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
, play 01:00
Mahroof: Deserving break for debutant Pushpakumara

Left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara was given his first Test cap for Sri Lanka after 99 first-class matches and 558 wickets

, play 01:50
Dasgupta: Despite loss, this Test should give SL hope and confidence

Deep Dasgupta looks back at Sri Lanka's performance in the second Test in Colombo

, play 01:32
Dasgupta: India now have an established XI

Deep Dasgupta believes India's home season in 2016-17 has helped them identify and groom the right players for the balance they need as a team to win Test matches

, play 01:02
Dasgupta: Kusal Mendis was very clear about his innings in his mind

Deep Dasgupta analyses Kusal Mendis' scoring areas in the second innings and talks about how he countered the Indian spinners

, play 01:27
Dasgupta: Hardik should have been brought on earlier

Deep Dasgupta believes Hardik Pandya, who dismissed centurion Kusal Mendis, should have been brought into the attack around the 35th over

, play 01:18
Dasgupta: Mendis, Karunaratne showed confidence with their footwork

Deep Dasgupta analyses the second session of play that was highlighted by a strong partnership between Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis

, play 02:53
Maharoof: None of the batsmen put a price on their wicket

Deep Dasgupta and Farveez Maharoof try to figure out what went wrong for Sri Lanka with the bat in the second Test at the SSC

, play 02:09
Dasgupta: SL batsmen must show intent against Jadeja and Ashwin

Deep Dasgupta and Farveez Maharoof dissect Sri Lanka's strategic inadequacies that put the hosts on the back foot after the end of the second day of the Colombo Test

, play 03:06
'India outplayed us in the first innings' - Chandimal

Sri Lanka captain rues the side's batting collapse and the injury to allrounder Asela Gunaratne

, play 03:15
'I don't think we did too much wrong' - Ashwin

R Ashwin says India's bowlers did trouble Sri Lanka's batsmen after enforcing the follow-on, but Kusal Mendis and Dimuth Karunaratne batted really well, complementing each other's styles

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.