India Tour Of Sri Lanka 2017: Statistical Review – Day 3, Third Test
Aug 14, 2017 at 4:17 PM
India won the third and final Test of the series against Sri Lanka at Pallekele on the day 3 of that Test match.
Sri Lanka began the day 3 on their overnight score 19/1 (second innings). Sri Lanka only managed to score 181 runs before getting all-out.
India won this Test match by an innings and 171 runs. With this victory, India won this three-match Test series by 3-0 margin.
Brief Scores: India – 487 (Shikhar Dhawan 119, Hardik Pandya 108, Lakshan Sandakan 5/132)
Sri Lanka – 135 (Dinesh Chandimal 48, Niroshan Dickwella 29, Kuldeep Yadav 4/40) & 181 (Niroshan Dickwella 41, Dinesh Chandimal 36, Ravichandran Ashwin 4/68)
Here are some statistical highlights of Day 3 of the 3rd Test:
- Sri Lanka was bowled out for just 181 runs in their second innings. Sri Lanka scored total 316 runs (135 in the first innings and 181 in the second innings) in this match which is their second lowest completed aggregated total (only bowled out innings) against India in a Test match. The record is 280 runs at Chandigarh in 1990.
- India’s best bowling figures in this match are 6/90 by Ravichandran Ashwin. It is the second ‘best bowling figures in a Test match’ for an Indian bowler on the Sri Lankan soil on their winning cause. The lowest in this list is 6/138 by Ravindra Jadeja at Galle in 2017 (first Test of this series).
- India won this Test match by an innings and 171 runs. It is India’s second largest Test victory (by an innings) in their away Test histories. Their record is winning by an innings and 239 runs against Bangladesh at Dhaka in 2007.
Overall, it is India’s fourth largest Test victories (by an innings). India’s top four Test victories (by an innings) list (including this Test) are given below:
Year | Winning Margin | Opposition | Venue |
2007 | Innings & 239 runs | Bangladesh | Dhaka |
1998 | Innings & 219 runs | Australia | Kolkata |
2010 | Innings & 198 runs | New Zealand | Nagpur |
2017 | Innings & 171 runs | Sri Lanka | Pallekele |
- India won this 3-match Test series by 3-0. In a series of more than two matches, it is the first time that India whitewashed opponents away from home.
- It was India’s seventh away Test victories under Virat Kohli’s captaincy which is the second most no.of away Test victories by an Indian captain. The top 3 in this list are given below:
Indian Captain’s Name | Career Span | Away Tests Won |
Sourav Ganguly | 2000-2005 | 11 |
Virat Kohli | 2015-Present | 7 |
MS Dhoni | 2009-2014 | 6 |
- This victory was India’s 9th Test victory on the Sri Lankan soil. It is the most no.of Test matches victory for a visiting team on the Sri Lankan soil. Here is the top three list:
Team | Matches Played | Won |
India | 24 | 9 |
Pakistan | 24 | 8 |
Australia | 17 | 7 |