Additional stats for Mohali game between India and Sri Lanka
Mohali game was the 50th match between India and Sri Lanka on Indian soil. Head to head results read thus
| Played | 50 |
| Won by India | 35 |
| Won by Sri Lanka | 12 |
| No Result games | 03 |
Mohali game was won by India to provide its 89th win against Sri Lanka. Only Pakistan has won more games against Sri Lanka. It has won 90 games. Only other team to win 90 games against a specific opposition is Australia. It has won 90 games against New Zealand.
India became the second team to win 35 plus games against Sri Lanka at home. Australia has won 39 games against Sri Lanka at home.
RG Sharma’s run aggregate on home soil in the calendar year 2017 read 680 runs. He now has the most runs by a batsman at home in 2017. He went past JE Root {656} and V Kohli {628} during his knock of 208 not out in this game to occupy the first place.
RG Sharma’s 208 not out in this game provide his sixth century in the calendar year 2017. He now shares the record for most centuries in 2017 with V Kohli. V Kohli has also scored six centuries. Other batsmen to score six or more centuries in a calendar year are – SR Tendulkar {09 in 1998}, SC Ganguly {07 in 2000}, DA Warner {07 in 2016}, G Kirsten {06 in 1996}, SR Tendulkar {06 in 1996} and R Dravid {06 in 1999}.