#1 Sachin Tendulkar

The Master Blaster rocked Indian cricket for more than two decades and his presence at four in the Test line-up was a huge boost for India. A wonderfully gifted cricketer, Tendulkar holds records against most teams and has figured in 25 of the 38 Tests between India and Sri Lanka. He is easily the highest run-scorer in Tests between the two sides with 1995 runs at an average of 60.45.
The Mumbaikar hit a hundred in just his second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo in the year 1993. Another hundred followed in the return series the next year at Lucknow.
In 1997, he made back to back hundreds in Colombo and yet another in Mumbai later that year. He endured a dry period of four years against Sri Lanka between 2005 and 2009 before sliding back to groove with an unbeaten hundred in Ahmedabad. The following year he made a 203, his highest score against Lanka.
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