India vs Sri Lanka Tests: Top 5 innings aggregates

#1. 1598 runs, at Ahmedabad 2009. (India 426 and 412/4 dec, Sri Lanka 760/7 dec)

The first Test between India and Sri Lanka in 2009 witnessed seven hundred in three innings and an aggregate of 1598 runs. For bowlers, the pitch was a deathbed but the fans enjoyed some high-quality batting throughout the five days.

On the opening day Rahul Dravid exhibited the skills to survive the scare of the new ball and scored a vigilant and composed 177. Later MS Dhoni, India’s skipper showed the ways of dominating the old ball by producing an aggressive hundred.

Tilakratne Dilshan’s quick-fire 112 off 133 balls was a tough a competition to Dhoni’s knock but the best of the lot was Mahela Jayawardene who scored 275 runs in his trademark classic batting style.

Classy and elegant: Mahela Jayawardene during his 275

The right-handed batsman exploited the flat track and milked India’s bowlers with ease. His surgical stroke making along with the elegant use of wrists pumped life in the match.

He added 351 runs with Prasanna Jayawardene, who too scored a watchful hundred.

In the second innings, Gautam Gambhir and Tendulkar scored hundreds to improve their numbers and ensured that the match ended without any result.