Cricket: There have been many historic matches in cricket history so far. During this time many records were established, while many previous records were also broken. Today in this article we are going to tell you about one such unique match in the cricket world.

During this match, one team declared the innings after scoring 952 runs in one innings. Triple century and double century were also seen during the same innings. Let us know in detail which match is being discussed.

Historical match of cricket world

Actually, the match we are talking about was played between India and Sri Lanka (IND vs SL) in 1997. Both the teams faced each other in the first match of the two-match Test series. The Sri Lankan team was hosting this series. The first Test was held at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

During this match, Sri Lanka scored 952 runs in the first innings.

This was the condition of India's innings

If we look at the scorecard of this match, the host team India came out to bat first. Playing first, this team had a very bad start. Opener Nayan Mongia returned to the pavilion after scoring just 7 runs. However, after this Navjot Singh Sidhu (111) and Rahul Dravid (69) together took charge of the team.

There was a partnership of 194 runs between these two players for the third wicket. After this, Sachin Tendulkar, who came to bat at number four, played a brilliant innings of 143 runs.

Apart from him, Mohammad Azharuddin also contributed 126 runs. On the basis of these innings, the Indian team scored 537 runs in the first innings.

Sri Lanka created unique history

Sri Lankan batsmen gave a befitting reply to the score made by India in the first innings. Opener Sanath Jayasuriya scored a wonderful triple century. The left-handed batsman scored 340 runs in 578 balls. Roshan Mahanama scored a double century. He scored 225 runs in 561 balls. Apart from these two, Aravinda de Silva also contributed 126 runs. Due to these innings, Sri Lankan team had scored 952 runs after losing 6 wickets when the umpires declared the match a draw.