India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Ravindra Jadeja alone was enough for the Sri Lankan team in the first Test match in Mohali as he dismantled the visitors with both bat and the ball. The No. 1 all-rounder in the latest ICC Test player rankings, Jadeja hammered an unbeaten 175 runs in the first innings and took nine wickets in the game to tear apart the Lankan Lions as he won the third consecutive Player of the Match award in Tests at the venue with Rohit Sharma‘s India winning the match comfortably by an innings and 222 runs.

Batting first, the new No. 3 for India Hanuma Vihari and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant scored 58 and 96 runs respectively with Virat Kohli mustering 45 runs in his 100th Test match. Jadeja then began his heroics with the bat as he smashed his second Test century. R Ashwin also slammed a fifty as the hosts posted a huge total of 574/8d. The tourists suffered miserably in both innings as they got bundled out for below 200 in both innings.

Sri Lanka got dismissed for 174 runs in the first innings and 178 in the second as Jadeja snared five and four wickets respectively. India will be appearing in their fourth Day/Night Test match. The Asian giants have won two and lost one under the lights. Both the victories came on home soil – against Bangladesh in 2019 and England in 2021.

Sri Lanka also has the same record of two wins and one loss in three matches. Rohit Sharma, who will play his 400^th international match for India, will look to whitewash Sri Lanka in the Tests as well to remain unbeaten since the start of the West Indies series back in early February.

Head to Head: India and Sri Lanka have met each other in 45 Test matches with India winning 21, losing seven, and 17 games ending in a draw. In India, both sides have clashed in 21 Tests with the hosts tasting success on 12 occasions and nine matches ending up in a draw. India have never lost a Test match against Sri Lanka at home. India and Sri Lanka have played one Test in Bangalore in the year 1994 and India won the game by an innings and 95 runs.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of India vs Sri Lanka, 2^nd Day/Night Test:

3 – Rohit Sharma (47) needs three catches to complete 50 catches in Tests.

4 – R Ashwin (436) requires four wickets to surpass Dale Steyn (439) and become the eighth highest wicket-taker in Test matches.

4 – Nirsohan Dickwella (2496) requires four runs to reach 2500 runs in Test matches.

9 – Ravindra Jadeja (241) requires nine wickets to complete 250 scalps in Test matches.

1 – Rohit Sharma (399) is one game away from completing 400 matches across formats.

130 – Jadeja (2370) is 130 runs away from reaching 2500 runs in Test matches.

8 – Pant (42) also requires eight sixes to reach 50 sixes in the longest format of the game.

5 – Dimuth Karunaratne (645) needs five fours to complete 650 fours in international matches.

95 – Ashwin (2905) also needs 95 runs to reach 3000 runs in Test matches.

1 – R Ashwin (249) is one game away from reaching 250 matches in international cricket.

8 – Vishwa Fernando (42) is eight wickets away from reaching 50 wickets in Tests.

5 – Jasprit Bumrah (295) requires five wickets to complete 300 scalps across formats.

84 – Dinesh Chandimal (2416) needs 84 runs to reach 2500 runs in away/neutral Tests.

1 – Dhananjaya de Silva (299) is one four away from completing 300 fours in Test matches.

4 – Angelo Mathews (196) needs four sixes to reach 200 sixes across formats.

43 – Kusal Mendis (5957) requires 43 runs to achieve a 6000 runs milestone across formats.

9 – Rishabh Pant (191) needs nine fours to complete 200 fours in Test cricket.

4 – de Silva (46) is four grabs away from reaching 50 catches in Tests.

6 – Axar Patel (94) is six wickets away from reaching 100 scalps in international matches.

5 – Pant (95) is five sixes away from completing 100 maximums across formats.