Maharaj bags best figures by a visiting bowler in Sri Lanka
The left-arm spinner's 8 for 116 saw him set new benchmarks for his team, and for a bowler against Sri Lanka
Bowler | Wickets | Opposition | Year |
Nathan Lyon | 8 | India | 2017 |
Keshav Maharaj | 8 | Sri Lanka | 2018 |
Saeed Ajmal | 7 | England | 2012 |
R Ashwin | 6 | Sri Lanka | 2015 |
Shakib Al Hasan | 6 | Zimbabwe | 2014 |
Gaurav Sundararaman is a senior stats analyst at ESPNcricinfo