Sri Lanka’s third consecutive victory over Bangladesh by an innings helped them join England and India as the only teams in Test history to win all their matches in a three-match series by an innings. Following is the list:

England — bt WI in 1928 at Lord’s (inn & 58 runs), Manchester (inn & 30 runs) & The Oval (inn & 71 runs) *

India — bt Sri Lanka in 1993-94 at Lucknow (inn & 119 runs), Bangalore (inn & 95 runs) & Ahmedabad (inn & 17 runs)

Sri Lanka — bt Bangladesh in 2007 at Colombo, SSC (inn & 234 runs), Colombo, PSS (inn & 90 runs) & Kandy (inn & 193 runs).

* West Indies in 1928 were appearing in Tests for the first time