INDIA ON TOP

309 is the highest first innings lead taken by India in Sri Lanka. 6 years since Abhinav Mukund scored his last Test fifty. His only previous fifty came in his debut series. He notched that in July 2011 in the West Indies.

innings since Kohli scored his last half-century. He had struggled against Australia at home although India won that series 2-1. 1000

runs abroad for Kohli as skipper, the 7th Indian captain to do so, after Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni, M Azharuddin, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar.