Blog Posts by HR Gopala Krishna

- KC Sangakkara completed 8000 runs of his test career when he was on 12 during his knock of 28 in Sri Lanka's second innings. At the end of the third test, his run aggregate stood at 8016. He became the 21st batsman in the world to reach the milestone. He is the second Sri Lankan batsman to achieve the feat after DPMD Jayawardene.

- KC Sangakkara completed 8000 runs {8016} in his 152nd innings. He reached the milestone in least number of innings amongst the batsman who have reached 8000 runs. The previous record was held by SR Tendulkar who had reached the milestone in 154 innings.

- KC Sangakkara completed 8000 runs in his 91st test. He now shares the record with GS Sobers of West Indies who had also reached 8000 in 91 tests. {Sobers ended his test career with 8039 runs from 91 tests}. Both these two batsmen have reached 8000 runs in least number of tests.

- KC Sangakkara stands second in the list of batsmen who have taken least number of days to reach 8000 runs – R Dravid {9

- V Sehwag completed 7000 runs of his Test career when he was on 70 during his knock of 109 in this innings.  At the end of India's first innings, his total stood at 7039. He became the 38th batsman to total 7000 plus runs in Tests. He also earned the distinction of becoming sixth Indian batsman to reach the mile stone. Others are - SR Tendulkar {13783}, R Dravid {11483}, SM Gavaskar {10122}, VVS Laxman {7256} and SC Ganguly {7212}. V Sehwag's aggregate of 7039 include 83 runs scored by him representing ICC World Eleven.

- V Sehwag achieved another milestone in this innings. He aggregated 1000 boundary fours and at the end of his first innings in this Test, his aggregate stood at 1007. He became the 17th batsman to total 1000 plus boundary fours. Others are - SR Tendulkar {1786}, BC Lara {1559}, R Dravid {1444}, RT Ponting {1362}, JH Kallis {1243}, SR Waugh {1175}, AR Border {1161}, AJ Stewert {1121}, DPMD Jayawardene {1115}, Inzamam-ul-Haq {1105}, GA Gooch {1079}, IVA Richards

When V Sehwag scored fifty plus runs in the first innings of third test at Sara Oval, he achieved the distinction of scoring fifty in ten consecutive tests. He is the fourth batsman to earn the feat of scoring a fifty in ten or more consecutive test in the annals of test cricket.

Others are – IVA Richards of West Indies {11}, G Gambhir of India {11} and JH Edrich of England {10}.

The performance of these four batsmen read are listed below:

- IVA Richards of West Indies {Eleven Tests} - 30 and 101 vs Australia at Adelaide in Jan 1976, 50 and 98 vs Australia at Melbourne in Jan 1976, 142 vs India at Bridgetown in Mar 1976, 130 and 20 vs India at Trinidad in Mar 1976, 177 and 23 vs India at Trinidad in Apr 1976, 64 vs India at Kingston in Apr 1976, 232 and 63 vs England at Nottingham in Jan 1976, 4 and 135 vs England at Manchester in Jul 1976, 66 and 38 vs England at Leeds in Jul 1976, 291 vs England at The Oval in Aug 1976 and 32 and 92 vs Pakistan at Bridgetown in Feb 1977.

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- MS Dhoni lost the toss for the eighth time in a row including the one at Col - SSC. The Indian record for most consecutive toss losses is held by SM Gavaskar who lost nine tosses in a row.

- MS Dhoni caught Sri Lankan opening batsman NT Paranavitana of I Sharma for 8 in the first innings of this test. It was his 19th dismissal against Sri Lanka with which he obliterared NR Mongia's 18 dismissals to own the record for most dismissals by an Indian wicket keeper against Sri Lanka.

- SR Tendulkar owned the record for most appearances in tests, when he made his appearance against Sri Lanka at Sara Oval today, in the third test of the ongoing test series. This test is his 169th test and he wrested the record from SR Waugh of Australia who has made 168 test appearances.

