India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test Day 3 Stats Review: India’s winning streak, Ravi Ashwin’s feat, and other stats

Team India won their 11^th consecutive match across formats as they defeated Sri Lanka on the third day of the second Day/Night Test match in Bangalore. For the visitors, captain Dimuth Karunaratne smashed a century and Kusal Mendis half-century but it wasn’t enough as Rohit Sharma and company and company beat the Lankan Lions by a mammoth 238 runs margin to clean sweep the Test series 2-0 after already clinching the T20I series 3-0.

Earlier in the day, apart from Karunaratne and Mendis, no Sri Lankan batter really looked like scoring runs as experienced middle-order batter Angelo Mathews scored just one run and fell to Ravindra Jadeja for the eighth time in his Test career. Dhananjaya de Silva and wicketkeeper batter Niroshan Dickwella scored four and 12 runs respectively. Skipper Karunaratne batted with resistance and refused to give up as he scored 107 runs. But soon after Jasprit Bumrah got him out bowled, victory looked inevitable for India on the third day of the match itself.

Ravi Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah then dismissed the tail-enders quickly to wrap up the Test match in the second session of the third day. Both the bowlers snared three and four wickets respectively to complete the demolition of the tourists. For his twin half-centuries in the match, Shreyas Iyer was adjudged with the Player of the Match award and Rishabh Pant was declared the Player of the series for his 185 runs in two Test matches. India won their fourth straight series across formats clean sweeping the opponents West Indies and Sri Lanka. India also won their 15^th consecutive Test series at home.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from India vs Sri Lanka, 2^nd Test Day 3:

442 – Ravi Ashwin surpassed Dale Steyn (439) and is now the eighth-highest wicket-taker in Tests.

18 – Ravi Ashwin has taken the most wickets (18) for India in Day/Night Tests. Axar Patel is second behind him with 14 scalps.

8 – Angelo Mathews got out to Ravindra Jadeja for the eighth time in Test matches, the most any bowler has dismissed him. Tim Southee has got the better of Mathews seven times in Tests.

107 – Dimuth Karunaratne registered his highest Test score against India in India. His previous best was 51 in Nagpur in 2017.

11 – India won their 11^th consecutive match across formats.

100 – Ravi Ashwin has now taken 100 wickets in the World Test Championship (WTC) and is the first bowler to reach the milestone.

14 – Dimuth Karunaratne has now 14 hundred in Tests. He is joint-fifth with Sanath Jayasuriya and Thilan Samaraweera for scoring as many tons for Sri Lanka.

0 – Sri Lanka has played 22 Tests in India and never won a single Test. They have lost 13 matches and drew nine games.

8 – Jadeja dismissed Mathews for the eighth time in Tests, the most he has got rid of any batter. Jadeja has got Moeen Ali and Alastair Cook out seven times in Test cricket.

107 – Karunaratne registered the second-highest Test score by a visiting captain against India in India since 2018. Joe Root tops the chart for scoring 218 in 2021.

3 – Sri Lanka’s batting average of 15.60 was their third-lowest in a Test series. They had an average of 15.12 against New Zealand in 1982/83 (two Tests) and 12.10 against India in 1990/91 (one Test).

4 – India won their fourth consecutive series across formats clean sweeping the opponents West Indies and Sri Lanka.

15 – Team India won their 15^th consecutive Test series in India. The last time they got beaten in a home Test series was against England in the year 2012.

3 – With six centuries, Karunaratne is now joint-third with Angelo Mathews (six) for most tons as a Sri Lankan skipper. Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara are first and second for 14 and seven tons respectively.

3 – India scripted their third win in Day/Night matches out of the four games played.

661 – Karunaratne completed 650 fours across formats.