03/08Result
2nd Test, India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 3-6 2017
India won by an inns & 53 runs
Player of the Match
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra JadejaIndia
03/08Result
2nd Test, India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Aug 3-6 2017
India won by an inns & 53 runs
Player of the Match
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra JadejaIndia

Best performances - Batsmen

FDM Karunaratne
FDM Karunaratne
141(307) 16x4 - 0x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 46 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
26 10 23 26 16 17 6 17
CA Pujara
133(232) 11x4 - 1x6
Control %93%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 42 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
21 2 16 9 16 5 21 43

Best performances - Bowlers

R Ashwin
R Ashwin
O16.4
M3
R69
W5
Eco4.14
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
RA Jadeja
RA Jadeja
O39
M5
R152
W5
Eco3.89
RHB
OFFLEG
1W2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

  • IND - 1st
  • SL - 1st
  • SL - 2nd

India - 1st - Innings

56
S Dhawan35 (37)
KL Rahul21 (24)
53
CA Pujara17 (65)
KL Rahul36 (58)
24
CA Pujara10 (20)
V Kohli13 (29)
217
CA Pujara106 (147)
AM Rahane104 (173)
63
R Ashwin34 (65)
AM Rahane28 (49)
38
R Ashwin20 (27)
WP Saha18 (39)
45
WP Saha21 (45)
HH Pandya20 (20)
72
RA Jadeja43 (67)
WP Saha28 (50)
30
RA Jadeja11 (8)
Mohammed Shami19 (8)
24*
RA Jadeja16 (10)
UT Yadav8 (9)

Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings

0
WU Tharanga0 (6)
FDM Karunaratne0 (6)
33
FDM Karunaratne25 (39)
BKG Mendis8 (31)
27
LD Chandimal10 (34)
BKG Mendis16 (29)
4
AD Mathews4 (5)
BKG Mendis0 (4)
53
AD Mathews22 (28)
N Dickwella31 (22)
5
N Dickwella1 (4)
DM de Silva0 (1)
28
MDK Perera9 (16)
N Dickwella19 (22)
2
HMRKB Herath2 (5)
MDK Perera0 (0)
19
MDK Perera16 (18)
PM Pushpakumara3 (14)
12
PM Pushpakumara12 (8)
N Pradeep0 (6)

Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings

7
WU Tharanga2 (9)
FDM Karunaratne5 (9)
191
FDM Karunaratne78 (178)
BKG Mendis110 (135)
40
PM Pushpakumara16 (58)
FDM Karunaratne23 (47)
3
FDM Karunaratne1 (3)
LD Chandimal2 (6)
69
AD Mathews31 (61)
FDM Karunaratne34 (70)
5
AD Mathews5 (5)
N Dickwella0 (6)
6
MDK Perera4 (10)
N Dickwella2 (2)
22
N Dickwella5 (20)
DM de Silva17 (17)
41
HMRKB Herath17 (29)
N Dickwella24 (28)
2
HMRKB Herath0 (1)
N Pradeep1 (9)

Match Coverage

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All-rounders' double blast

3

Instances of 2 players from a team with 50+ and 5-for in a Test, including Ashwin & Jadeja this match. Others: Giffen-Trott v Eng 1895 & Bresnan-Broad v Ind 2011.

Karunaratne goes big

2

No. of higher scores for SL when following-on, than Karunaratne's 141. The highest is by Karunaratne himself, when he made 152 in Christchurch in Dec 2014.

Third-innings player

4

No. of centuries for Karunaratne in 3rd inns of Tests in last 3 years. No other batsman has scored more than 2 such 100s in this period.

Counter-attacking stand

142

Previous highest partnership for SL when following-on, by Mathews-Samaraweera in Cape Town 2011-12. Karunaratne-Mendis have added over 150 runs.

Big deficit

439

SL's first-innings deficit in this match, their highest ever in Test history. For India, it's their third-biggest first-innings lead.

Very quick

32

No. of Tests taken by Jadeja to reach 150 wickets, the quickest by any left-arm bowler. Mitchell Johnson was the previous quickest, in 34 Tests.

Big score

2

No. of larger totals by visiting teams in Sri Lanka than India's 622/9 in this match. India had scored 707 at this same venue in 2010 and B'desh 638 in Galle in 2012-13.

Combined effort

2

No. of instances of 6 Ind batsmen scoring 50+ in an away Test, including today. The first time was at The Oval in 2007.

Ashwin's double

0

No. of players to complete 2000+ runs and 250+ wkts in their career in fewer Tests than Ashwin, who has done it in his 51st Test. Hadlee had got there in his 54th.

Love for second Tests

5

No. of centuries for Rahane in the 2nd matches of a Test series, in 17 innings. He has only 4 centuries in 50 innings of other matches of a series.

Three in three

3

No. of centuries for Pujara in as many Tests in Sri Lanka. He had made 145* at SSC in 2015 and 153 in Galle before this century.

Match of milestones

4

No. of India batsmen to aggregate over 4000 runs in first 50 Tests, including Pujara. Gavaskar (4947), Dravid (4135) and Sehwag (4103) are the others.

Left-arm spin trouble

34.25

Kohli's ave against left-arm spin bowlers in Tests this year, getting out 4 times in 10 inns. Before this year, he averaged 170.50 and got out only twice.

Rahul's hot streak

6

No. of consecutive 50+ scores for KL Rahul, including today's knock. Viswanath and Dravid are the only other India batsmen to do so.

Landmark test

50

No. of Tests for Pujara. This is the 50th match of his Test career.