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# In the course of his 43rd hundred in the Ahmedabad Test, Sachin Tendulkar has become the first player to complete 30,000 runs in international cricket.
# Tendulkar is the first one to make 1500 (1512) runs against Sri Lanka at an average of 58.15 in 20 Tests.
# For the second time, India have posted 400 in each innings of a Test match. In the 2004-05 Kolkata Test against Pakistan, India had made 407 and 407 for 9 wickets declared.
# It was the third time that Muttiah Muralitharan gone wicket-less, conceding 100 runs and more.
# Seven hundreds - 4 by India and 3 by Sri Lanka is a record tally in India or for that matter, in any Test, involving India.
# Gautam Gambhir's seventh Test century is his first against Sri Lanka - his fourth in India.
# Gambhir has achieved a unique feat - three hundreds in successive Tests. He became the sixth batsman to register three centuries or more in consecutive Tests.
# Sunil Gavaskar (4 between 1976-77 and 1977-78 & 3 during 1970-71) and Rahul Dravid (4 between 2002 and 2002-03) are the only ones to make four centuries in successive Tests.
# Gambhir's previous best against Sri Lanka was 74 at Galle last year.
# In his last eight Tests, Gambhir has made six centuries.
# With a hundred against Sri Lanka, Sachin Tendulkar has taken his tally to 43, the most by any batsman.
# In drawn Tests, Sachin is averaging 65.36 - 5360 in 95 innings, including 18 hundreds and 25 fifties.
# In four Tests this year, Sachin has made two hundreds and two fifties in seven innings - 448 at an average of 74.66.
# Sachin is the first batsman to register three centuries at Motera.
# Under Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy, Sachin has made 710 (ave.71.00) in 7 Tests (13 innings), including four hundreds and two fifties.
# VVS Laxman has registered four innings of 50-plus in his last six innings - 76 & 124 not out against New Zealand at Napier; 4 and 61 at Wellington and 0 and 51 not out against Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad.
# Laxman's fourth fifty against Sri Lanka is his 40th overall.
# Laxman is averaging 69.20 in 2009 - 346 in seven innings, twice not out, including one hundred and three fifties, in four Tests.
# In drawn Tests, Laxman is averaging 63.75 in 60 innings (39 Tests) - 2805 runs, including eight hundreds and 17 fifties.
# Amit Mishra's 24 off 51 balls is his career-best innings, surpassing the 23 off 31 balls against England at Mohali in 2008-09.