Statistical highlights of the first cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka at the SSC in Colombo on Saturday.
# Saturday's defeat against Sri Lanka is India's third biggest in Test annals -- their highest two defeats being by an innings and 336 runs in the 1958-59 Kolkata Test against West Indies and by an innings and 285 runs in the 1974 Lord's Test against England.
# India faced a follow-on against Sri Lanka for the first time.
# India conceded a first innings lead of 377 runs -- their second highest against Sri Lanka, next only to their trailing by 415 runs in 1997-98 at RPS, Colombo Test when Sri Lanka replied with 952/6 in response to India's 537 for eight.
# India's 138 in their second innings is their lowest completed innings total against Sri Lanka, eclipsing their 167 in 73.2 overs at Chennai in 2005-06.
# Sri Lanka's win by an innings and 239 runs is their third biggest victory-margin in Tests, their top two being by an innings and 254 runs against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in 2003-04 and by an innings and 240 runs against Zimbabwe at Harare in 2003-04.
# Sri Lanka registered their fourth victory (all in Sri Lanka) in 27 Tests against India -- lost 10 and drawn 13.
# Sri Lanka's win by an innings and 239 runs is their biggest victory against India, surpassing their win by an innings and 77 runs here in 2001-02.
# V.V.S. Laxman (56) registered his best innings against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, obliterating his 25 here in 1998-99.
# Laxman's second half-century against Sri Lanka is his 34th in Test cricket.
# Muttiah Muralitharan's Test figures of 11 for 110 are his best in a Test against India, eclipsing 11 for 196 here in 2001-02. On both the occasions, he got the Man of the Match awards.
# Muralitharan has got Man of the Match award 19 times so far.
# Muralitharan has now captured five wickets in an innings 65 times, extending the world record he holds. His tally includes six such instances against India.
# Muralitharan, for the first time against India, has bagged five wickets or more in each innings of a Test match.
# Laxman and Ishant Sharma put on 35 runs -- India's best partnership for the tenth wicket in Sri Lanka, surpassing the 30 between Zaheer Khan and Venkatesh Prasad here in 2001-02.
# Laxman (56 & 21) became the first Indian batsman to be dismissed twice on the same day against Sri Lanka -- Mendis captured his wicket in both the innings.
# Ajantha Mendis' figures of 8 for 132 are the best by any Sri Lankan bowler on Test debut, bettering Kuruppurachchi's 7 for 85 against Pakistan in 1985-86
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