Sonal Dinusha Equals Andy Flower’s 26-Year-Old Test Record With 50 In 2nd Innings Of Colombo Test

Dinusha is only the second batter in the world to score 50-plus runs in all four innings of a two-match Test series against India.

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Sonal Dinusha equals Andy Flower’s 26-year-old record. (Picture Credit: AP)

Sonal Dinusha scored his fourth 50-plus score of the ongoing series between India and Sri Lanka on Thursday. The left-handed batter from Colombo, who played a knock of 103 runs in the first innings of the ongoing second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club, reached the 50-run mark during the morning session on Day 5.

Sonal’s half-century on the final day of the second Test helped him equal a 26-year-old batting record held by former Zimbabwe captain and wicketkeeper-batter Andy Flower.

Dinusha is only the second batter in the world to score 50-plus runs in all four innings of a two-match Test series against India.

He scored 100 and 84 in the first Test at the Galle International Stadium and has followed it up with a century and a fifty in the ongoing second Test.

In the two-match Test series between India and Zimbabwe in 2000, Flower scored 183*, 70, 55 and 232* in the four innings.

Dinusha’s half-century also helped him become the first Asian batter to score 50-plus runs in each of his first four Test innings against India. Before him, two English and two West Indies batters had managed to score 50-plus runs in each of their first four Test innings against India.

If Dinusha manages to score a century in the second innings of the Colombo Test, he will become the first player in the world to score three centuries in his first two Tests against India.

Former West Indies batter Everton Weekes scored four centuries in his first four Test innings against India, but he needed three matches to achieve the feat.

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Sonal Dinusha will become the first player globally to score three centuries in his first two Tests against India if he manages to score a century in the second innings of the Colombo Test.

Sonal Dinusha is the first Asian batter to score 50-plus runs in each of his first four Test innings against India. Before him, two English and two West Indies batters had achieved this feat. He is also the first Asian cricketer to score at least 50 runs in each of his first four Test innings against India.

Sonal Dinusha could become the first player globally to score three centuries in his first two Tests against India if he achieves a century in the second innings of the Colombo Test. He could also surpass Everton Weekes’ record of four centuries in his first four Test innings against India, which Weekes achieved over three matches.

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