Sri Lanka managed to secure a draw after showcasing good batting performances on the day 5 of the third and final Test against India at Delhi.
Chasing down the mammoth 410 runs to secure the victory, Sri Lanka began the day on their overnight score 31/3 and managed to bat at the end of the day where their final score was 299/5. At the stumps of the final day, Sri Lanka was 111 runs behind from their victory while India was 5t wickets behind from their victory.
However, India clinched the 3-match Test series with the 1-0 margin.
Brief Scores: India – 536/7 decl. (Virat Kohli 243, Murali Vijay 155, Lakshan Sandakan 4/167) & 246/5 decl. (Shikhar Dhawan 67, Rohit Sharma 50*, Dhananjaya de Silva 1/31)
Sri Lanka – 373 (Dinesh Chandimal 164, Angelo Mathews 111, Ravichandran Ashwin 3/90) & 299/5 (Dhananjaya de Silva [retired hurt] 119*, Roshen Silva 74*, Ravindra Jadeja 3/81)
Result – Match drawn
Here are some statistical highlights of Day 5 of the third Test:
- Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal scored total 200 runs (164 & 36) in this Test match. Here are some important stats on this:
i) It is the second most total runs scored in a Test match by any Sri Lankan captain against India. The record holder is Kumar Sangakkara with 261 runs (219 & 42*) at Colombo (SSC) in 2010.
ii) It is the third most total run scored in a Test match by any Sri Lankan batsman on the Indian soil. Here is the top 3 list:
Top 3 most total runs scored in a Test match by any Sri Lankan captain on the Indian soil
| Player | Runs scored (1st innings & 2nd innings) | Venue | Year |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 275 (275 & -) | Ahmedabad | 2009 |
| Duleep Mendis | 210 (105 & 105) | Chennai | 1982 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | 200 (164 & 36) | Delhi | 2017 |
iii) Also, it is the fourth most total runs scored in a Test match by any visiting captain on the Indian soil. The top four list is given below.
Top four most total runs scored in a Test match by any visiting captain on the Indian soil
| Player (Team) | Runs scored (1st innings & 2nd innings) | Venue | Year |
| Clive Lloyd (West Indies) | 279 (242* & 37) | Mumbai | 1975 |
| Alastair Cook (England) | 217 (41 & 176) | Ahmedabad | 2012 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) | 215 (184 & 31*) | Bengaluru | 2005 |
| Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka) | 200 (164 & 36) | Delhi | 2017 |
- Sri Lankan batsmen Dhananjaya de Silva and Roshen Silva put on a brilliant match-saving 112 runs partnership for the fifth wicket. It is Sri Lanka’s second highest fifth-wicket partnership in the 4th innings of a Test match. The record is 114* runs partnership between Kumar Sangakkara and Angelo Mathews against Pakistan at Colombo (SSC) in 2009.
Also, it is Sri Lanka’s third highest 4th innings partnership in a Test match against India. The top 3 list is given below.
Sri Lanka’s top three 4th innings partnership in a Test match against India
| Partners’ names | Partnership runs | Wicket no.of partnership | Venue | Year |
| Roy Dias and Duleep Mendis | 216 | 4th | Kandy | 1985 |
| Angelo Mathews and Kusal Perera | 135 | 6th | Colombo (SSC) | 2015 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva and Roshen Silva | 112 | 5th | Delhi | 2017 |
- During the fourth innings of this Test match, Sri Lankan batsman Dhananjaya de Silva played a great knock of 119 runs (retired hurt). It is the most runs scored by any visiting batsman in the fourth innings of a Test match on the Indian soil. The previous record holder was West Indian legend Sir Viv Richards with 109* runs knock at Delhi in 1987.
Also, it is the second best individual knock by any Sri Lankan batsman in the 4th innings of a Test match against India. The best is 124 runs by Duleep Mendis at Kandy in 1985.
- Sri Lanka scored 299/5 in the fourth innings of this Test match. It is their second highest 4th innings Test total against India. Their record fourth innings Test total against India is 307/7 at Kandy in 1985.
- Sri Lanka faced total 1,431 legitimate deliveries in this Test match. It is the third most no.of legitimate balls faced by the Sri Lankan team in a whole Test match against India. The top three on this list is given below.
Top three most no.of legitimate balls faced by the Sri Lankan team in a whole Test match against India
| No.of legitimate balls faced | Venue | Year |
| 1773 | Colombo (PSS) | 1993 |
| 1626 | Colombo (RPS) | 1997 |
| 1431 | Delhi | 2017 |
- India won this three-match Test series by 1-0. It is India’s ninth consecutive Test series victory which is the joint most no.of consecutive Test series victory for a Team. Previously, Australia had also achieved ninth consecutive Test series victory (from October 2005 to June 2008).
- Indian skipper Virat Kohli scored total 610 runs in the 3-match Test series. It is the fourth most runs scored by any batsman in the 3-match Test series history. Here is the top four list.
Most runs scored by a batsman in the 3-match Test series
| Series | Player (Team) | No.of innings | Runs scored | Average | Season |
| India tour of England | Graham Gooch (England) | 6 | 752 | 125.33 | 1990 |
| West Indies tour of Sri Lanka | Brain Lara (West Indies) | 6 | 688 | 114.66 | 2001/02 |
| West Indies tour of Pakistan | Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) | 5 | 665 | 133.00 | 2006/07 |
| Sri Lanka tour of India | Virat Kohli (India) | 5 | 610 | 152.50 | 2017/18 |
