India's No. 6 problems, Rahul emulates Rahul

1 Number of India openers who had made two hundreds in their first five away innings before KL Rahul. Rahul Dravid made hundreds in his fourth and fifth away innings as an opener.

164 Runs added by the partnership between KL Rahul and Virat Kohli, India's highest at P Sara Oval for any wicket, beating the 162-run stand between Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli in 1993. This was also India's third-highest stand for the third wicket against Sri Lanka.

79 Runs by Rohit Sharma in this innings, his highest score and his third fifty in 20 Test innings after he hit back-to-back centuries in his first two innings. Rohit has made 649 runs at No. 5 and No. 6 at an average of 43.26, including two hundreds and two fifties. At No. 3 and No. 4, he has made 115 runs at an average of 22.2.

13.50 Average partnership by openers in the first innings of a Test at P Sara Oval, the worst among venues with at least ten such stands in the last ten years. There has been only one fifty stand, which was between Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag in 2008.

0 Number of times Ajinkya Rahane had batted at No. 3 in 16 Tests before this one. He made only 4 in this innings. India have now gone 28 innings without a hundred from their No. 3. The last one was by Cheteshwar Pujara in Johannesburg in 2013. After that India's No. 3 has averaged 24.50 including four fifties and a highest of 73.

2002 The last time India's third wicket added 100 or more after the team was two down for 19 or less. On that occasion Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar added 163 against England at Trent Bridge. This was only the ninth time India have added 100 or more from such a situation out of 153 instances.

395 Runs added by India's third-wicket stand in three innings this series at an average of 131.66. Before the 164-run partnership in this innings, Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan had added 227 for the third wicket in the first innings of the first Test. India have added 411 from 23 partnerships at an average of 17.87 from their other wickets, including two fifty stands that came in this innings.

16.8 Runs India's No. 6 batsmen have averaged in the last ten innings in Tests. They have had five scores in single digits including three ducks. Stuart Binny, who came in to bat at No. 6 in this innings, made 10. Since MS Dhoni last batted at that position for India, against England at The Oval last year, India have tried seven different batsmen at No. 6.

5.29 Tharindu Kaushal's economy when he has bowled a fuller length in this series. He has taken just one wicket from 153 such deliveries. When he has not bowled full, he has had an economy of 2.66 and has taken seven wickets from 289 deliveries.