Match Coverage

The Sinhalese speakers club
What better place to brush up your language skills than the Sri Lankan capital?
SL's tragic hero treads a lonely road, again
If other men were witness to as much incompetence as Angelo Mathews has become used to, dressing rooms might have been set ablaze
'Great to be on the right side of the fence'
A round-up of the Twitter reactions to India's 2-1 series win in Sri Lanka
This series a revelation with this bowling attack - Kohli
Virat Kohli looked back at his team's 2-1 series win over Sri Lanka and said, "I think this series belongs to the bowlers because they have been outstanding, they have really stood out in this series"
Ishant, Chandimal handed one-match bans
Ishant Sharma and Dinesh Chandimal have been handed one-match suspensions for their behaviour in the SSC Test

Ishant gets 200

Number of India fast bowlers to take 200 Test wickets including Ishant Sharma. Kapil (434 wkts), Srinath (236), and Zaheer (311) are the others.

SL captains to get a fourth-innings ton including Mathews in this Test. The last one was Sangakkara at this venue, against Pak in 2009

No. of wicketkeeper-batsmen to make 2 fifty-plus scores on debut before Kusal Perera. The previous one was also from SL- Dinesh Chandimal.

Most wkts taken by seamers in a Test at the SSC - in a SL v NZ match in 1984-85. They have taken 26 in this Test.

70.00

Angelo Mathews' ave in the 4th inns of Tests - his best in any inns. He has three fifties in 12 inns and has been dismissed only six times.

The top opening stand by either team in this series - this is the lowest stand to be the top opening partnership in any three-Test series.

1968

Last time India posted a total higher than the 274 in this inns after losing their first wicket for 10 or less - against Australia at the Gabba

No. of times before this Test India's eighth wicket has had two fifty-plus stands in a Test. The previous one came at Lord's last year.

5.14

Scoring rate of the stand between Rohit and Binny. India added 78 at 3.22 from 24.1 overs till the drinks break post lunch.

1953

Last time India had fifty-plus stands for the 4th and 5th after losing their first-three wickets for 10 runs or fewer - against West Indies.

No. of second-innings fifties by Rohit Sharma in ten innings before this. He had averaged 18.88 with a highest of 39.

1985

Last time before this India's 4th wkt put up a 50-run stand after losing their first 3 for under 10 runs - against Sri Lanka at P Sara Oval.

21.80

Virat Kohli's average in the third inns of Tests - his worst among the four inns of a Test. He made 21 in this match.