Record beckons Cheteshwar Pujara

When he resumes his unbeaten innings on Monday, Cheteshwar Pujara will become only the third Indian after M.L. Jaisimha and Ravi Shastri to bat on all five days of a Test. In all, eight batsmen have achieved the feat.

In the rain-affected Test here, Pujara played 32 deliveries on day one, 70 on the second day and 15 on third, all during his 117-ball 52 under trying conditions in the Indian first innings.

Coming in at the fall of Shikhar Dhawan’s wicket on day four, Pujara was batting on two.

Some records also fell by the way side during the fourth day’s play at the Eden Gardens.

Pacemen’s day out

It was the first time since 1983 — Kapil Dev scalped nine West Indian batsmen and Balwinder Sandhu took one in Ahmedabad then — and the third occasion overall that the Indian pacemen picked all 10 wickets of an innings in a home Test.

And the nine overs of spin in the Sri Lankan innings here was the lowest by Indian spinners in the first innings of a home Test.