Statistics never lie. The old adage was proved true once again. The Sri Lankans outperformed the Indians in all aspects of the game and emerged worthy winners. The averages for both, India and Sri Lanka, at the end of the three match Test series. It comes as no suprise that it is Sri Lanka which has the best bowling and batting averages.
India Batting and Fielding Name Mat I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
India Batting and Fielding
Name Mat I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
R Dravid 3 6 1 235 75 47.00 0 2 2 0 S Ramesh 3 6 0 223 55 37.16 0 1 4 0 SS Das 3 6 0 217 68 36.16 0 2 1 0 SC Ganguly 3 6 1 166 98* 33.20 0 1 0 0 M Kaif 3 6 1 106 37 21.20 0 0 1 0 BKV Prasad 3 5 3 35 20 17.50 0 0 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 3 5 0 79 44 15.80 0 0 0 0 HK Badani 3 5 0 76 38 15.20 0 0 4 0 Z Khan 3 5 1 48 45 12.00 0 0 0 0 SV Bahutule 1 2 0 18 18 9.00 0 0 0 0 SS Dighe 3 5 0 44 28 8.80 0 0 8 0 Harvinder Singh 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 0 0 0 0 J Srinath 1 1 1 0 0* - 0 0 1 0
India Bowling
Player Mat O M R W Best Ave Econ SR 5 10
J Srinath 1 25.5 6 114 5 5-114 22.80 4.41 31.0 1 0 BKV Prasad 3 97 23 308 11 5-72 28.00 3.17 52.9 1 0 Z Khan 3 98.5 16 367 10 4-76 36.70 3.71 59.3 0 0 Harvinder Singh 1 22.3 2 87 2 2-62 43.50 3.86 67.5 0 0 SC Ganguly 3 39.3 12 134 2 2-69 67.00 3.39 118.5 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 3 98 21 292 4 2-185 73.00 2.97 147.0 0 0 SV Bahutule 1 31 5 101 1 1-101 101.00 3.25 186.0 0 0 HK Badani 3 8 2 17 0 - - 2.12 - 0 0 S Ramesh 3 5 0 24 0 - - 4.80 - 0 0
Sri Lanka Batting and Fielding
Player Mat I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
DPMD Jayawardene 3 4 0 296 139 74.00 2 0 3 0 K Sangakkara 3 4 1 196 105* 65.33 1 0 6 1 HP Tillakaratne 3 4 1 173 136* 57.66 1 0 6 0 MS Atapattu 3 5 1 225 108 56.25 1 0 3 0 ST Jayasuriya 3 5 1 156 111 39.00 1 0 3 0 M Muralitharan 3 3 0 80 67 26.66 0 1 1 0 WPUJC Vaas 3 3 0 59 42 19.66 0 0 0 0 RP Arnold 3 4 0 60 31 15.00 0 0 4 0 ASA Perera 2 3 0 34 18 11.33 0 0 1 0 PDRL Perera 2 3 2 6 6* 6.00 0 0 0 0 CRD Fernando 3 3 0 11 4 3.66 0 0 1 0 DK Liyanage 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 0 0 0 0 TT Samaraweera 1 1 1 103 103* - 1 0 0 0
Sri Lanka Bowling
Name Mat O M R W Best Ave Econ SR 5 10
M Muralitharan 3 177.3 51 444 23 8-87 19.30 2.50 46.3 2 1 TT Samaraweera 1 10 4 22 1 1-10 22.00 2.20 60.0 0 0 PDRL Perera 2 36 9 95 4 2-21 23.75 2.63 54.0 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 3 31 13 56 2 1-10 28.00 1.80 93.0 0 0 CRD Fernando 3 101 24 304 9 5-42 33.77 3.00 67.3 1 0 WPUJC Vaas 3 130.4 40 312 9 4-65 34.66 2.38 87.1 0 0 RP Arnold 3 2 0 7 0 - - 3.50 - 0 0 DK Liyanage 1 14 2 44 0 - - 3.14 - 0 0 ASA Perera 2 17 0 54 0 - - 3.17 - 0 0