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India had totally outplayed the depleted Sri Lanka side in 1st Test match as they ended up winning the game by an innings and 222 runs. India winning the toss, opted to bat first and posted a big total of 574/8 with the help of Rishabh Pant's quick-fire 96, Ravindra Jadeja's terrific knock of 175* and Ashwin's 61. Ravindra Jadeja had 100-run partnership with Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami which helped boosting the total of India to a bigger score and this lower order batting trio of India helped them to gain a significant momentum against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka in reply got off to a good start in their 1st innings but the Lankan batters lost their wickets after getting that start unfortunately as batsmen like Karunaratne and Mathews got out to LBW on umpires call. At the end of day 2, Sri Lanka's score read 108/4 in the 1st innings. Unexpectedly on day 3 of the Test match, Sri Lanka quickly ended up losing all the wickets. Once again rockstar Ravindra Jadeja was the villain of Sri Lanka as he ended up taking five wickets in that innings.
Sri Lanka were enforced follow-on by India as they were trailing by a huge margin of 400 runs and in the 2nd innings Lankan batters got bundled out cheaply by falling trap to the spin web of Ashwin-Jadeja and it meant that they encountered a humiliating loss against India.
Numbers and Stats from India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test match:
1 - Ravindra Jadeja is the first player to smash 150+ in a Test innings and pick 9 wickets in the Test match.
2 - Rohit Sharma became 2nd Indian to win his first Test match as captain by an innings margin after Polly Umrigar.
2 - Ravindra Jadeja became 2nd Indian player after Kapil Dev to smash 5000 runs and pick 400 wickets in international cricket.
2 - This win is India's 2nd biggest margin of win against Sri Lanka in Test cricket.
India's biggest margin of win against Sri Lanka in Test cricket:
by inns & 239 runs in Nagpur, 2017
by inns & 222 runs in Mohali, 2022
by inns & 171 runs in Pallekele, 2017
3 - Ravindra Jadeja became first player to be involved in three 100+ partnerships in an Test innings while batting at number 7 (or) below.
3 - Ravichandran Ashwin became 3rd Indian bowler after Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh to pick 100 wickets against Sri Lanka in international cricket. Also he broke the record of Kapil Dev for picking most Test wickets overall.
4 - Ravindra Jadeja became 4th Indian player to a smash century and pick five wickets in a Test match after Vinoo Mankad, Polly Umrigar and Ravichandran Ashwin.
5 - For the 5th time, Rishabh Pant got dismissed on a score of 90-99 in Test cricket. He has 4 Test centuries to his name but has unfortunately got dismissed in 90s 5 times in Test cricket.
7 - Ravindra Jadeja became 7th Indian batsman to smash two centuries in Test cricket while batting at number 7 (or) below.
21 - India have won most matches (21) against Sri Lanka in Test cricket also now.
Most wins vs Sri Lanka in
ODIs - India (93)
T20Is - India (17)
Tests - India (21)
175* - Ravindra Jadeja's score of 175* is the highest score for an Indian batter in Test cricket while batting at number 7 (or) below. [Previous record was held by Kapil Dev who scored 163 vs SL in 1986]
