On this day: Aravinda de Silva became first player to score two unbeate
Updated On: 29 April, 2020 12:49 PM IST | New Delhi | ANI
De Silva played a knock of 138 runs in the first innings from 208 balls. His innings was studded with 19 fours and this knock took Sri Lanka's total to 331
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Aravinda de Silva
It was on this day in 1997, that the former Sri Lanka batsman Aravinda de Silva became the first player in the history of cricket to score two unbeaten centuries in the same Test.
The right-handed batsman achieved the feat against Pakistan in Colombo. Opting to bat first, de Silva came into bat with Sri Lanka 124/2.
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