India v Sri Lanka, 2017: 3rd Test – Statistical Preview

India will take on Sri Lanka in the 3rd and final Test at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi which has been a host for many historic moments in Test history as could witness India equalling the world record of nine consecutive Test series wins set by England and Australia. India, who took a 1-0 lead in the series with their joint biggest innings victory in Nagpur, needs to win or draw the final Test to keep their streak intact.

All the key stats and numbers ahead of the 3rd and final Test match in Delhi:

8 – India has won all the eight Test matches so far at home which included Rohit Sharma in the playing XI. These are the most number of matches India played with 100% win record at home with a particular player in the XI. India won all the four Tests they played at home with Pravin Amre in the XI. Prior to the Kolkata Test, India won all the ten home Tests which included Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the playing XI.

10 – India won ten of the last 11 Test matches they played at the Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kolta. The last time they lost a Test match at this venue was back in 1987 against the Windies. India’s 13 Tests victories at this venue are the 2nd most behind 14 wins in Chennai’s M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.

10 – Virat Kohli’s ten centuries in International cricket in 2017 are the joint most for any player who bagged five or more ducks in the same year. Tillakaratne Dilshan in 2009 also had five ducks and ten centuries across formats like Kohli. Sachin Tendulkar scored eight hundred and bagged seven ducks in International cricket in 1999.

13 – Number of Test wins as captain for Virat Kohli at home. If India wins at Delhi, he will surpass Mohammad Azharuddin’s 13 Test at home and stands only behind MS Dhoni’s 21 wins. Kohli will be equalling Sourav Ganguly’s 21 Test victories as well with a win in the next game and will be only behind MS Dhoni (27).

99 – Umesh Yadav has picked 94 wickets in Test cricket so far. He requires one more wicket to become the 21st Indian to bag 100 wickets in this format.

99 – Number of wickets in Test cricket for Dilruwan Perera. He needs one more wicket to become the 6th Sri Lankan to pick 100 Test wickets.

1924 – Shikhar Dhawan aggregated 1924 runs in Test cricket so far. He needs another 76 runs to complete 2000 Test runs. Dhawan, 7947 first-class runs, is 53 runs away from completing the 8000 FC runs milestone.