India vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, 2nd Test, India vs Sri Lanka 2022

Sri Lanka have played 21 men’s Test matches against India in India, but the Lankans are yet to record a victory in these matches (D9 L12); they are the only nation to have played over 10 Test matches in India and have failed to register a win.

India have lost just one of their last 21 men’s Test matches at home (W16 D4), this lone defeat coming against England in Chennai during February 2021; their last such match which was during this series, India won by an innings and 222 runs.

Sri Lanka have failed to register a win in their last six men’s Test matches away from home (D3 L3); the last time they failed to register a victory in more matches on the road was between December 2014 and June 2016, a run of seven games (D1 L6).

India have won their last three men’s multigame bilateral Test series against Sri Lanka, a win or draw in this match will see them eclipse their record of three consecutive series win against the Lankans which they had previously also achieved between December 1986 and January 1994.

India have played 23 men’s Test matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, winning eight, drawing nine and losing six; the only previous meeting between the hosts and Sri Lanka here ended with the latter losing by an innings and 95 runs in January 1994.

Ever since Rahul Dravid was appointed the head coach of India in November 2021, India have the best catch success percentage amongst all Test playing nations (84%); they have dropped just 11 of their 67 chances in this period.

Since the beginning of 2020, only England (64) have picked more wickets in the first 15 overs of an innings in men’s Test matches than India (58); India have a strike rate of 62 during these overs.

Ravichandran Ashwin needs to score 95 more to reach 3,000 runs in Tests for India; in doing so he will become just the second Indian player after Kapil Dev to have over 200 wickets and score 3,000 as well in the format.

Since the start of 2020, no player has topped the scorecard more often in an innings for India in men’s Test than Rishabh Pant; he has done this on six occasions, one more than Rohit Sharma.

Angelo Mathews has appeared in 93 Test matches for Sri Lanka, an appearance on 12 March will see him become the outright sixth-most capped player for Sri Lanka in Tests; India is the only team apart from Pakistan against whom Mathews has scored over 1,000 runs in this format.