Sri Lanka v India 2017: 1st Test, Day 4 – Statistical Highlights

Team India recorded their biggest ever win in terms of runs away from home as they dismantled the Sri Lankans to 245 in the 2nd innings after setting a mammoth target of 550. India declared their innings at 240/3 after their captain Virat Kohli completed his 17th century in Test cricket. A collective bowling performance from India closed down the SL innings on day 4 despite a fighting 97 from Dimuth Karunaratne.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the day’s play.

1 – Virat Kohli’s century in the 2nd innings is his maiden century in 3rd innings of a Test match. Kohli’s 17th Test century in numbers.

3 – Number of Test wins for Virat Kohli as captain in Sri Lanka; the joint-most Test wins for any visiting captain in Sri Lanka. Ricky Ponting also had three Test wins as captain in Sri Lanka.

3/65 – Ravichandran Ashwin’s bowling figures of 3/65 are the best bowling figures in an innings for India in this Test; the 2nd worst bowling figures in a Test the team has won. The previous best bowling figures for an Indian in an innings was 3/69 when they defeated West Indies at Port of Spain in 2002.

4.51 – India’s run-rate of 4.51 in this match is the 4th highest for any team which has aggregated 800 and more in a Test. New Zealand had a run rate of 4.92 against England at Leeds in 2015.

17 – Number of wickets India have picked up in this game; the 2nd fewest by them in a match they’ve won. India picked up 16 wickets vs West Indies in 1976 as WI declared their 2nd innings for the loss of 6 wickets.

304 – India’s 304-run win is their biggest Test win outside home in terms of runs. Their previous biggest victory away from home was of 279 runs vs England at Leeds in 1986.

304 – Sri Lanka’s losing margin of 304 runs in this game is their biggest loss in term of runs in Test cricket. Their previous biggest loss was by 301 runs against Pakistan in 1994 at Colombo (PSS).

550 – The target set by India in this Test; the 2nd biggest target they ever set in Test cricket. Previously they had set a target of 617 runs in front of New Zealand in 2009 at Wellington.

571 – Runs aggregated by India’s top 4 in this Test match; the joint 2nd most by them in a Test. India’s top 4 aggregated 596 runs against Australia in 2004 Sydney Test. Indian top 4 had also scored 571 runs vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC) in 1999.

2009 – Last time three of the top 4 Indian batsmen scored centuries in the same Test match was in 2009 at Kanpur also against Sri Lanka. Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara in first innings and Kohli in 2nd innings scored centuries in this game.