India v Sri Lanka - A Test Survey (Part 2)

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• India vs Sri Lanka - Test Survey (Part 1)
• Highest team totals
• Lowest team totals
• Highest individual scores
• Top run-getters
• Record wicket partnerships
• Best individual bowling (In an innings)
• Best individual bowling (In a match)
• Top wicket-takers

Best individual bowling (In an innings)
For India (10 ):
Bowler	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Test	Series	Venue
Maninder Singh	7	51	2nd	2nd	1986-87	Nagpur
A Kumble	7	59	2nd	1st	1993-94	Lucknow (KDS)
SLV Raju	6	12	1st	1st	1990-91	Chandigarh
SLV Raju	6	87	2nd	3rd	1993-94	Ahmedabad
SLV Raju	5	38	1st	3rd	1993-94	Ahmedabad
NS Yadav	5	76	1st	2nd	1986-87	Nagpur
DR Doshi	5	85	1st	1st	1982-83	Madras (MAC)
A Kumble	5	87	1st	2nd	1993-94	Colombo (SSC)
N Kapil Dev	5	110	2nd	1st	1982-83	Madras (MAC)
C Sharma	5	118	1st	2nd	1985-86	Colombo (PSS)
For Sri Lanka (9):
Bowler	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Test	Series	Venue
RJ Ratnayake	6	85	2nd	1st	1985-86	Colombo (SSC)
RJ Ratnayake	5	49	2nd	2nd	1985-86	Colombo (PSS)
FS Ahangama	5	52	1st	3rd	1985-86	Kandy
HDPK Dharmasena	5	57	2nd	3rd	1997-98	Mumbai (WS)
ALF de Mel	5	64	1st	1st	1985-86	Colombo (SSC)
ALF de Mel	5	68	2nd	1st	1982-83	Madras (MAC)
JR Ratnayeke	5	85	1st	3rd	1986-87	Cuttack
KR Pushpakumara	5	122	1st	2nd	1997-98	Nagpur
M Muralitharan	5	162	1st	1st	1993-94	Lucknow (KDS)

Best individual bowling (In a match)
For India:
Bowler	Wkts	Runs	(1st + 2nd)	Test	Series	Venue
SLV Raju	11	125	(5/38 + 6/87)	3rd	1993-94	Ahmedabad
A Kumble	11	128	(4/69 + 7/59)	1st	1993-94	Lucknow (KDS)
Maninder Singh	10	107	(3/56 + 7/51)	2nd	1986-87	Nagpur
For Sri Lanka:
Bowler	Wkts	Runs	(1st + 2nd)	Test	Series	Venue
RJ Ratnayake	9	125	(4/76 + 5/49)	2nd	1985-86	Colombo (PSS)

Top wicket-takers
For India:
Bowler	M	Balls	Md	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Best	5	10	SR	R/o
A Kumble	12	3533	144	1535	46	33.37	7/59	2	1	76.80	2.61
Kapil Dev	14	2715	128	1195	45	26.56	5/110	1	-	60.33	2.64
SLV Raju	5	1273	81	386	26	14.85	6/12	3	1	48.96	1.82
Maninder Singh	5	1142	60	491	24	20.46	7/51	1	1	47.58	2.58
M Prabhakar	7	1089	51	492	24	20.50	4/82	-	-	45.38	2.71
RK Chauhan	10	2148	108	818	23	35.57	4/48	-	-	93.39	2.28
C Sharma	5	900	16	545	17	32.06	5/118	1	-	52.94	3.63
A Kuruvilla	5	733	25	412	12	34.33	4/88	-	-	61.08	3.37
J Srinath	5	754	24	377	12	31.42	4/92	-	-	62.83	3.00
RJ Shastri	7	999	43	384	11	34.91	4/11	-	-	90.82	2.31
NS Yadav	2	367	19	150	11	13.64	5/76	1	-	33.36	2.45
For Sri Lanka:
Bowler	M	Balls	Md	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Best	5	10	SR	R/o
M Muralitharan	9	2757	101	1236	28	44.14	5/162	1	-	98.46	2.69
RJ Ratnayake	6	1498	47	756	26	29.08	6/85	2	-	57.62	3.03
ALF de Mel	5	1347	36	758	20	37.90	5/64	2	-	67.35	3.38
FS Ahangama	3	801	32	348	18	19.33	5/52	1	-	44.50	2.61
GP Wickramasinghe	6	1195	40	622	13	47.85	3/83	-	-	91.92	3.12
KR Pushpakumara	4	705	14	484	11	44.00	5/122	1	-	64.09	4.12
JR Ratnayeke	4	700	10	417	10	41.70	5/85	1	-	70.00	3.57

Compiled by: Mohandas Menon