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Sanath Jayasuriya 340 runs: Jayasuriya dominated in 1997. Any bowler will sweat against Jayasuriya. Jayasuriya's batting in the first 15 overs in ODIs is commendable. Jayasuriya played an important role in Sri Lanka winning the World Cup in 1997. Jayasuriya used to bowl out any bowling attack. On 6 August 1997, i.e. today, Sri Lankan legend Sanath Jayasuriya played a tremendous innings in Colombo. This is also the second highest score by a Sri Lankan batsman in the history of Test cricket. Mahela Jayawardene's 374 runs against South Africa is the highest score.
In this Test match, Jayasuriya displayed his batting skills and all-round ability scored 952 runs . Which made him one of the greatest players in cricket history. In 1997, Jayasuriya was the shining star of the cricket world. His innings is a memorable moment in Sri Lankan cricket history. In the first match of the Test series against India, Jayasuriya's brilliant batting led Sri Lanka to a mountain score of 952 runs. However, the match ended in a draw.
India made a great comeback
In this test match, the Indian team also made a good comeback and managed to draw the match. This proved to be an exciting and memorable match between the two teams. In the first innings, Jayasuriya took three wickets and India declared their innings after scoring 537 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Jayasuriya showed excellent performance in batting as well as bowling, as a result of which the Sri Lankan team reached a strong position and the Indian team had to work hard to score a good score.
During Sri Lanka's batting, Sanath Jayasuriya opened the innings with Marvan Atapattu. After losing his opening partner early, Jayasuriya built a strong partnership with all-rounder Roshan Mahanama. After the first wicket fell, the pair of Jayasuriya and Mahanama continued to bat for three consecutive days. Jayasuriya ended the day's play with an unbeaten 175, while Mahanama was batting on 115.
By the end of the fourth day's play, Sri Lanka has scored 587 runs for the loss of one wicket. Sanath Jayasuriya has already completed a triple century. His partner Roshan Mahanama scored a double century. Both continued to bat till the fourth day. Jayasuriya broke many records and was out after scoring 340 runs. The Sri Lankan star hit 36 fours and two sixes during his brilliant innings. His partnership with Mahanama was of 576 runs, which was the second-highest Test partnership for any wicket for Sri Lanka.
Rajesh Chauhan took the wicket
Sanath Jayasuriya was dismissed by Indian bowler Rajesh Chauhan. After Jayasuriya's dismissal, Arvind de Silva scored a century and after that Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga scored 86 runs in the second innings. Sri Lanka declared its innings with 952 runs and the match was drawn. In this match, Sri Lankan batsmen performed brilliantly and Jayasuriya, Mahanama, de Silva and Ranatunga troubled the Indian bowlers a lot.