1997
4	R Dravid, S Ramesh	2	232	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	24 Feb 1999
5	MS Dhoni, R Dravid	6	224	1	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
6	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	233	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
7	V Sehwag, M Vijay	1	221	2	v Sri Lanka	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
8	R Dravid, V Sehwag	2	237	2	v Sri Lanka	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
9	SK Raina, SR Tendulkar	5	256	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
10	S Dhawan, V Kohli	3	227	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
11	S Dhawan, CA Pujara	2	253	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
12	CA Pujara, AM Rahane	4	217	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
13	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	209	2	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
14	V Kohli, M Vijay	3	283	1	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02 Dec 2017

This partnership represents the second 200 plus runs partnership for third wicket by Indian batsmen against Sri Lanka and also represents the highest partnership for the third wicket. The previous best was the 227 runs partnership between S  Dhawan and V Kohli at Galle in August 2015

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli, M Vijay	3	283	1	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
2	S Dhawan, V Kohli	3	227	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015

India had posted 61 three figure partnerships for various wickets against Sri Lanka prior to the start of the Delhi test.  One more such partnership would give India 62 three figure partnerships for various wickets. India posted 283 runs for the third wicket between M Vijay and V Kohli in the ongoing Delhi test which fetched India its 62^nd three figure partnership against Sri Lanka. India now shares the record for posting most three figure partnerships against Sri Lanka with Pakistan. Pakistan has posted 62 three figure partnerships for various wickets against Sri Lanka.

V Kohli had scored four centuries against Sri Lanka prior to the start of the Delhi test against Sri Lanka. His 156 not out in the Delhi test fetched him his fifth century. He become the fourth Indian batsman to score five or more centuries against Sri Lanka. Others are – SR Tendulkar {09}, M Azharuddin {05} and V Sehwag {05}. The following table lists the centuries scored by these four batsmen. {Stats as of 02.12.17 at the end of the first day of the third test between India and Sri Lanka at Delhi}

SR TENDULKAR
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	104*	4	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
2	142	4	1	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994
3	143	4	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
4	139	4	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	09 Aug 1997
5	148	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai	03 Dec 1997
6	124*	4	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	24 Feb 1999
7	109	4	1	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
8	100*	5	3	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
9	203	4	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
M AZARUDDIN
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	199	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
2	108	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	26 Jan 1994
3	152	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	08 Feb 1994
4	126	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
4	108*	5	4	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	09 Aug 1997
V SEHWAG
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	201*	2	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
2	131	2	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
3	293	2	2	v Sri Lanka	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
4	109	2	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Jul 2010
5	109	2	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	03 Aug 2010
V KOHLI
No	Runs	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	103	4	2	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
2	103*	4	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
3	104*	4	3	v Sri Lanka	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017
4	213	4	2	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
5	156*	4	1	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02 Dec 2017

V Kohli had scored 19 centuries in his career prior to the start of the Delhi test against Sri Lanka. His 156 not out in the Delhi test fetched him his 20^th century. He became the sixth Indian batsman to score 20 or more centuries. Others are – SR Tendulkar {51}, R Dravid {36}, SM Gavaskar {34}, V Sehwag {23} and M Azharuddin {22}. He would also become the 44^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 20 or more centuries. The following table lists the Indian batsmen who have scored 20 plus centuries .

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	SR Tendulkar	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68	14
2	R Dravid	163	284	32	13265	270	52.63	36	63	07
3	SM Gavaskar	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12
4	V Sehwag	103	178	06	08503	319	49.43	23	31	16
5	M Azharuddin	099	147	09	06215	199	45.03	22	21	05
6	V Kohli	063	105	09	05131	235	53.44	20	14	06

V Kohli had an aggregate of 4975 runs prior to the start of this test. He neede 25 more runs for his 5000 runs. If He scored 156 not out at the end of the first day of the Delhi test which fetched him an aggregate of 5131 runs. He become the eleventh Indian batsman to score 5000 plus test runs. Others are – SR Tendulkar {15921}, R Dravid {13265}, SM Gavaskar {10122}, VVS Laxman {8781}, V Sehwag {8503}, SC Ganguly {7212}, DB Vengsarkar {6868}, M Azharuddin {6215}, GR Viswanath {6080} and N Kapil Dev {5248}. He would also become the 94^th batsman in the history of test cricket to score 5000 plus runs. The following table lists all the eleven batsmen with their performance

