At
Colombo in 1996-97 India won
the toss and batted first.
Having scored 537/8 they
declared trying to bowl Sril
Lanka out for under 337. How
wrong they were! Sri Lanka
scored 952/6 (a test record)
with Sanath Jayasuriya (340)
and Roshan Mahanama (225)
putting on 576 runs (a test
record and 1 run short of
the first-class record).
They also became the only
pair to bat through 2 full
days of test cricket. |