Sri lanka cricket team: Recently, Sri Lanka did not see any special performance in Test cricket. Australia defeated Sri Lanka 2–0 in the 2-match Test series at her house. Of course, the recent performance of this team at home is nothing special. But there was a time when it was difficult to dismiss a batsman, far away. This can be gauged by looking at the 624 -run partnership. The pair of batsmen rocked the field and scored 624 runs alone. He troubled the bowlers for the third wicket. So let's tell you in detail about their innings
Test cricket is called the most entire format. Because in this format, long innings are given importance than big innings, which is not easy for every batsman. It can be understood by watching the match played between South Africa and Sri Lanka 18 years ago. In this match, Sri Lanka Cricket Team scored a lot of runs against Africa. He also won the match by 153 runs. Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara played an important role in his victory. Both the players stayed on the field and shared a 624 -run partnership for the third wicket.
The feat was done by both the players on the grounds of Colombo. In this match, Sangakkara faced 457 balls and scored 287 runs with the help of 35 fours. Whereas, his partner Jayawardene played 572 balls and scored 374 runs with the help of 43 fours and 1 six. In this way, Brian Lara's record of scoring the most runs in Test cricket was almost broken. Both batsmen craved the South African bowlers for the wicket for about 3 days. Whereas, in this match, Sri Lanka Cricket Team easily defeated South Africa. The South African team, who came out to bat first, was reduced to just 169 runs, in response to which Sri Lanka scored a huge score of 756 runs.
This happened between Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene. This 624 -run partnership is the biggest partnership in Test cricket so far. With this partnership, he broke the records of Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama of Sri Lanka Cricket Team. Jayasuriya and Mahanama shared a 576 -run partnership against India in 1997.
