Stats: India register largest win vs Lanka

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Kanpur: The ninth wicket partnership of 73 runs between Thilan Samaraweera and Ajantha Mendis is Sri Lanka's best for this wicket against India. The previous best was 60 between Hasan Tillakaratne and Ranjith Madurasinghe at Chandigarh in 1990-91.

The victory was India's 100th in 432nd Test. India became sixth team to win 100 Tests after Australia (332), England (310), West Indies (152), South Africa (120) and Pakistan (103).

India's win was their 26th by innings margin – seventh against Sri Lanka and 18th at home soil. It was their third biggest as the table below shows:

The victory was also India's largest over Sri Lanka. India had beaten Sri Lanka by an innings and 119 runs at Lucknow in 1993-94.

For Sri Lanka it was their fifth biggest defeat in all Tests. The details:

MS Dhoni has continued his remarkable run in Test cricket. India have not lost a single Test under Dhoni ever since he took the reins in 2008. Of all captains in Test cricket only nine have enjoyed unbeaten run in the career having led their respective sides in five or more matches. Dhoni is the only Indian to make it to this elite list.

Interestingly India's win at Kanpur also eliminated Kumar Sangakkara from this elite list. In the six matches prior to the Kanpur Test, Sangakkara had won four and drawn two. But Dhoni's side promptly put a full-stop to his effort.

Thilan Samaraweera's run-tally in Test matches in 2009 reads as 1,233 runs in 10 Tests at an average of 82.20. Only Sanath Jayasuriya (1,271 runs in 1997) and Kumar Sangakkara (1,242 runs in 2006) have scored more runs in a calendar year for Sri Lanka. Samaraweera has now a great chance to surpass both of them in the next Test.

S Sreesanth won his second Man of the Match award. His only other award was against South Africa at Johannesburg in 2006-07.