Third One day International at Cuttack on 21.12.09 : India won by seven wickets and lead the series by 2-1.

V Sehwag led India in the absence of MS Dhoni who was banned by ICC refree JF Crowe for employing delayed tactics and not completing the quota of overs in the stipulated time in the second day at Nagpur.

KC Sangakkara was dismissed stumped in this game providing the fifth occasion of his being dismissed stumped in one day games. All the five dismissals are furnished below

No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	66	Ind	Bristol	11.07.02
2	14	RSA	Dambulla	25.08.04
3	69	Pak	Lahore	14.10.04
4	38	Eng	Dambulla	01.10.07
5	46	Ind	Cuttack	21.12.09

KC Sangakkara joined the select band of “stumper stumped by stumper” on five or more occasions to become the fourth stumper. The complete list read thus – A Flower of Zimbabwe {10}, PJL Dujon of West Indies {06}. Moin Khan of Pakistan {05} and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka {05}

WU Tharanga’s 73 in this game represent his 13^th one day half century and 19^th one day fifty.

WU Tharanga’s 73 in this game represent 46^th occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsman registering a fifty against India. It also represents Tharanga’s second half century against India, the other occasion being 67 at Rajkot on 15.12.09. Thus this knock of 73 represents his highest score against India.

RA Jadeja’s figures of 10.0-0-32-4 in this game provide the 26^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets against Sri Lanka.

RA Jadeja’s figures of 10.0-0-32-4 in this game provide the 125^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games

RA Jadeja’s figures of 10.0-0-32-4 in this game provide the 114^th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games against Sri Lanka.

RA Jadeja’s figures of 10.0-0-32-4 in this game provide the eighth occasion of a left arm spin bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games against Sri Lanka.

No	Bowler	Team	W	R	Ground	Date
1	DR Doshi	Ind	4	44	Amritsar	12.09.82
2	Aamer Sohail	Pak	4	22	Sharjah	12.10.95
3	DL Vettori	NZl	4	14	Dambulla	19.05.03
4	GB Hogg	Aus	5	41	Dambulla	20.02.04
5	MJ Clarke	Aus	5	35	Dambulla	22.02.04
6	Khurram Khan	UAE	4	32	Dambulla	17.07.04
7	PP Ojha	Ind	4	38	Col-RPS	03.02.09
8	RA Jadeja	Ind	4	32	Cuttack	21.12.09

V Sehwag opened the India’s innings in this innings as captain of the team to become the fifth Indian captain to open the innings against Sri Lanka in one day games. Others are K Srikkanath {01}, SR Tendulkar {09}, SC Ganguly {09} and R Dravid {01}

RA Jadeja’s 4 for 32 in this game provide the 18^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact four wickets against Sri Lanka in one day games.

RA Jadeja’s 4 for 32 in this game provide the 78^th occasion of a bowler from various teams capturing exact four wickets against Sri Lanka in one day games.

RA Jadeja’s 4 for 32 in this game provide the 829^th occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in the history of one day games.

WU Tharanga and KC Sangakakara added 100 runs for the second wicket providing the 57^th occasion of exact 100 runs or 100 runs unfinished partnership in one day games.

WU Tharanga and KC Sangakakara added 100 runs for the second wicket providing the seventh occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting exact 100 runs for various wickets against India in one day games.

WU Tharanga and KC Sangakakara added 100 runs for the second wicket providing the ninth occasion of batsmen from various teams posting exact 100 runs for various wickets against India in one day games.

WU Tharanga and KC Sangakakara added 100 runs for the second wicket providing the third occasion of batsmen from various teams posting exact 100 runs for second wicket against India in one day games. The other two occasions are – Mudassar Nazar and Rameez Raja of Pakistan adding 100 runs at Sharjah on 17.11.85 and ME Waugh and RT Ponting adding 100 runs at Adelaide on 26.01.00.

WU Tharanga and KC Sangakakara added 100 runs for the second wicket providing the tenth occasion of batsmen from various teams posting exact 100 runs for second wicket in one day games.

Sri Lanka’s 239 all out in this game represent the 34^th occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out against India in a one day game.

Sri Lanka’s 239 all out in this game represent the eleventh occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out against India on Indian soil in a one day game.

V Sehwag was leading India for the third occasion and his 44 represents his highest score as captain. The other two occasions on which he has led India were – against Sri Lanka at Rajkot on 09.11.05 when he made 22 and against England at Jamshedpur on 12.04.06 when he had scored four runs.

RA Jadeja’s 4 for 32 in this game represent his best one day bowling figures, an improvement over his previous best of 3 for 35 against Australia at Nagpur on 28.10.09. His best bowling effort came in his 12^th one day game.

SR Tendulkar became the first batsman in the world to register 25 fifties against a specific opposition. His 96 not out in this game was his 25^th fifty against Sri Lanka.

SR Tendulkar registered his 96 not out in this game which represent the 411^th occasion of a batsman registering individual ninety in the history of one day games. Tendulkar’s 96 not out in this game provide the 71^st occasion of an Indian batsman registering ninety in one day games.

SR Tendulkar’s 96 not out in this game represents the 13^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman registering ninety against Sri Lanka in one day games.

Tendulkar’s knock of 96 not out in this game was his fourth ninety against Sri Lanka. The other three occasions are – 93 at Dhaka on 01.06.00, 97 at Jo’burg on 10.03.03 and 93 at Nagpur on 25.10.05

With his four scores of nineties, Tendulkar now has the record of most nineties by an Indian batsman against Sri Lanka in one day games. He wrested the record from K Srikkanth, who had three nineties to his credit – 95 at Delhi on 15.09.02, 92 at Bangalore on 26.09.82 and 92 at Sharjah on 27.11.86,

Tendulkar’s 96 not out in this game was his 18^th ninety in one day games and remains the only occasion in which he remained not out with a score of ninety out of the 18 occasions.

Tendulkar’s 96 not out in this game was his 17^th ninety as an opening batsman in one day games and remains the only occasion in which he remained not out with a score of ninety out of the 17 occasions.

Tendulkar’s knock of 96 not out in this game was his fourth ninety as an opening batsmen against Sri Lanka. The other three occasions are – 93 at Dhaka on 01.06.00, 97 at Jo’burg on 10.03.03 and 93 at Nagpur on 25.10.05

With his four scores of nineties, Tendulkar now has the record of most nineties by an Indian opening batsman against Sri Lanka in one day games. He wrested the record from K Srikkanth, who had three nineties to his credit – 95 at Delhi on 15.09.02, 92 at Bangalore on 26.09.82 and 92 at Sharjah on 27.11.86.

SR Tendulkar’s 96 not out provide the 88^th fifty {32 hundreds plus 56 half centuries} in India’s winning one day games. Close behind is RT Ponting with 84 fifties {24 hundreds plus 60 half centuries} in Australia’s winning one day games.