After scoring a magnificent 167 off 230 balls in the first innings, Padikkal looked in sublime touch in the second innings as well. However, an LBW dismissal by Keshara Nuwantha cut his innings short at 44 off 75 balls, with six fours. Padikkal’s match aggregate was 211 runs, the most by an Indian No. 3 in a Test against Sri Lanka since Rahul Dravid’s 215 runs in the Ahmedabad Test in 2009, where he scored 177 and 38.
Indian batter Devdutt Padikkal fell just five runs short of breaking Rahul Dravid’s long-standing record against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
3, with 305 against Australia in Adelaide in 2003, when he scored an iconic 233 and followed it up with 72* in India’s victory. Dravid also holds the record for the most runs in a match by an Indian No.
Rishabh Pant then took the attack to the Sri Lankan bowlers, smashing a 69-ball 66 that included two sixes. His innings also saw him become the first Indian to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket and the fastest player in the world to reach the milestone.
