After this innings, Mendis has 627 runs in seven innings of five Test matches at an average of 89.57. Let us tell you that he played innings of 61,102,164, 92,9,12,113,74 runs respectively. He has become the seventh player in the world to score 600 or more runs in the first five Tests of his career. Sunil Gavaskar is at number one in this list, who scored 831 runs in the first five Tests. After this, George Headley (714), Harry Brook (623), Devon Conway (623), Conrad Hunt (622) and Don Bradman (607) are in this list.

Mendis has also surpassed the great Don Bradman in terms of scoring the most runs in the first five Tests. Mendis will have a chance to improve his record in the second innings of the Lord's Test match. To surpass Gavaskar in this list, Mendis will have to score 205 runs.

It is worth noting that after being invited to bat first in this match, England scored 427 runs in the first innings. In response, the Sri Lankan team collapsed at 196 runs and England got a huge lead of 231 runs. By the end of the second day's play, England has scored 25 runs after losing 1 wicket in the second innings, with this the total lead of the host team has become 256 runs.