12/08Result
3rd Test, India tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Aug 12-14 2017
India won by an inns & 171 runs
Player of the Match
Hardik Pandya
Hardik PandyaIndia
12/08Result
3rd Test, India tour of Sri Lanka at Kandy, Aug 12-14 2017
India won by an inns & 171 runs
Player of the Match
Hardik Pandya
Hardik PandyaIndia

Best performances - Batsmen

S Dhawan
S Dhawan
119(123) 17x4 - 0x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 28 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
5 4 24 13 30 2 6 35
HH Pandya
HH Pandya
108(96) 8x4 - 7x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • straight drive
  • 19 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
10 1 10 0 12 15 34 26

Best performances - Bowlers

PADLR Sandakan
PADLR Sandakan
O35.3
M4
R132
W5
Eco3.71
RHB
OFFLEG
1W2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep Yadav
O13
M2
R40
W4
Eco3.07
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

  • IND - 1st
  • SL - 1st
  • SL - 2nd

India - 1st - Innings

188
S Dhawan98 (104)
KL Rahul85 (135)
31
S Dhawan21 (19)
CA Pujara7 (27)
10
CA Pujara1 (6)
V Kohli8 (12)
35
V Kohli18 (45)
AM Rahane17 (48)
32
R Ashwin16 (49)
V Kohli16 (27)
26
R Ashwin15 (26)
WP Saha11 (32)
17
WP Saha5 (11)
HH Pandya4 (10)
62
Kuldeep Yadav26 (73)
HH Pandya34 (44)
20
Mohammed Shami8 (13)
HH Pandya12 (7)
66
UT Yadav3 (14)
HH Pandya58 (35)

Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings

14
WU Tharanga5 (5)
FDM Karunaratne4 (10)
9
FDM Karunaratne0 (5)
BKG Mendis8 (7)
15
LD Chandimal4 (14)
BKG Mendis10 (12)
0
AD Mathews0 (3)
LD Chandimal0 (1)
63
LD Chandimal34 (35)
N Dickwella29 (31)
6
MDK Perera0 (4)
LD Chandimal2 (6)
18
PM Pushpakumara10 (25)
LD Chandimal8 (31)
0
PM Pushpakumara0 (2)
PADLR Sandakan0 (3)
10
PADLR Sandakan10 (17)
MVT Fernando0 (10)
0
PADLR Sandakan0 (4)
CBRLS Kumara0 (1)

Sri Lanka - 2nd - Innings

15
WU Tharanga7 (31)
FDM Karunaratne8 (33)
11
PM Pushpakumara0 (15)
FDM Karunaratne8 (15)
8
PM Pushpakumara1 (17)
BKG Mendis7 (12)
5
LD Chandimal0 (6)
BKG Mendis5 (9)
65
AD Mathews29 (83)
LD Chandimal36 (83)
14
AD Mathews6 (13)
N Dickwella8 (8)
20
MDK Perera8 (23)
N Dickwella12 (10)
28
PADLR Sandakan8 (24)
N Dickwella20 (30)
2
N Dickwella1 (4)
MVT Fernando1 (4)
13
MVT Fernando3 (13)
CBRLS Kumara10 (15)

Match Coverage

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A first

1

This is the first time India have whitewashed the oppositions in an away Test series of 3 or more Tests.

Chandimal's low

24

Dinesh Chandimal's average in this series - his 2nd worst in any Test series playing 2+ Tests. Also, he's the only SL top-order batsman without a 50+ score in this series.

All out in no time

2

No. of times SL have got all out in fewer overs in first inns of a home Test, than 37.4 overs in this match. They were all out in 28.2 overs v Pak, Kandy 1994 & 34.2 v Aus, Pallekele, 2016.

Maiden FC ton in Test

5

No. of India players to score their maiden first-class century in a Test, including Pandya. Others are: Vijay Manjrekar, Kapil Dev, Ajay Ratra and Harbhajan Singh.

Bang bang

26

Runs scored by Pandya in one over off Pushpakumara, the most by any India player in an over in Test history. Previous most: 24 by Kapil off E Hemmings, Lord's, 1990.

Brakes applied

134

Runs for which India lost their six wickets after Dhawan and Rahul added 188 runs for the opening wicket. The run rate dropped from 4.75 to 3.65.

Openers' double

2011

Last time an Ind opener scored 2+ 100s in an away Test series, Dravid in England. This is also the first time Dhawan has made more than one century in a series.

Record partnership

171

Previous highest opening stand for visiting sides in Sri Lanka, between Prabhakar & Sidhu at SSC in 1993. Dhawan & Rahul have gone past that mark.

Record streak

7

No. of consecutive 50+ scores for KL Rahul, the joint-most. Weekes, A Flower, Chanderpaul, Sangakkara & Rogers also made 7 50+ scores in a row.

Quick hundred runs

2010

Last time India reached 100 runs in fewer balls in a Test innings than in the 17.4 overs today, v Aus in Mohali. Since 2001, this is the sixth-fastest team 100 for Ind.

Three in a row

3

No. of tosses won by India in this 3-match series. They have elected to bat first all the three times.