- The break up of SR Tendulkar's 169 appearances read as under - 29 vs Australia {2748 runs}, 07 vs Bangladesh {820 runs}, 24 vs England {2150 runs}, 19 vs New Zealand {1406 runs}, 18 vs Pakistan {1057 runs}, 22 vs

- KC Sangakkara's 75 in the first innings of this Test represent the 100th fifty by Sri Lankan batsmen against India. DPMD Jayawardene {56} and TT Samaraweera {137*} with their fifties extended the number of fifties scored by Sri Lankan batsmen against India to 102.

- KC Sangakkara earned the distinction of becoming the highest run getter at Sara Oval when he was on 8 during his knock of 75 in this game. At the end of the first innings, his run aggregate stood at 756. He went past the record of PA de Silva who had an aggregate of 688 runs.

TT Samaraweera scored 137 not out in this innings which represents his 12th Test hundred. It also represents the 41st hundred by a Sri Lankan batsman against India. This knock provides TT Samaraweera's third hundred against India. The other two are - 103* at Col-SSC in Aug 2001 and 127 at Col-SSC in Jul 2008. Thus his knock of 137 not out in this innings represents his highest individual innings against India.

- At the end of Sri Lanka's first

- SR Tendulkar will own the record for most appearances in tests, when he makes his appearance against Sri Lanka at Sara Oval today, in the third test of the ongoing test series. He wrested the record from SR Waugh of Australia who has made 168 test appearances.

- He made his test debut under the captaincy of K Srikkanth against Pakistan at Karachi in Nov 1989. He scored 15 runs on his debut.

- The break up of SR Tendulkar's 168 appearances read as under - 29 vs Australia {2748 runs}, 07 vs Bangladesh {820 runs}, 24 vs England {2150 runs}, 19 vs New Zealand {1406 runs}, 18 vs Pakistan {1057 runs}, 22 vs South Africa {1415 runs}, 24 vs Sri Lanka {1900 runs}, 16 vs West Indies {1328 runs} and 09 vs Zimbabwe {918 runs}.

- SR Tendulkar's world record appearance against Sri Lanka at Sara Oval in the third test of the ongoing test series has fetched another record. He earned the distinction of becoming the first cricketer to play 25 tests against Sri Lanka. He needs another 100 runs

- AJ Strauss completed 500 runs against Pakistan in this test. At the end of this test, his aggregate stood at 533. He became the 21st England batsman to earn the distinction of totaling 500 plus runs against Pakistan.

- AJ Strauss's aggregate of boundary stood at 704 at the fours at the end of this test. He became the 11th England batsman to total 704 plus boundary fours. The complete list read thus - A J Stewart {1121}, GA Gooch {1079}, DI Gower {979}, MA Atherton {904}, ME Trescothick {831}, GP Thorpe {831}, G Boycott {771}, MC Cowdrey {752}, MP Vaughan {742} and N Hussain {734}.

- PD Collingwood and EJG Morgan added 219 runs for the fifth wicket providing the 75th occasion of England batsman posting a three figure partnership against Pakistan. This stand also represents the eighth occasion of England batsman posting a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket against Pakistan.

- This stand represents the record stand for the fifth wicket stand by England batsmen against

- India totalled 707 in this Test providing the third occasion of a team batting second taking lead over the team which has posted 600 plus runs in its first innings. Sri Lanka had posted 642 for 6d in its first innings in this Test. There are four occasions of both the teams scoring 600 plus runs in its first innings in the annals of Test cricket.

- S Randiv conceded 222 runs for his two wickets which made him the most expensive bowler in Tests in terms of runs conceded. The previous record was credited to JJ Kreza of Australia who had leaked 215 runs on his debut vs India at Nagpur in Nov 2008.

- S Randiv earned the distinction of bowling most overs on debut. He bowled 73.0 six ball overs in this Test. He is the only bowler to have bowled more than 50 overs on debut.

- S Randiv is the eleventh bowler to bowl more than 70 overs {420 balls} amongst those bowlers who have conceded 200 plus runs in a Test innings. His feat of bowling 420 plus balls in a Test innings provide the