Guess how many ducks the Sri Lankan and Indian batsmen have scored this series? Rajneesh Gupta has some interesting figures from Day 4.
IMAGE: Leg-spinner Amit Mishra followed up his 59 in the first innings with an aggressive 39 in the second. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters
Day 4 in the third Test between India and Sri Lanka at the SSC again belonged to the visitors.
India are on course for their first series triumph on Sri Lankan soil in 22 years after reducing the hosts to 67/3 in their chase of a daunting 386 in the third and final Test in Colombo on Monday, August 31.
Resuming at the precarious overnight score of 21/3, India did well to post 274 in their second innings.
Rajneesh Gupta presents interesting numbers from Day 4:
1
Number of times a side has scored more than 300 runs on the last day to win a Test in Asia. Pakistan made 302/5 in just 57.3 overs at Sharjah in 2014 to win the Test and level the series against Sri Lanka.
2
Number of Tests in which a number 9 batsman has scored a fifty in both innings for India (Amit Mishra scored 59 in the first innings and Ravichandran Ashwin 58 in the second). The only other such instance for India came against England at Nottingham last year when Bhuvneshwar Kumar scored an unbeaten 63 and 58.
5.91
Average opening stand in the series from both sides – lowest ever in a Test series of three matches or more. The previous lowest was 6.10 between South Africa and England way back in 1895-96.
10
Number of ducks recorded by Sri Lankan batsmen in the series. In comparison the Indians recorded only four ducks.
55.33
Batting average at number 9 in this Test -- the highest for any position!
326
Highest successful fourth innings chase at the SSC -- by Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe in 1998. Sri Lanka need 386 in this game.
