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Stats Analysis

Pujara's Asia average, and Prasad's home run

Stats highlights from an engrossing day at the SSC

S Rajesh
S Rajesh
29-Aug-2015
Dhammika Prasad averages 25.88 in his last six Tests, and has 25 wickets; in 17 Tests before this, he took 37 wickets at 49.37  •  AFP

Dhammika Prasad averages 25.88 in his last six Tests, and has 25 wickets; in 17 Tests before this, he took 37 wickets at 49.37  •  AFP

83.17 Cheteshwar Pujara's Test average in Asia; in 22 innings he has six hundreds and three fifties. Among batsmen who've scored at least 1000 runs in Asia since 2010, only two batsmen - Hashim Amla and VVS Laxman - have a higher average.
104 The partnership between Pujara and Mishra, India's highest for the eighth wicket against Sri Lanka, and also the highest for the eighth wicket by any team at the SSC. The partnership was also by far the highest stand of the innings - the next-best was 55, by Pujara and Rohit Sharma, followed by 54 (Pujara and Naman Ojha) and 50 (Pujara and Virat Kohli).
69.6 Pujara's strike-rate against Sri Lanka's seamers after the first session - he scored 48 runs off 69 balls against them after lunch. In the morning session, he scored 10 off 60 balls (SR 16.6).
1.11 The economy rate for Sri Lanka's seamers in the morning session today - they conceded only 21 off 113 balls. In the same session, the spinners went for 48 off 72 balls (four runs per over). Over the entire innings, the seamers had combined figures of 6 for 159 in 58.3 overs, while spinners took 2 for 126 off 37 overs.
25 Wickets for Dhammika Prasad in six home Tests this year, at an average of 25.88. Before this home season, he had 37 wickets in 17 Tests at 49.37.
29.21 Amit Mishra's average in overseas Tests: in 14 overseas innings he has three fifties, including a highest of 84 at The Oval in 2011. In 10 innings in India, he averages only 12.62, with a highest of 28.
59 Mishra's score; he is the first Indian No. 9 batsman to score a Test half-century in Sri Lanka.
37.5 Virat Kohli's Test average against right-arm seamers (34 dismissals); against all other bowler types, he averages 57.61 (26 dismissals).
2 Number of times India have had three partnerships between 50 and 55 in a Test innings. The only such previous instance was in the fourth innings against Australia in Adelaide in 1967.

S Rajesh is stats editor of ESPNcricinfo. @rajeshstats