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There have been many such high scoring matches in Test cricket, but today we are going to tell you about one such match. In which the most runs were scored in the history of Test cricket. In this match, both the teams scored 4 centuries, one double century and one triple century. Cricket fans have not forgotten this match till date.
1489 runs were scored in the match between India and Sri Lanka
In the year 1997, a test match was played between India and Sri Lanka. In which Sri Lanka scored 952 runs. Which is the highest score made by any team in the history of test cricket. While batting for Sri Lanka in this match, Sanath Jayasuriya scored a triple century. While batting, Jayasuriya played an innings of 340 runs. While Roshan Mahanama scored 225 runs by scoring a double century. Apart from this, Aravinda de Silva scored 126 runs.
India scored 537 runs
Earlier, Team India scored 537 runs while batting. Three centuries were scored by India in this match, which were scored by Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin. Sidhu scored 111 runs, Sachin scored 143 runs and Azharuddin scored 126 runs. In this match, both the teams scored a total of 1489 runs.
This player became man of the match
In this match, Sanath Jayasuriya did wonders not only in batting but also in bowling. First Jayasuriya took 3 wickets while bowling and then played an innings of 340 runs while batting. Due to this brilliant performance, Jayasuriya was selected as the Player of the Match.