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Records broken in India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test
20 Nov 2017
The first of three-match Test series between India and Sri Lanka ended in a draw.
While the visitors seemed to have an upper hand in the first innings, India made a great comeback in the second innings giving SL a tough fight.
On 5th day, Sri Lanka narrowly escaped from a loss. Let us look at the major records broken in the 1st Test.
Virat Kohli hits his 50th international ton
18th Test century
Virat Kohli slammed his 18th Test century during the 1st Test against Sri Lanka, completing his 50th international ton.
He is now the joint-fastest to reach 50 international hundreds alongside Hashim Amla (both took 348 innings).
With 9 centuries in 2017, Kohli now has the joint-most internationals 100s by a captain in a year. Others include Ricky Ponting (2005, 2006), and Graeme Smith (2005).
Most ducks and most 100s in an year for Kohli
Fact
While Kohli became the first Indian captain and an 18th player to score a century and a duck in the same Test, he also made a personal record this year. 9 tons and 5 ducks, the most by him in any year.
Pujara the 3rd Indian to bat on all five days
9th overall
Cheteshwar Pujara became only the third Indian batsman to bat on all five days in a Test match, besides ML Jaisimha (against Australia in 1960) and Ravi Shastri (against England in 1984), who also did it at the Eden Gardens.
With scores of 52 and 22 (aggregate 74), he has the lowest aggregate among all the 9 players who batted on all 5 days.
Most 50s without a 100 in a calendar year
Fact
KL Rahul has 9 fifties this year and no hundreds. This is the second most fifties in a calendar year without a 100 besides 11 for Allan Border (1989), 9 for Chetan Chauhan (1979).
Most wickets by pacers in a Test match in India
Pacers rule
Indian pacers - Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, and Mohammed Shami, combined have picked up all the 17 wickets in the 1st test at Eden gardens. This is the most wickets taken by Indian pacers in a Test match in India.
Also, for the first time in 262 Tests, no Indian spinner was able to take a single wicket in a home test.
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