| 137.50 (44/32) | Harbhajan Singh | India v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 22/08/2001 [1557] |
| 112.50 (45/40) | Z Khan | India v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 103.07 (67/65) | M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka v India at Kandy, 2nd Test, 22/08/2001 [1557] |
| 93.33 (28/30) | DPMD Jayawardene | Sri Lanka v India at Galle, 1st Test, 14/08/2001 [1555] |
| 80.43 (111/138) | ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v India at Galle, 1st Test, 14/08/2001 [1555] |
| 79.48 (31/39) | RP Arnold | Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 71.42 (30/42) | ST Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 69.79 (104/149) | DPMD Jayawardene | Sri Lanka v India at Kandy, 2nd Test, 22/08/2001 [1557] |
| 67.85 (38/56) | HK Badani | India v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 65.62 (42/64) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka v India at Kandy, 2nd Test, 22/08/2001 [1557] |
| 64.47 (98/152) | SC Ganguly | India v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 22/08/2001 [1557] |
| 64.35 (139/216) | DPMD Jayawardene | Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 63.55 (136/214) | HP Tillakaratne | Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 60.97 (75/123) | R Dravid | India v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 22/08/2001 [1557] |
| 60.78 (31/51) | K Sangakkara | Sri Lanka v India at Kandy, 2nd Test, 22/08/2001 [1557] |
| 58.85 (103/175) | TT Samaraweera | Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 53.15 (59/111) | SS Das | India v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 51.13 (45/88) | MS Atapattu | Sri Lanka v India at Kandy, 2nd Test, 22/08/2001 [1557] |
| 49.47 (47/95) | S Ramesh | India v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 22/08/2001 [1557] |
| 49.36 (39/79) | MS Atapattu | Sri Lanka v India at Kandy, 2nd Test, 22/08/2001 [1557] |
| 47.36 (108/228) | MS Atapattu | Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 47.00 (47/100) | K Sangakkara | Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 46.46 (105/226) | K Sangakkara | Sri Lanka v India at Galle, 1st Test, 14/08/2001 [1555] |
| 45.45 (25/55) | DPMD Jayawardene | Sri Lanka v India at Kandy, 2nd Test, 22/08/2001 [1557] |
| 42.35 (36/85) | R Dravid | India v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 41.97 (68/162) | SS Das | India v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 40.00 (46/115) | S Ramesh | India v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 35.46 (61/172) | R Dravid | India v Sri Lanka at Galle, 1st Test, 14/08/2001 [1555] |
| 35.44 (28/79) | SS Dighe | India v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 22/08/2001 [1557] |
| 34.73 (33/95) | MS Atapattu | Sri Lanka v India at Galle, 1st Test, 14/08/2001 [1555] |
| 33.53 (55/164) | S Ramesh | India v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 33.07 (42/127) | S Ramesh | India v Sri Lanka at Galle, 1st Test, 14/08/2001 [1555] |
| 29.52 (31/105) | S Ramesh | India v Sri Lanka at Kandy, 2nd Test, 22/08/2001 [1557] |
| 29.12 (30/103) | SC Ganguly | India v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 29.03 (36/124) | R Dravid | India v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, 29/08/2001 [1559] |
| 25.69 (37/144) | M Kaif | India v Sri Lanka at Galle, 1st Test, 14/08/2001 [1555] |
| 23.52 (40/170) | SS Das | India v Sri Lanka at Galle, 1st Test, 14/08/2001 [1555] |
