Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test – Statistical Preview

India will be taking on Sri Lanka at the Pallekele with a whitewash at stake in the absence of the No.1 Test all-rounder and No.1 bowler, Ravindra Jadeja in the final Test starting on Saturday. The hosts, who have already lost the services of their key members, would look to avoid another loss and a whitewash too.

We look at key numbers and stats related to the game

0 – Number of times India have recorded a whitewash in a 3 or more match series outside the home. They have registered whitewashed a couple of 2-match series in Bangladesh and Zimbabwe but never won a 3-match series by whitewash away from home.

1 – Number of times Sri Lanka have been whitewashed at home in a 3 or more match Test series. Australia clean swept Sri Lanka in the 3-match series in 2004.

4 – Virat Kohli‘s 4 Test wins as a captain in Sri Lanka are the most for any visiting captain. He went past Ricky Ponting who has three Test wins in SL.

4 – India now an active streak of 4 consecutive Test wins in Sri Lanka which is the 2nd longest winning streak for a visiting team in SL. Between 2002 and 2011, Australia won 5 Tests in a row including a win against Pakistan.

6 –KL Rahul has scored fifties in each of his last 6 innings in Test cricket. If he scores a fifty in his next innings, he will equal the record for of fifty-plus scores in most consecutive Test innings.

8 – India’s 8 wins in Tests played in Sri Lanka are the joint-most for any visiting team. Pakistan also won 8 of 24 Tests they played in Sri Lanka while India have featured in 23 Tests in SL.

18 – India’s 19 Test wins against Sri Lanka are the 2nd most for any team against them. Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka in 19 Tests.

245 – Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 245 wickets in the Tests in Asia. He needs to pick 5 more wickets for becoming the 6th Asian and the 12th player overall to take 250 Test wickets in a continent.