World Records for Sanath Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar
World records for ST Jayasuriya and SR Tendulkar in the finals of the Compaq Cup
ST Jayasuriya became the first batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 2500 plus runs at a specific venue. He completed 2500 runs at Col-RPS when he was on 22 during his knock of 36 in the game against India on 14.09.09. At the end of this game, his aggregate at Col-RPS stood at 2514.
SR Tendulkar registered his 44th one day hundred when he scored 138 in this game. It was his eighth hundred against Sri Lanka – the most by any batsman against Sri Lanka. The previous record for most hundreds against Sri Lanka was held by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan who had scored seven hundreds.
SR Tendulkar’s hundred – 138 – in this game represents the 40th hundred while he was opening the innings. It was his seventh hundred against Sri Lanka while opening the innings and this hundred puts him on par with Saeed Anwar of Pakistan who also has scored seven hundreds against Sri Lanka while opening the innings.
SR Tendulkar completed 2000 runs as an opening batsman against Sri Lanka when he was on 112 during his knock of 138 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 2026. SR Tendulkar remains the only batsman in the history of one day games to aggregate 2000 plus runs against Sri Lanka. The previous record was held by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan who had amassed 1999 runs against Sri Lanka.
SR Tendulkar with his 2026 runs as an opening batsman against Sri Lanka now holds the world record for aggregating 2000 plus runs against three specific countries. He has an aggregate of 2000 plus runs against Australia {2489} and Pakistan {2165} while opening the innings. Other opening batsmen to have an aggregate of 2000 plus runs against two specific countries are DL Haynes of West Indies{2390 vs Pakistan and 2262 vs Australia} and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {2690 vs India and 2334 vs Pakistan}
| No | Batsmen | Team | Vs | Opp | Runs |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar | Ind | Vs | Aus | 2489 |
| 2 | SR Tendulkar | Ind | Vs | Pak | 2165 |
| 3 | SR Tendulkar | Ind | Vs | Srl | 2026 |
| 1 | DL Haynes | Win | Vs | Pak | 2390 |
| 2 | DL Haynes | Win | Vs | Aus | 2262 |
| 1 | ST Jayasuriya | Srl | Vs | Ind | 2690 |
| 2 | ST Jayasuriya | Srl | Vs | Pak | 2334 |
SR Tendulkar with his 138 in this game which was his eight hundred against Sri Lanka remains the only batsman in the history of one day games to score eight hundreds against two specific oppositions. He has scored eight hundreds against Australia and eight hundreds against Sri Lanka which are listed below.
| Hundreds against Australia | ||||
| No | Runs | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | 110 | v Australia | Col-RPS | 09.09.94 |
| 2 | 100 | v Australia | Kanpur | 07.04.09 |
| 3 | 143 | v Australia | Sharjah | 22.04.98 |
| 4 | 134 | v Australia | Sharjah | 24.04.98 |
| 5 | 141 | v Australia | Dhaka | 28.10.98 |
| 6 | 139 | v Australia | Indore | 31.03.01 |
| 7 | 100 | v Australia | Gwalior | 26.10.03 |
| 8 | 117* | v Australia | Sydney | 02.03.08 |
| Hundreds against Sri Lanka | ||||
| No | Runs | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | 112* | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 09.04.95 |
| 2 | 137 | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 02.03.96 |
| 3 | 110 | v Sri Lanka | Col-RPS | 28.08.96 |
| 4 | 128 | v Sri Lanka | Col-RPS | 07.07.98 |
| 5 | 120 | v Sri Lanka | Col-SSC | 29.08.99 |
| 6 | 101 | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 20.10.00 |
| 7 | 113 | v Sri Lanka | Bristol | 11.07.02 |
| 8 | 138 | v Sri Lanka | Col-RPS | 14.09.09 |