India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test Day 3 Stats Review: Ravindra Jadeja’s stellar feat, R Ashwin’s new record, and other stats

Ravindra Jadeja single-handedly destroyed Sri Lanka in the first Test match in Mohali to script a massive win for India by an innings and 222 runs. Continuing from his batting form, Jadeja took five wickets for 41 runs in the first innings and fours scalps for 46 runs in the second to demolish the Lankan Lions. He became the third Indian after Vinoo Mankad and Polly Umrigar to score over 150 runs and snare five wickets in the same Test match.

Speaking of Sri Lanka’s first innings, Pathum Nissanka remained unbeaten on 61 runs as Jadeja and Ashwin took seven wickets in between them to bundle out the visitors for just 174 runs. Skipper Rohit Sharma then decided to enforce the follow-on as the tourists came out to bat again. R Ashwin dismissed Lahiru Thirimanne again for the second time in the match, seventh overall, with first-innings half-centurion Nissanka scoring only six runs. Mohammed Shami got captain Dimuth Karunaratne out for 27 runs.

Niroshan Dickwella scored an unbeaten half-century but India’s spin duo of Ashwin and Jadeja snared four wickets each to dismiss the Island nation for another low score of just 178 runs. Both Indian spinners shared 15 scalps in total in the match as the Lankans were a no match for the strong Indian team. Jadeja finished the game, which he will remember for a long long time, with 175 not out in the first innings and match figures of 9/87. Unsurprisingly, Jadeja was declared the Player of the Match for his heroic and all-round performance in the game.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test Day 3:

 2 – R Ashwin surpassed Kapil Dev’s tally of 434 wickets and is now the second-highest wicket-taker for India in Tests with 436 scalps.

436 – With 436 wickets, Ashwin entered the top ten list of all-time wicket-takers in Test history and is now ninth in the chart.

4 – Ravindra Jadeja became the fourth Indian player to score a century and pick five wickets in the same Test. Vinoo Mankad achieved the feat against England in 1952 and Polly Umrigar against West Indies in 1962. R Ashwin has scripted the milestone thrice.

7 – Ashwin got Thirimanne out for the seventh time in Tests. He has dismissed James Anderson and Ed Cowan a same number of times. He has got rid of Stokes 11, Warner 10, and Cook nine times.

3 – Jadeja also became the third Indian after Mankad and Umrigar to score over 150 runs and take five wickets in the same Test match.

304 – Ashwin became the first Indian bowler to pick 300 Test scalps in a winning cause.

1 – Jadeja became the first player to score 150 plus runs and pick nine wickets in the Test match.

12 – 12th Test victory for India against Sri Lanka in India. India has played 21 matches with the Lankan Lions at home and never lost a single game. Nine matches ended up in a draw.

3 – Jadeja has now won all three POTM awards in India’s last three matches in Mohali.

3 – Sri Lanka suffered their third-biggest innings defeat by 222 runs. They lost by an innings and 239 runs against India in 2017 and by 229 runs against South Africa in 2001.

2 – Rohit Sharma became the second Indian skipper after Polly Umrigar to win his first Test as a captain by an innings. Umrigar led India to a win by an innings and 27 runs against NZ in 1955/56 series.

4 – Ashwin (436) also went past Rangana Herath (433) and is now the spinner with fourth-most scalps in Tests.

7 – Lahiru Thirimanne got dismissed by R Ashwin for the seventh time in the Tests. Only James Anderson has dismissed the southpaw more often (8).

16 – 16 wickets were lost by Sri Lanka in today’s play. They also lost 16 wickets in a single day against South Africa in 2007