| Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Ganguly (INDIA) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 392 | 173 | 98.00 | 801 | 48.93 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 4 |
| R Dravid (INDIA) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 304 | 93 | 76.00 | 678 | 44.83 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| NS Sidhu (INDIA) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 288 | 131 | 72.00 | 671 | 42.92 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 4 |
| MS Atapattu (SL) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 268 | 108 | 67.00 | 642 | 41.74 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| PA de Silva (SL) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 227 | 110* | 75.66 | 456 | 49.78 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| SR Tendulkar (INDIA) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 199 | 148 | 49.75 | 373 | 53.35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 |
| ST Jayasuriya (SL) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 157 | 53 | 39.25 | 253 | 62.05 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| M Azharuddin (INDIA) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 119 | 62 | 29.75 | 273 | 43.58 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| HDPK Dharmasena (SL) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 110 | 40 | 36.66 | 374 | 29.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| RS Mahanama (SL) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 108 | 42 | 27.00 | 336 | 32.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| A Kumble (INDIA) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 107 | 78 | 26.75 | 251 | 42.62 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| NR Mongia (INDIA) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 78 | 57 | 26.00 | 219 | 35.61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| HP Tillakaratne (SL) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 25 | 22.00 | 258 | 25.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| A Ranatunga (SL) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 30 | 11.50 | 163 | 28.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| A Kuruvilla (INDIA) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 35* | 13.66 | 68 | 60.29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| J Srinath (INDIA) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 15* | 12.33 | 61 | 60.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| SKL de Silva (SL) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 20* | 18.00 | 153 | 23.52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan (SL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 11 | 90.90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| RK Chauhan (INDIA) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1.75 | 33 | 21.21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| KSC de Silva (SL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 | 38 | 15.78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WPUJC Vaas (SL) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3.00 | 23 | 26.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BKV Prasad (INDIA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 6 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GP Wickramasinghe (SL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NM Kulkarni (INDIA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | - | 4 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KR Pushpakumara (SL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Records includes the following current or recent matches: |
|
India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai, 3rd Test, Dec 3-7, 1997
[Test # 1390] |
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India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur, 2nd Test, Nov 26-30, 1997
[Test # 1387] |
|
India v Sri Lanka at Mohali, 1st Test, Nov 19-23, 1997
[Test # 1385] |