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Dhananjaya de Silva Equals Sanath Jayasuriya On 2 Elite Records With Hundred vs Pakistan

Aakash Saini

Dhananjaya de Silva celebrates his hundred vs PAK [Source: AFP]Dhananjaya de Silva celebrates his hundred vs PAK [Source: AFP]

Dhananjaya de Silva led Sri Lanka’s batting rebellion after a tiring first two days of the match. Batting at number five for Sri Lanka on Day 3 of their series-opening first Test at Rawalpindi, the cricketer notched up his 14th century.

The elegant right-handed batter reached the milestone figure with a boundary off Arafat Minhas in the 70th over of the first Sri Lanka innings. Through his latest knock, the 35-year-old has levelled up with former opener Sanath Jayasuriya for a couple of huge Sri Lankan records.

Dhananjaya de Silva charts record century for Sri Lanka, levels Jayasuriya

Dhananjaya de Silva completed his 14th Test century with his fighting knock against Pakistan on Day 3 of their first Test match. The cricketer reached the milestone figure from 151 balls, having struck 12 elegant boundaries at the time. 

Through the course of his innings, Dhananjaya has now levelled with former cricketers Sanath Jayasuriya and Thilan Samaraweera in terms of listing the ninth joint-highest number of Test hundreds for Sri Lanka.

The three aforementioned cricketers have all charted 14 centuries each, with Dhananjaya taking the least time as he registered the feat in just his 70th Test appearance. Kumar Sangakkara remains Sri Lanka’s highest century-maker by a landslide with 38 tons to his name from 134 matches.

Dhananjaya de Silva continues his love affair with Pakistan 

Moreover, Dhananjaya de Silva also continued his love affair with the Pakistan cricket team in Test cricket. The 14th century he struck today in Rawalpindi also marked his Test ton number four against Pakistan. 

Reaching the milestone figure in just his 12th Test innings against Pakistan, de Silva has once again matched Sanath Jayasuriya, considering the former opener also hammered down four tons in his career against Pakistan in Tests, albeit from 30 innings.

Overall, Dhananjaya de Silva has now become Sri Lanka’s third highest century-maker in Tests against Pakistan, as Kumar Sangakkara and Aravinda de Silva lead the table with 10 and eight centuries each. 

Dhananjaya’s batting average of 69.80 is also the second highest among any Sri Lankan batter against Pakistan in Tests. Sangakkara fittingly takes the top spot for his average of 74.64.

With de Silva reaching his century, Sri Lanka soared past the 300-run mark at a healthy run rate of above four an over as the visitors respond to Pakistan’s 434 with pure aggression, despite having slipped to 65-3 at one stage.