16/11Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Kolkata, Nov 16-20 2017
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar KumarIndia
16/11Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Kolkata, Nov 16-20 2017
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar KumarIndia
, play 02:00
Chopra: India timed declaration nicely

Aakash Chopra is all praise for India's seamers and the side's challenging declaration against Sri Lanka on the final day of the Kolkata Test

, play 01:29
How India's internationals have fared since their last Test

Most of India's Test stars have played domestic first-class cricket in recent weeks, and it's not been smooth sailing for all of them.

, play 01:28
Rangana Herath key as SL seek first win in India

Sri Lanka's hopes rest heavily on the shoulders of the veteran spinner, who has taken 36% of their wickets since January 2016

, play 01:28
Rangana Herath key as SL seek first win in India

Sri Lanka's hopes rest heavily on the shoulders of veteran spinner Rangana Herath, who has taken 36% of their wickets since January 2016

, play 03:01
Over-practice leads to bad habits - Kohli

India captain Virat Kohli talks about workload management and the difficulty of picking two of three openers

, play 00:49
'Compared to first two days, today was easy to bat' - Herath

Rangana Herath played a valuable innings that was frustrating for the Indian bowlers as Sri Lanka took a healthy first-innings lead in Kolkata

, play 02:07
Pitches like Eden a preparation for overseas tours - Rahul

KL Rahul hails India's ability to make a match out of the first Test despite the time lost to bad light and the weather, and reflects on his failure to convert fifties into more substantial knocks

, play 01:07
SL's competitive spirit a huge positive - Pothas

Nic Pothas offers his views on Virat Kohli's 'fantastic innings' that set up the Test match, and hails Sri Lanka's much-improved performance against India in the first Test

, play 01:01
Not fair for us to comment on Dilruwan episode - Bhuvneshwar

India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar talks about bowling on the fast-bowler friendly Kolkata track, but declines to comment on the delayed review taken by Sri Lanka's Dilruwan Perera

, play 02:08
Chopra: SL bowlers looked ordinary on day four

Aakash Chopra looks back on a fruitful day for India as the first Test nears an exciting climax in Kolkata

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Kohli's 50th

0

No. of batsman to score 50 centuries in International cricket in fewer inns than Kohli who got there in his 348th inns. Amla also took 348 inns for the same.

Lakmal's best

0

No. of times Lakmal had picked more than six wickets in a Test, before this in his 39 matches. Rahane's wicket in the second inns was his 7th wicket of the match.

On and on

9

No. of batsmen to bat on all 5 days of a Test, including Pujara this Test. He's the third among India batsman and all have done this at Eden Gardens.

After a long time

2010

Last occasion of India having a century opening stand in their 2nd inns of a Test, which was against SA in Centurion. Rahul and Dhawan have done that in this match.

Seamers 10, spinners 0

3

No. of instances of India fast bowlers picking all 10 wickets in a Test innings at home, including this match. The last such instance was in 1983-84 against West Indies at Ahmedabad and first v Eng, Mumbai, 1981-82.

Rare high for pacers

1986

Last instance of 3 India fast bowlers picking 2 or more wickets in the same innings of a home Test, as did Bhuvneshwar, Umesh and Shami in this game. Overall, this is only the 4th such occasion for India at home.

Sri Lanka leading

2010

Last time Sri Lanka gained first innings lead against India, before this match, which was in Galle. Since then India had got the lead in 8 Tests.

Ends a drought

12.09

Thirimanne's average in his last 11 Test innings, with highest of 22. He has scored a fifty in this match.

Second-lowest

1

No. of lower totals for India against Sri Lanka at home, than the 172 in this Test. The lowest is 167 in Chennai in 2005.

Mr. Consistent

13

Cheteshwar Pujara has made at least one 50+ score in 13 of the 17 Tests since the start of 2016-17 season.

Something rare

2010

Last instance of India losing first 5 wkts for 50 or fewer runs in a Test inns at home, before this match. That had happened against NZ at Ahmedabad. Overall, its the 17th instance at home and 5th in about last 30 years.

Dots, dots, dots

46

No. of deliveries bowled by Suranga Lakmal before conceding his first run in this innings - the most by any bowler since 2001. Previous: 40 balls by Jerome Taylor v Aus, Jamaica, 2015.

In & Out

6

No. of India batsmen to get out on the first ball of a Test, including KL Rahul in this game. The last was Wasim Jaffer in 2007 v Bangladesh. Rahul had scored 7 successive fifties before this.

No joy yet

0-10

Sri Lanka's win-loss record in Tests in India, in 17 previous outings. 8 of the 10 defeats have been by margin of an innings and they are yet to win a Test in India.