Sonal Dinusha Joins Zaheer Abbas In Special Club With Unbeaten 85 On Day 3 Of Colombo Test

The Sri Lankan youngster is only the third batter in Test history to score 80 or more runs in each of his first three Test innings against India.

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Sonal Dinusha joins Zaheer Abbas in special list during Day 3 of 2nd India-Sri Lanka Test. (Picture Credit: AP)

Sonal Dinusha has been Sri Lanka’s best batter in the ongoing two-match Test series against India. The 25-year-old left-handed batter from Colombo scored his maiden Test century (100) in the first innings of the first Test and then followed it up with a knock of 84 runs in the second innings, but failed to prevent Sri Lanka from suffering a 165-run defeat.

He continued his excellent form with the bat in the ongoing second Test and was unbeaten on 85 at the close of play on Day 3 at the Sinhalese Sports Club.

Dinusha’s score of 85 on Tuesday frustrated India and also helped him join an elite club of Test batters.

The Sri Lankan youngster is only the third batter in Test history to score 80 or more runs in each of his first three Test innings against India.

Before him, West Indies great Everton Weekes and Pakistan legend Zaheer Abbas had achieved the same feat.

Players to score 80+ runs in first three Test innings against India

Weekes, in fact, scored centuries in each of his first four Test innings against India, making 128, 194, 162 and 101, before following them up with scores of 90, 56 and 48. Abbas, meanwhile, scored 176, 96 and an unbeaten 235 in his first three Test innings against India.

Sonal, who scored a Test century while batting at No. 6 in the series opener, will now be aiming to score another century as a No. 7 batter against India in Colombo.

So far, no Sri Lankan batter has managed to score multiple Test centuries against India while batting at No. 6 or lower. Dinusha needs just 15 more runs on Wednesday (August 26) to enter the history books.

Dinusha’s unbeaten 85 on Tuesday also helped him take his run tally in the ongoing series to 269. He is Sri Lanka’s highest run-scorer in the two-match Test series and is second only to India’s Devdutt Padikkal on the list of batters with the most runs in the ongoing red-ball series.

Padikkal, who has slammed two centuries in three innings so far, has amassed 328 runs.

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