Devdutt Padikkal continued his stunning run of form as the India batter slammed his second consecutive century during Day 1 of the second Test match against Sri Lanka on Sunday. Padikkal looked in sensational form as he scored 117 runs off 193 deliveries with the help of 12 fours. 3 in Sri Lanka during a two-match Test series. The record belonged to former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming with 307 runs. However, Padikkal currently has 328 runs in the ongoing series thanks to two hundreds. 3 during a two-match Test series.
The left-handed batter now has the most runs by a visiting No. He also became the first player ever from a visiting team to score multiple centuries in Sri Lanka while batting at No.
Padikkal also shattered Rahul Dravid ‘s 27-year-old record by scoring the most runs by an Indian batter in a two-match away Test series. Dravid scored 321 runs during India’s India tour of New Zealand 1998-99. Captain Shubman Gill made 50, while opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ravindra Jadeja chipped in with 45 and 43 respectively.
Overall, he became the seventh Indian batter after Vinod Kambli , Mohammad Azharuddin , Sachin Tendulkar , Virender Sehwag , Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara to score multiple centuries in a series away from home against Sri Lanka.
