IND vs SL, 2nd Test, Stats Review: India’s winning streak and other stats
Team India won their 11th consecutive match across formats as they defeated Sri Lanka on the third day of the second Day/Night Test match in Bangalore. For the visitors, captain Dimuth Karunaratne smashed a century and Kusal Mendis half-century but it wasn’t enough as Rohit Sharma and company and company beat the Lankan Lions by a mammoth 238 runs margin to clean sweep the Test series 2-0 after already clinching the T20I series 3-0.
Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test Day 3:
442 – R Ashwin surpassed Dale Steyn (439) and is now the eighth-highest wicket-taker in Tests.
18 – R Ashwin has taken the most wickets (18) for India in Day/Night Tests. Axar Patel is second behind him with 14 scalps.
107 – Dimuth Karunaratne registered his highest Test score against India in India. His previous best was 51 in Nagpur in 2017.
11 – India won their 11th consecutive match across formats.
14 – Dimuth Karunaratne has now 14 hundred in Tests. He is joint-fifth with Sanath Jayasuriya and Thilan Samaraweera for scoring as many tons for Sri Lanka.
0 – Sri Lanka has played 22 Tests in India and never won a single Test. They have lost 13 matches and drew nine games.
107 – Karunaratne registered the second-highest Test score by a visiting captain against India in India since 2018. Joe Root tops the chart for scoring 218 in 2021.
4 – India won their fourth consecutive series across formats clean sweeping the opponents West Indies and Sri Lanka.
15 – Team India won their 15th consecutive Test series in India. The last time they got beaten in a home Test series was against England in the year 2012.
3 – With six centuries, Karunaratne is now joint-third with Angelo Mathews (six) for most tons as a Sri Lankan skipper. Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara are first and second for 14 and seven tons respectively.
3 – India scripted their third win in Day/Night matches out of the four games played.
