Sri Lanka vs India : at Col-RPS on 12.09.09 : Sri Lanka won by 139 runs : Points – Sri Lanka – 05 Points : India – Zero Points

Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayassuriya has a world record to his credit – he now has most runs against a specific opposition in the history of one day games. He had an aggregate of 2714 runs prior to the start of the third game between Sri Lanka and India in the ongoing Compaq series.

When he was on 17 during the course of his knock of 98 in this game, his aggregate of runs against India stood at 2731 which was a world record for most runs by a batsman against a specific opposition in the history of one day games. At the end of this game, ST Jayasuriya’s run aggregate against India stood at 2812 runs. The previous record was held by SR Tendulkar of India who had amassed 2730 runs against Australia.

ST Jayasuriya’s half century {98} in this game represents his 14^th half century against India which is a record for most half centuries by a batsman against India. Prior to this game, ST Jayasuriya, PA de Silva and DPMD Jayawardene {all from Sri Lanka} shared the record for most fifties against India with 13 half centuries each.

DPMD Jayawardene was dismissed stumped for 17 in this game which represent the 107^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed stumped against various oppositions in one day games

DPMD Jayawardene was dismissed stumped for 17 in this game which represent the fifth occasion of his dismissed stumped against various oppositions in one day games. He becomes the fourth Sri Lankan batsman to be dismissed stumped in a one day game on five or more occasions. Others are – ST Jayasuriya {11}, PA de Silva {07} and AP Gurusinha {05}

DPMD Jayawardene was dismissed stumped for 17 in this game which represent the 24th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed stumped against India in one day games

AD Mathews was dismissed stumped for 19 in this game which represent the 25th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed stumped against India in one day games

DPMD Jayawardene and AD Mathews’s stumping dismissals in this game provide the 13^th occasion of two Sri Lankan batsman dismissed stumped in a one day game against various oppositions, It also provides the fifth such occasion against India.

ST Jayasuriya’s 98 and SHT Kandamby’s 91 not out in this game provide the 405^th and 406^th occasion of a batsman registering nineties in the history of one day games against various oppositions

ST Jayasuriya’s 98 and SHT Kandamby’s 91 not out in this game provide the 59^th and 60th occasion of a batsman registering nineties in the history of one day games against India..

ST Jayasuriya’s 98 and SHT Kandamby’s 91 not out in this game provide the 59^th and 60th occasion of a batsman registering nineties in the history of one day games against India..

ST Jayasuriya’s 98 and SHT Kandamby’s 91 not out in this game provide the 37th and 38th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering nineties in the history of one day games against various oppositions.

ST Jayasuriya’s 98 and SHT Kandamby’s 91 not out in this game provide the 10th and 11th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering nineties in the history of one day games against India.

ST Jayasuriya’s 98 and SHT Kandamby’s 91 not out in this game provide the ninth occasion of two batsmen registering nineties in the history of one day games against various oppositions. The nine occasions read ths

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Greenidge	90
	Richards	95*	Win	Vs	Aus	Lord’s	18.06.83
2	JG Wright	93
	AH Jones	93	NZl	Vs	Ban	Sharjah	28.04.90
3	Atapattu	94
	PA de Silva	97	Srl	Vs	Pak	Sharjah	04.04.97
4	Jayasuriya	96
	PA de Silva	90	Sri	Vs	Pak	Mohali	24.05.97
5	Gunawardene	90
	Jayawardene	96	Sri	Vs	Zim	Col-RPS	12.12.01
6	Ponting	92
	Lehmann	91	Aus	Vs	RSA	PE’beth	06.04.02
7	Ponting	91
	Clarke	92	Aus	Vs	RSA	Bassaterre	24.03.07
8	Tendulkar	99
	Dravid	92*	Ind	Vs	Eng	Bristol	24.08.07
9	Jayasuriya	98
	Kandamby	91*	Srl	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	12.09.09

As far as Sri Lanka is concerned, Jayasuriya’s 98 and Kandamby’s 91 not out provides the fourth occasion of two Sri Lankan batsmen registering nineties in one day games. The four occasions are

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Atapattu	94
	PA de Silva	97	Srl	Vs	Pak	Sharjah	04.04.97
2	Jayasuriya	96
	PA de Silva	90	Sri	Vs	Pak	Mohali	24.05.97
3	Gunawardene	90
	Jayawardene	96	Sri	Vs	Zim	Col-RPS	12.12.01
4	Jayasuriya	98
	Kandamby	91*	Srl	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	12.09.09

R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo has witnessed two occasions of two batsmen registering nineties in one day games and remains the only ground to witness two such occasions.

No	Batsman	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Gunawardene	90
	Jayawardene	96	Sri	Vs	Zim	Col-RPS	12.12.01
2	Jayasuriya	98
	Kandamby	91*	Srl	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	12.09.09

ST Jayasuriya’s 98 in this game provides the 21^st fifty against India {07 centuries and 14 half centuries}. The batsmen who have registered 20 plus fifties against a specific opposition are listed below

No	Batsmen	Team	Vs	Opp	C	F	0	F+
1	IVA Richards	Win	Vs	Aus	3	20	0	23
2	DL Haynes	Win	Vs	Pak	4	18	0	22
3	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Vs	Aus	8	14	0	22
4	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Vs	Srl	7	15	0	22
5	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	Vs	Ind	7	14	0	21
6	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	Vs	Pak	3	18	0	21
7	Saeed Anwar	Pak	Vs	Srl	7	13	0	20

SR Tendulkar and R Dravid have an aggregate of 4000 plus partnership runs in one day games. They reached the land mark when they added 13 runs during the course of their 35 run stand for the second wicket in this game. At the end of this game, their partnership runs stood at 4022 runs

SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly and R Dravid are the only three batsmen in the history of one day games to have partnership runs 4000 plus runs in the history of one day games.

