IND vs SL 1st Test: Manav Suthar surpasses Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh to achieve THIS feat
Updated On: 19 August, 2026 02:41 PM IST | Sujay Shivalkar
In the first Test match against Sri Lanka, Team India's Manav Suthar achieved a new feat. Here's all you need to know (Pics: X)


In the first innings of the first Test match against Sri Lanka, Team India's Manav Suthar claimed four wickets by conceding 76 runs in 21.4 overs. In the hosts' second innings, the Indian spinner returned with the figures of six wickets for 55 runs in 23.4 overs

With this, he etched his name in history, surpassing legends Harbhajan Singh and Ravichandran Ashwin to become the bowler with the best figures in Sri Lanka

He also became the third Indian bowler after these two legends to register a ten-wicket haul in Sri Lanka

With the figures of 10/131, he has outdone Harbhajan (10/153 at Galle in 2008) and Ashwin (10/160 at Galle in 2015) to become the third Indian with a ten-fer in Sri Lanka and the Indian bowler with the best figures in the country

Riding on his performances, the visitors secured a dominant victory by 165 runs at the Galle International Cricket Stadium near Galle Fort
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