Sonal Dinusha Creates History, Becomes First Asian Player To Achieve MAMMOTH Feat

India are currently taking on Sri Lanka in the second Test of the two-match series at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. This is a massive match as India are looking to win the Test and secure a whitewash in the series.

However, despite being enforced a follow-on, the Lankans are fighting their way against the visitors, as they look to seal a thrilling draw. Sonal Dinusha has been the player who has troubled India the most, and he has now managed to achieve a feat that no Asian has done in the history of Test Cricket.

Sonal Dinusha has slammed 89 runs in the fourth innings, and his well on his way to reach another century. In the first innings of the Test, he scored 103 runs. In fact, in the first two innings of the first Test he slammed 100 and 84 runs respectively. Thus, in his first four Test innings against India, he has manage to put on 50+ scores. He becomes the first Asian batter to achieve this stunning feat against India in Test history.

In total, Sonal Dinusha becomes the fourth batter in history to score 50+ in all his first four Test innings against India after Douglas Jardine, Everton Weekes, Clyde Walton and Ken Barrington.

Here are the players with 50+ scores in their first four Test innings vs India:

Player Country Runs Venue Start Date
Douglas Jardine England 79 Lord’s June 25, 1932
85* Lord’s June 25, 1932
60 Mumbai (BS) December 15, 1933
61 Kolkata January 5, 1934
Everton Weekes West Indies 128 Delhi November 10, 1948
194 Mumbai (BS) December 9, 1948
162 Kolkata December 31, 1948
101 Kolkata December 31, 1948
Clyde Walcott West Indies 152 Delhi November 10, 1948
68 Mumbai (BS) December 9, 1948
54 Kolkata December 31, 1948
108 Kolkata December 31, 1948
Ken Barrington England 56 Nottingham June 4, 1959
80 Lord’s June 18, 1959
80 Leeds July 2, 1959
87 Manchester July 23, 1959
Sonal Dinusha Sri Lanka 100 Galle August 15, 2026
84 Galle August 15, 2026
103 Colombo (SSC) August 23, 2026
89* Colombo (SSC) August 23, 2026

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