Sri Lanka Star Surpasses Sunil Gavaskar To Equal World Record

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Sri Lanka star Kamindu Mendis has been enjoying a dream run in Test cricket.

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Since playing his first Test in July 2022, Mendis scored at least one 50-plus score in each of his first six Tests.

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On September 18, 2024, in a Test match against New Zealand in Galle, Mendis scored a ton.

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With that he has a fifty-plus score in each of his first seven Tests.

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This feat has happenned only once before in the 147-year history of Test cricket.

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Last year, Pakistan's Saud Shakeel became the first Test player to score 50-plus scores in each of his first seven Tests.

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Sunil Gavaskar, Saeed Ahmed, Basil Butcher and Bert Sutcliffe scored half-centuries in each of their first six Tests.

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