20.11.2009
With six double hundreds, Mahela Jayawardene now shares a record for the most double hundreds for Sri Lanka with Marvan Atapattu and Kumar Sangakkara.
He is now the only batsman to aggregate 9,000 runs for Sri Lanka.
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Highlights:
- Mahela has been adjudged the Man of the Match for the ninth time in Tests. Only Muttiah Muralitharan (19), Aravinda de Silva (11) and Kumar Sangakkara (10) have got more Man ofthe Match awards than Mahela Jayawardene.
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- Apart from posting the highest individual innings by a visiting batsman in India, he became the first Sri Lankan and the third batsman ever to play two innings of 200-plus against India - a feat hitherto accomplished by Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas and Australia's Ricky Ponting.
Profile:
Name: Mahela Jayawardene
Date of Birth: May 27, 1977 at Colombo
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
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Averages:
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 100 | 50 | SR | 4s | 6s | Ct |
| 108 | 178 | 13 | 9022 | 374 | 54.67 | 27 | 35 | 54.67 | 1075 | 41 | 151 |
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