Stats: Most runs in India vs Sri Lanka Test series

#4 Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid

Test matches are incomplete without this man! Rahul Dravid, commonly known as 'The Wall' is widely considered as one of the best Test batsmen in the world. Undoubtedly, his era was full of legends including Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, who changed the whole scenario of Indian Test cricket, but Dravid was top-notch in understanding the whole situation of this format. Though he helped his team on numerous occasions with his solid batting, the series against Sri Lanka in 2009-10 was something special for him.

He started off in style with a brilliant hundred in the first Test by hitting a solid knock of 177. Some more key contributions took the team total to 426. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, did a spectacular job as their stars like Dilshan and Jayawardene took the India bowling line-up to the cleaners. Lankans put up a rock solid total of 760 runs on the board. Indians, in their second innings, continued their good show with the bat and saved the match.

Dravid continued his terrific performance in the 2nd Test too by scoring 144 at a healthy strike rate of 64. Because of his superb effort, Team India managed to put a healthy total on the board with 642 runs in the first innings. However, the total was too good for the visitors as they collapsed on 229 and 269 in their 1st and 2nd innings respectively.

Here are the stats of Dravid's incredible performance against Sri Lanka in 2009-10 Test series:

Matches - 3

Innings - 4

Runs - 433

Highest - 177

Average - 108.25

100 - 2

50 - 1