SL's highest-ever Test total record unbroken for 21 years

The record for the highest-ever total in an innings of Test cricket, set by Sri Lanka against India on August 6, 1997, has been unbroken for 21 years. Sri Lanka batted for four days and managed to register a total of 952/6 in 271 overs. Sanath Jayasuriya top-scored in the innings with 340(578), first-ever triple hundred by a Sri Lankan.