No	Partner-1	Partner-2	Team	Runs
1	SC Ganguly	SR Tendulkar	Ind	8227
2	R Dravid	SR Tendulkar	Ind	4022
3	R Dravid	SC Ganguly	Ind/Asia	4363

There are seven occasions of two batsmen adding 4000 plus runs in each other’s company in the history of one day games which are listed below

No	Partner-1	Partner-2	Team	Runs
1	SC Ganguly	SR Tendulkar	Ind	8227
2	MS Atapattu	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	5462
3	AC Gilchrist	ML Hayden	Aus	5409
4	CG Greenidge	DL Haynes	Win	5206
5	R Dravid	SC Ganguly	Ind/Asia	4363
6	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Mohammad Yousuf	Pak	4082
7	R Dravid	SR Tendulkar	Ind	4022

MS Dhoni with two stumping dismissals to his credit in this game – that of DPMD Jaywardene and AD Mathews has effected 45 stumping dismissals to his credit and has the record for most stumpings by an Indian wicket keeper in one day games. The previous record was held by NR Mongia who has effected 44 stumping dismissals. MS Dhoni’s stumpings includes three stumpings effected while representing Asia Eleven.

Sri Lanka’s 307 for 6 in this game represent the 30^th occasion of Sri Lanka posting a total in excess of 300 runs against various oppositions. This total also represents Sri Lanka posting 300 plus runs for the fifth occasion against India. The other four occasions are – 302 for 4 at Col-RPS on 17.08.97, 301 all out at Col-RPS on 07.07.98, 308 for 8 at Karachi on 03.07.08 and 320 for 9 at Col-RPS on 08.02.09

Sri Lanka’s 307 for 6 in this game represent the 328th occasion of a team posting a total in excess of 300 runs against various oppositions in the history of one day internationals. This total also represent the 46^th occasions of various teams posting 300 plus runs against India.

SK Raina collected his first ball duck in this game providing the 143^rd occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in one day games. SK Raina’s first ball duck in this game represent the 23^rd occasion of an Indian batsman collecting his first ball duck in a one day game against Sri Lanka,

ST Jayasuriya was dismissed leg before wicket in this game providing the 45^th occasion of his being dismissed leg before wicket in one day games. He became the first batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs – 1012 to be exact – when he was dismissed leg before wicket.

AD Mathews six wicket haul {6 for } in this game provides the 50^th occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets in the history of one day games. He is the ninth Sri Lankan bowler to capture six or more wickets in one day games. The complete list read thus

No	Bowler	W	R	Opp	Ground	Date
1	ST Jayasuriya	6	29	Eng	Moratuwa	20.03.93
2	M Muralitharan	7	30	Ind	Sharjah	27.10.00
3	WPUJC Vaas	8	19	Zim	Col-RPS	08.12.01
4	WPUJC Vaas	6	25	Ban	PM Burg	14.02.03
5	MF Maharoof	6	14	Win	Mum-BS	14.10.06
6	CRD Fernando	6	27	Eng	Col-RPS	13.10.09
7	BAW Mendis	6	13	Ind	Karachi	06.07.08
8	BAW Mendis	6	29	Zim	Harare	28.11.08
9	AD Mathews	6	20	Ind	Col-RPS	12.09.09

AD Mathew’s haul of six for 20 in this game provide the tenth occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets in a one day game against India. All these instances are listed below

No	Bowlers	Team	W	R	Ground	Date
1	KH MacLeay	Aus	6	39	Nottingham	13.06.83
2	Imran Khan	Pak	6	14	Sharjah	22.03.85
3	BP Patterson	Win	6	29	Nagpur	08.12.87
4	IVA Richards	Win	6	41	Delhi	23.10.89
5	Aaqib Javed	Pak	7	37	Sharjah	25.10.91
6	M Muralitharan	Srl	7	30	Sharjah	27.10.00
7	Naved-ul-Hasan	Pak	6	27	Jamshedpur	09.04.05
8	SE Bond	NZl	6	19	Bulawayo	26.08.05
9	BAW Mendis	Srl	6	13	Karachi	06.07.08
10	AD Mathews	Srl	6	20	Col-RPS	12.09.09

AD Mathews became the fifth bowler to capture six or more wickets in a one day game against Sri Lanka. The following list shows the performance of these five bowlers

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Jayasuriya	6	29	Srl	Vs	Emg	Moratuwa	20.03.93
2	Vaas	8	19	Srl	Vs	Zim	Col-SSC	08.12.01
3	Nehra	6	59	Ind	Vs	Srl	Col-RPS	09.08.05
4	Fernando	6	27	Srl	Vs	Eng	Col-RPS	13.10.07
5	Mathews	6	20	Srl	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	12.09.09

AD Mathews is the third Sri Lankan bowler to capture six or more wickets in a one day game against India. Others are M Muralitharan and BAW Mendis. The performance of these three bowlers are listed below

No	Bowlers	Team	W	R	Ground	Date
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	7	30	Sharjah	27.10.00
2	BAW Mendis	Srl	6	13	Karachi	06.07.08
3	AD Mathews	Srl	6	20	Col-RPS	12.09.09

Sri Lanka won this game by 139 runs providing the 275^th occasion of a team winning a one day game by 100 plus runs margin in the history of one day games. As far as Sri Lanka is concerned, this win gave them the 36th occasion of 100 plus runs margin win in one day games against various oppositions and sixth occasion against India. The six occasions are listed below

Sri Lanka won this game by 139 runs providing the 27^th occasion of a team winning the game by 100 plus runs margin against India.