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	SR Tendulkar	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68	14
2	R Dravid	163	284	32	13265	270	52.63	36	63	07
3	SM Gavaskar	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12
4	VVS Laxman	134	225	34	08781	281	45.97	17	56	14
5	V Sehwag	103	178	06	08503	319	49.43	23	31	16
6	SC Ganguly	113	188	17	07212	239	42.17	16	35	13
7	DB Vengsarkar	116	185	22	06868	166	42.13	17	35	15
8	M Azharuddin	099	147	09	06215	199	45.03	22	21	05
9	GR Viswanath	091	155	10	06080	222	41.93	14	35	10
10	N Kapil Dev	131	184	15	05248	163	31.05	08	27	16
11	V Kohli	063	105	09	05131	235	53.44	20	14	06

SW Ambris of West Indies joined the select band of batsman who have been dismissed hit  wicket on their test debut. He was dismissed hit wicket for a duck against New Zealand in the ongoing test at Wellington. He became the eleventh batsman to be dismissed for a duck on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	NV Lindsay	06	2	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
2	RT Spooner	11	1	Eng	Ind	Delhi	02 Nov 1951
3	GR Thoms	28	3	Aus	Win	Sydney	25 Jan 1952
4	BK Kunderan	02	3	Ind	Aus	Mumbai (BS)	01 Jan 1960
5	DN Sardesai	28	1	Ind	En	Kanpur	01 Dec 1961
6	Abdul Kadir	26	3	Pak	Aus	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
7	S Madan Lal	07	4	Ind	Eng	Manchester	06 Jun 1974
8	HS Chang	02	3	Win	Ind	Chennai	12 Jan 1979
9	IDK Salisbury	04	1	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	18 Jun 1992
10	CS Baugh	19	2	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
11	SW Ambris	00	1	Win	NZl	Wellington	01 Dec 2017

He became the third West Indies batsman to be dismissed hit wicket on test debut after HS Chang and CS Baugh. He is the only batsman in the list to score a duck. It is also interesting to note that he became the first batsman in the annals of test cricket to be dismissed hit wicket for a first ball duck on test debut

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	HS Chang	02	3	Win	Ind	Chennai	12 Jan 1979
2	CS Baugh	19	2	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003
3	SW Ambris	00	1	Win	NZl	Wellington	01 Dec 2017

 

Australia and India posted the milestone partnerships at Brisbane and India respectively which none of the statisticians noticed across the globe and I also noticed a bit late.  Australia posted its 500^th three figure partnership at home while India posted its 300^th three figure partnership at home.  However I chose to post this prior to the start of the two team’s next test which starts today. Australia take on England at Adelaide today – a day night test – starting from 9.00 AM IST and India clash with Sri Lanka at Delhi which starts at 9.00 AM. This article is posted at 8.25 AM prior to the start time of these two tests.

DA Warner and CT Bancroft added 173 runs in an unfinished partnership for the first wicket against England at Brisbane provided the  500^th three figure partnership at home for Australia

M Vijay and CA Pujara’s 209 runs partnership for the second wicket against Sri Lanka at Nagpur provided the 300^th three figure partnership for India

Australia became the second team in the annals of test cricket to post 500 plus three figure partnerships at home after England.  England has posted 541 three figure partnerships at home. India became the third team in the history of test cricket to post 300 plus three figure partnerships at home. India posted two more three figure partnerships at Nagpur and at the end of the test it had posted a total of 302 three figure partnerships

The following are the progressive milestones of the three figure partnerships of these two teams at home in terms of 100 partnerships

Australian batsmen
No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
001st	G Giffen, TP Horan	5	107	2	Eng	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
100th	DG Bradman, AL Hassett	3	169	1	Ind	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
200th	IC Davis, RB McCosker	2	176	3	Pak	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
300th	MG Bevan, DC Boon	4	112	3	Eng	Melbourne	24 Dec 1994
400th	JL Langer, RT Ponting	2	111	1	SAF	Perth	16 Dec 2005
500th	CT Bancroft, DA Warner	1	173*	4	Eng	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017
Indian batsmen
No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
001st	L Amarnath, CK Nayudu	3	186	3	Eng	Mumbai	15 Dec 1933
100th	SM Gavaskar, DB Vengsarkar	2	173	2	Srl	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
200th	VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar	4	112	2	NZl	Mohali	16 Oct 2003
300th	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	209	2	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
301st	V Kohli, CA Pujara	3	183	2	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
302nd	V Kohli, RG Sharma	5	173	2	Srl	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017

 

V Kohli has an aggregate of 2887 runs while leading India in tests. He needs 124 more runs for his 3000 runs. If he  scores them, then he would become the third Indian captain to score 3000 plus runs. Others are MS Dhoni {3454} and SM Gavaskar {3449}.

V Kohli has led India in eight tests against Sri Lanka prior to the start of this test. Delhi test will be his ninth. He would own the record for most caps by an Indian captain against Sri Lanka. He would be going past  M Azharuddin who has led India in eight tests against Sri Lanka.

