Sonal Dinusha Becomes First Sri Lankan To Achieve Unique Test Feat Against India

The 25-year-old left-handed batter needed 15 runs on Wednesday to reach the 100-run mark and wasted little time in completing his century.

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Sonal Dinusha scored a century in the 2nd Test vs India.

He is 1st SL No. 6/lower batter with multiple Test 100s.

Dinusha is 2nd SL batter with multiple 100s in first 2 Tests.

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Sonal Dinusha becomes 1st Sri Lankan No 6 or lower batter to score multiple Test 100s against India. (Picture Credit: AP)

Sonal Dinusha has been Sri Lanka’s best player in the ongoing two-match Test series against India, and he scored a brilliant century for the hosts during the morning session on Day 4 of the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo.

The 25-year-old left-handed batter needed 15 runs on Wednesday to reach the 100-run mark and wasted little time in completing his century.

By scoring a century in the first innings of a must-win match for Sri Lanka, Dinusha has entered the record books. He is the first Sri Lankan batter to score multiple Test centuries against India after coming in to bat at No. 6 or lower.

Dinusha batted at No. 7 for Sri Lanka in the first innings of the second Test and scored 103 runs off 162 balls. He had earlier scored 100 runs as a No. 6 batter in the first Test at the Galle International Stadium.

Dinusha’s century also helped him become only the second Sri Lankan batter after Duleep Mendis to score multiple centuries in his first two Tests against India.

Mendis played his first two Tests against India in 1982 and scored two centuries.

The other batters to score multiple centuries against India in their first two Tests are Everton Weekes, Garry Sobers, Zaheer Abbas, Robin Smith, Gary Kirsten and Jesse Ryder.

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Sonal Dinusha is the first Sri Lankan batter to score multiple Test centuries against India after batting at number six or lower. He is also the second Sri Lankan batter, after Duleep Mendis, to score multiple centuries in his first two Tests against India. Other international players who have scored multiple centuries against India in their first two Tests include Everton Weekes, Garry Sobers, Zaheer Abbas, Robin Smith, Gary Kirsten, and Jesse Ryder.

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