Statistical highlights – Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd Test

Statistical highlights – Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd Test: India did not make any mistake like in first test as they trashed the hosts in the 2nd test match by 278 runs. This match was also marked as Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara’s final international game. Here we look at all the stats recorded in the test match.

Statistical highlights – Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd Test:

399 – Number of days since India won a test match. First time in last 10 years, India took more than a year between 2 test victories. Last time India took more than a year between 2 test wins was in 2002-2003 when they failed to win a test in spare of 421 days.

2010 – Last time India won a test match after losing the first match of an away series was in December, 2010 where they defeated South Africa.

278 – The margin by which Sri Lanka lost the match. This is their highest losing margin since 2000 when they lost to Pakistan by an innings and 163 runs at Galle.

134 – 134 is Sri Lanka’s lowest score against India at home. Previous lowest score against India at home was 136 at Galle in 2008.

1 – This is the first test win as captain for Virat Kohli.

12 – Number of 5-wicket hauls Ravi Ashwin has taken in Test Cricket. Only 5 Indians managed to pick more 5-wicket hauls than Ashwin.

27 – Matches taken by Ravi Ashwin to pick 12 five-wicket hauls. Only 5 other bowlers managed to pick more 5-wicket hauls in Test cricket at end of their 27th Test match.

17 – Wickets taken by Ravi Ashwin in this series, the most by an Indian bowler in a test series in Sri Lanka. 17 wickets is also a record for an Indian spinner in a 3-match Test series outside home.

7/72 – Match figures of Amit Mishra in the test. These are his best figures in a test match. Only the 2nd time after his debut test vs Australia in 2008 he picked up 7 wickets in a test.

57.4 – The average at which Kumar Sangakkara retires from Test Cricket.

16 – Years since an Indian No.3 scored a century in Sri Lanka in Tests. Last was Rahul Dravid who scored 107 at Kandy in 1999.

29 – Innings since an India’s No.3 batsman scored a century in Tests. Last was C Pujara in Dec, 2013 at Johannesburg.

5.75 – The average of Kumar Sangakkara in Test Cricket against Ravinchandran Ashwin. Ashwin got Sangakkara in all 4 innings and the legendary batsman managing to score just 23 innings against the off spinner.

113 – Runs scored by Rohit Sharma in this test. First time he managed to score 100 in a Test after his consecutive centuries at home.

2 – KL Rahul became only the 2nd Indian to score 2 away centuries in his 1st 5 away innings as opener. Rahul Dravid was the 1st Indian to do so.