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# Kumar Sangakkara's unbeaten 133 is his first fifty-plus innings in India, obliterating the 44 at Kanpur in the second Test of the current series. His third century against India is his 21st in Tests.
# Sangakkara has completed his 1,000 runs in a calendar year, making 1079 runs at an average of 59.94 in 11 Tests, including four centuries and six fifties. He has achieved the same feat earlier in 2004 and 2006.
# Sangakkara is one of the five batsmen to aggregate 1,000 runs this year, joining Samaraweera (1234), Mahela Jayawardene (1194), Tillakaratne Dilshan (1097) and Andrew Strauss (1071).
# Sangakkara is the first Sri Lankan skipper to score a century in India and the fourth Sri Lankan captain to register a hundred against India in a Test match, joining Mahela Jayawardene, Duleep Mendis and Sanath Jayasuriya.
# Prasanna Jayawardene's run tally (297 at an average of 74.25) is a new series record by a Sri Lankan wicketkeeper against India, eclipsing the 196 (ave.65.33) in the three-Test series by Kumar Sangakkara in 2001.
# The aforesaid performance is Prasanna's best in a Test series.
# Tillakaratne Dilshan has made 248 at an average of 49.60 in the three-Test series his best performance in a Test series against India. Dilshan's best ever series in terms of run-aggregate is against Bangladesh in 2008-09 366 (ave.91.50), including two hundreds.
# By scoring two fifties in the Mumbai Test (53 and 54), Tharanga Paranavitana's batting average has improved to 29.44. In his brief Test career, he has posted two fifties in a Test match for the first time. He has posted two fifties each against Pakistan and India.
# Dhoni is the third Indian wicketkeeper to take 100 catches, joining Syed Kirmani (160) and Kiran More (110). His tally of dismissals (118 100 catches and 18 stumpings) as wicketkeeper is the third best for India the top two being Syed Kirmani (198) and Kiran More (130).
# Samaraweera has recorded his second duck against India, which is his sixth in Tests. His tally of six ducks includes five on foreign soil.