V Kohli has led in eight tests against Sri Lanka prior to the start of this test.  Delh test will be his eighth test. He would then become the third captain to lead a team in nine or most tests against Sri Lanka. Others are – Misbah-ul-Huq {13} and SP Fleming {11}

WP Saha has effected 17 dismissals against Sri Lanka prior to the start of this test. He needs one more dismissal for 18 dismissals. If he affects them, then he would become the third Indian wicket keeper to effect 18 or more dismissals against Sri Lanka. Others are – MS Dhoni {22} and NR Mongia {18}

WP Saha has pouched 14 dismissals against Sri Lanka prior to the start of this test. He needs to take one more catch for 15 catches. If he takes it then he would become the second Indian wicket keeper to pouch 15 or more dismissals against Sri Lanka. MS Dhoni has pouched 21 catches against Sri Lanka.

India has posted 61 three figure partnerships for various wickets against Sri Lanka. One more such partnership would give India 62 three figure partnerships for various wickets. If India posts one more three figure partnerships, it would share the record for posting most three figure partnerships against Sri Lanka with Pakistan. Pakistan posted 62 three figure partnerships for various wickets against Sri Lanka.

India has posted 61 three figure partnerships for various wickets against Sri Lanka. Two more such partnership would give India 63 three figure partnerships for various wickets. If India posts two more three figure partnerships, it would own the record for posting most three figure partnerships against Sri Lanka. India would go part Pakistan which  has posted 62 three figure partnerships for various wickets against Sri Lanka.

AD Mathews has scored 4802 runs prior to the start of this test. He needs 198 more runs for his 5000 runs. If he scores them, then he would become the ninth Sri Lankan batsman to score 5000 plus test runs. The following table lists the Sri Lankan batsmen who have scored 5000 plus runs

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	KC Sangakkara	2000-2015	134	233	17	12400	319	57.40	38	52	11
2	DPMD Jayawardene	1997-2014	149	252	15	11814	374	49.84	34	50	15
3	ST Jayasuriya	1991-2007	110	188	14	06973	340	40.07	14	31	15
4	PA de Silva	1984-2002	093	159	11	06361	267	42.97	20	22	07
5	MS Atapattu	1990-2007	090	156	15	05502	249	39.02	16	17	22
6	TM Dilshan	1999-2013	087	145	11	05492	193	40.98	16	23	14
7	TT Samaraweera	2001-2013	081	132	20	05462	231	48.76	14	30	11
8	A Ranatunga	1982-2000	093	155	12	05105	135*	35.69	04	38	12

CA Pujara and V Kohli have scored four centuries against Sri Lanka prior to the start of this test. One more century for these two batsman would fetch them their fifth century. If they get it, then they would become the fourth qnd fifth and Indian batsman to score five or more centuries against Sri Lanka. Others are – SR Tendulkar {09}, M Azharuddin {05} and V Sehwag {05}

V Kohli has scored 19 centuries in his career. One more century would fetch him his 20^th century. If he scores them, then he would become the sixth Indian batsman to score 20 or more centuries. Others are – SR Tendulkar {51}, R Dravid {36}, SM Gavaskar {34}, V Sehwag {23} and M Azharuddin {22}. He would also  become the 44^th batsman  in the annals of test cricket to score 20 or more centuries.

V Kohli has an aggregate of 4975 runs prior to the start of this test. He needs 25 more runs for his 5000 runs. If he scores them, he would then become the eleventh Indian batsman to score 5000 plus test runs. Others are – SR Tendulkar {15921}, R Dravid {13265}, SM Gavaskar {10122}, VVS Laxman {8781}, V Sehwag {8503}, SC Ganguly {7212}, DB Vengsarkar {6868}, M Azharuddin {6215}, GR Viswanath {6080} and N Kapil Dev {5248}. He would also become the 94^th batsman in the history of test cricket to score 5000 plus runs.

UT Yadav has an aggregate of 99 wickets prior to the start of this test. He needs one more wicket for his 100 wickets. If he gets it, he would then become the 21^st Indian bowler to capture 100 plus wickets. He would also become the seventh Indian pace bowler to capture  100 plus test wickets. Others are – N Kapil Dev {434}, Zaheer Khan {311}, J Srinath {236}, I Sharma {223}, KD Ghavri {109} and IK Pathan {100}

UT Yadav has an aggregate of 99 wickets prior to the start of this test. He needs one more wicket for his 100 wickets. If he gets it, he would then become the 181^st bowler to capture 100 plus wickets in the annals of test cricket.  He would also become the 109^th pace bowler to capture 100 plus test wickets in the history of test cricket.