Stats: Occasions when most players scored double digit scores in a Test inning

Though India might not be happy with the way they prolonged their innings on the 2nd day after scoring 399 for loss of just 3 wickets on day 1. However, lower order contributions were the positive feature for the team as they added 83 runs for the last 2 wickets thanks to Hardik Pandya’s efforts with the tail after they lost 5 wickets for 118 runs before that on the morning of day 2.

This Indian inning witnessed 10 of the 11 players scoring in double digits which is the 10th such instance for them in Test cricket where 10 or more batsmen scored in the double digits in the same inning. Indian captain Virat Kohli was the only one who failed to cross 10 as he got out for just 3 runs. The last time more than 10 Indian players scored 10 or higher runs in an innings was in 2007 at The Oval where all the 11 Indian batsmen got into double digits in their first innings against England.

It was the 4th instance of all the 11 players scoring in double digits in a Test inning for India; the most such occurrences for any team. So far only 13 instances have been recorded in Test cricket where all 11 players of a side scored more than 10 runs in the same innings.

India’s innings at Galle is the 78th instance where exactly 10 players scored in double digits. Among those 78 instances, India’s innings was the only instance where the only player in a Test inning who couldn’t get into double digits was the team’s captain. This meant Virat Kohli became the first ever player to fail to get into double figures as a captain when the remaining 10 players managed it in the inning.

Instances when 10 and more players scored double digit scores for India in a Test inning:

All 11 players adding double digit scores in a Test inning:

(Stats as on July 27, 2017)