Sri Lanka vs India Test Series, 2015 - Statistical Highlights

Sri Lanka vs India Test Series, 2015 – Statistical Highlights: India ended their wait of a Test series win in Sri Lanka and an away Test series victory when they defeated the hosts Sri Lanka by 117 runs in the 3rd Test to wrap up the series 2-1. Here we look at the all possible stats recorded during the 3rd test and during the series.

Sri Lanka vs India Test Series, 2015 – Statistical Highlights:

1993 – Last time India last won a test series on Sri Lankan soil. It was the only other time Inda won a test series in Sri Lanka.

2011 – Last time India won an away test series was in 2011 against West Indies in West Indies.

2013 – Last time India last won a test series. The current test series is also the first test series that India won after Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement. Interestingly, the win in 3rd test was only the 3 win since Sachin’s retirement.

2 – Number of series’ Sri Lanka has lost in this year at home. First time since 1993, they have lost more than 1 series at home in a calendar year.

3 – Number of times India won a Test series after losing the first match of that series. Last time was against Australia during 2001 home series.

0 – Number of away series’ India won after losing the first match of the series before the current series against Sri Lanka.

5 – Number of times India won 2 or more matches in an away series. Last time was against Pakistan in Pakistan in 2004.

15 – Highest opening stand in this series is 15. This is the first test series without an opening stand that haven’t crossed 20 (Min 11 innings). Earlier lowest top opening stand in a 3-match test series is 22 during 1999 India-Australia test series in Australia.

5.91 – Average for opening stand in this series in 5.91. This is worst average for opening stand in a test series containing more 3 or more matches.

4 – Number of Man of the series awards Ravi Ashwin has won in his test career. Only Sachin and Sehwag among Indians have more series awards than Ashwin with 5 Man of the series awards.

16 – Number of players India had fielded in this test series. This is first time since 2001 when India used 16 or more players in a 3-match test series.

24.31 – India’s bowling average in this test series. This is the 2nd time a team averaged less than 25 in an away test series (min 5 bowling inns) since Jan, 2005. Interestingly, India was the team on both the occasions.

10 – Number of catches Ajinkya Rahane had taken in this series. This is only the 14th time a non-wicket keeper taken 10 or more catches in a 3-match Test series. Mohammad Azharuddin is only Indian before Rahane who had taken 10 or more catches in a 3- match test series.

37 – Wickets picked up Indian spinners in the series. Jointly, the most wickets picked up Indian spinners in a 3-match away Test series. Other instance where Indian spinners picked up 37 wickets in a 3-match away test series was in 1971 against England.

60 – Wickets taken by Indian bowlers in this series. This is only the 2nd time Indian bowlers picked up all the 60 wickets in a 3-match test series (Doesn’t include runouts or any other dismissal forms which occur without bowler). Last instance was against New Zealand during 1988-89 home series.

11 – Number of times a team’s bowlers picked up all 60 wickets in a 3-match test series (Doesn’t include runouts or any other dismissal forms which occur without bowler). 4 out of those 11 instances are by Australia.

21 – Wickets taken by Ravi Ashwin in this series. He became the first Indian spinner to pick up 20 or more wickets in a 3-match away test series. The most wickets picked up by an Indian bowler in a 3-match away test series was Ishant Sharma, who picked up 22 wickets during 2011 West Indies series.

150 runs, 15 wickets – Amit Mishra became the first Indian to score more than 150 runs and pick up 15 or more wickets in a 3-match test series. Mishra, who scored 157 runs and picked up 15 wickets in this series, is now the 12th player in overall to score 150 runs and score 15 or more wickets in a 3-match test series.

8 – Virat Kohli was India’s top scorer with 234 runs in this series. This is the 8th instance when an Indian captain ended as top run-scorer in a victorious test series (3 or more matches in the test series). Last time when an Indian captain was top scorer for India in a won test series was in 2006 by Rahul Dravid against West Indies in West Indies.

118 – Total wickets picked up by bowlers in this series (Excluding runouts and other dismissal forms which occur without bowlers). Jointly the most wickets picked up by bowlers in a 3-match series. Only 2 other instances before this series were recorded during 3-match test series.