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Stats Analysis

India's fifth 600-plus total since December

India hadn't made 600 plus in an innings for close to five years. But the tide has turned since the home series against England late last year

Bharath Seervi
27-Jul-2017
ESPNcricinfo Ltd

ESPNcricinfo Ltd

5 - Number of 600 plus totals for India since December 2016. All those totals have come in last eight Tests. Prior to that, they hadn't made a single 600-plus totals for 47 Tests.
4.50 - India's run rate as they posted 600 in Galle. They've crossed 600 or more 28 times. They took 133.1 overs to get there, which is the least number of overs they've taken to get there. Their previous highest run rate was 4.44, also against Sri Lanka, at Brabourne Stadium (Mumbai) in 2009-10.
2 - Only two more totals higher than India's 600 have been made in the first innings of a Test in Sri Lanka. Both those scores were racked up by Sri Lanka, against India at SSC in 2008 and 2010. West Indies' 580 for 9 in Galle in 2010 was the previous highest total by a visiting team in the first innings of a Test in Sri Lanka.
4 - Number of 150 plus scores made by Indian batsmen in Sri Lanka. Two of those have come in this match: Shikhar Dhawan's 190 and Cheteshwar Pujara's 153. Prior to this match, India had only two scores of 150 or more in 21 Tests: Virender Sehwag's 201 not out and Sachin Tendulkar's 203.
3 - Sixes hit by Hardik Pandya, the most by an Indian on Test debut. Balwinder Sandhu, Vijay Yadav, Suresh Raina and Dhawan hit two sixes each in their first Test. Pandya also became the seventh Indian to make fifty plus batting at No. 8 or below on debut.
3.97 - Rangana Herath's economy, his worst in an innings at home when he's conceded 100 or more runs. His 1 for 159 is also the third-most expensive figures by a captain in Test history.
3 - Instances of four bowlers conceding 130 or more runs in a Test innings. Sri Lanka's top-four bowlers all conceded 130-plus in Galle.
2 - Instances of two Sri Lanka fast bowlers combining for nine or more wickets in a Test innings. In this match, Nuwan Pradeep (six) and Lahiru Kumara (three) claimed nine wickets. The only previous such instance was against South Africa at SSC in 2004.

Bharath Seervi is stats sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @SeerviBharath