All the key stats and facts from the first Test match between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Galle.
Sri Lanka demolished South Africa by 278 runs in the first Test match in Galle and took a 1-0 lead in the 2 Test match series. After opting to bat first Sri Lanka posted a respectable total of 287 runs in the first innings on a turning track with the help of opener Dimuth Karunaratne's 158* runs.
And it turned out to be a great total as the South African batsmen failed to pick Sri Lankan spinners and were bowled out for just 126 runs in their first innings and conceded a lead of 161 runs. In the second innings.
Sri Lanka scored 190 runs and set a target of 352 runs for the visitors but South African couldn't put up a fight and Lankan spinners bundled out South Africa for a mere total of 73 runs. Dimuth Karunaratne was named Man of the Match for his awesome knock of 158* runs.
All the key stats and facts from the first Test match between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Galle :
2 - Dimuth Karunaratne (158*) became the second Sri Lankan opener to carry his bat in a Test innings after Sidath Wettimuny (63* vs New Zealand at Christchurch in 1983).
8 - Number of Test centuries scored by Dimuth Karunaratne as an opener - the joint third most for Sri Lanka. Only Marvan Atapattu (16) and Sanath Jayasuriya (13) have more Test hundreds than him.
10/78 - Dilruwan Perera became the second Sri Lankan off-spinner to take 10 wickets in a Test match after Muttiah Muralitharan. And these are also career-best Test match bowling figures for Dilruwan Perera.
50 - This was the 50th Test match of Dean Elgar's career.
73 - South Africa's second innings' total of 73 runs is their lowest ever Test score since readmission (1991/92).
Lowest Test score for South Africa since readmission (1991/92)
73 vs SL at Galle, 2018
79 vs IND at Nagpur, 2015
83 vs ENG at Johannesburg, 2016
84 vs IND at Johannesburg, 2006
105 vs IND at Ahmedabad, 1996
150 - Kagiso Rabada (23 years & 50 days) became the youngest bowler to take 150 wickets in Test cricket.
Youngest to take 150 Test wickets :
Kagiso Rabada - 23 Y & 50 D
Harbhajan Singh - 23 Y & 106 D
Kapil Dev - 23 Y & 155 D
Waqar Younis - 24 Y & 86 D
421 - Dale Steyn equaled Shaun Pollock's tally of 421 Test wickets and became joint all-time leading wicket-taker for South Africa in this format.
2021 - Kusal Mendis completed 2000 Test runs in Test cricket. He is the 18th Sri Lankan player to achieve this milestone.