This game provides the 130^th occasion of a one day game played at Col-RPS. It also provides the 112^th occasion of a one day game played at Col-RPS by Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in this game to provide the 43rd occasion of Sri Lanka doing so against India. It also provides the 19th occasion of Sri Lanka doing so against India on home soil

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first and lost the game to provide the 26th occasion of Sri Lanka losing a game after it had won the toss and elected to bat first against India. It also provides the eighth such occasion against India on home soil

India capped Ishan Kishan and SA Yadav for this game. They became the 225^th and 226^th cricketers to represent India in one day internationals. They also became the 30^th and 31st Indian cricketers to make their one day debut against Sri Lanka

India capped Ishan Kishan and SA Yadav for this game. They became the 114^th and 115th cricketers to represent India in one day internationals on away soil. They also became the tenth and eleventh Indian cricketers to make their one day debut against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka capped PBB Rajapaksha for this game. He became the 201^st cricketer to represent Sri Lanka in one day internationals. He also became the 36^th Sri Lankan cricketer to make his one day debut against India

Sri Lanka capped PBB Rajapaksha for this game. He became the 67th cricketer to represent Sri Lanka in one day internationals on home soil He also became the eleventh Sri Lankan cricketer to make his one day debut against India on home soil

S Dhawan became the 25^th captain to lead India in ODIs. MD Shanaka became the 25^th captain to lead Sri Lanka in ODIs.

Ishan Kishan became the 25^th wicket keeper to don the gloves for India in ODIs. M Bhanuka became the 25^th wicket keeper to don the gloves for Sri Lanka in ODIs.

This match had rival captains and rival wicket keepers making their first appearances as captains and wicket keepers respectively for their teams. In an amazing coincidence they became the 25^th captain and wicket keepers to represent their teams.

India won this game by seven wickets to provide its 517^th win in ODIs and 92^nd win against Sri Lanka. India and Pakistan share the record for most wins against Sri Lanka in ODIs. Both have posted 92 wins.

Sri Lanka lost this game by seven wickets to provide the 429^th occasion of Sri Lanka losing a one day game. Sri Lanka owns the record for losing most games in ODIs. India is close behind with 427 losses.

It was Sri Lanka’s 92^nd loss against India. It has lost 92 games against Pakistan. Sri Lanka is the only team to lose 90 plus ODI games against two teams – Pakistan and India. New Zealand is the other team to lose 90 plus games. It has lost 92 games against Australia.

Ishaan Kishan of India scored 59 on his one day debut against Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 18 Jul 2021 to provide the 125^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty on debut in one day internationals. It also provides the 16^th occasion of an Indian batsman performing such a feat in one day internationals and also provides 12^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty on debut in one day internationals against Sri Lanka.

It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman performing such a feat in one day internationals against Sri Lanka.

Ishaan Kishan of India scored 59 on his one day debut against Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 18 Jul 2021 to provide the ninth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty on debut in one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Flower	115*	1	Zim	Srl	N Plymouth	23 Feb 1992
2	SS Karim	55	2	Ind	RSA	Bloemfontein	23 Jan 1997
3	MS Wade	67	1	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	05 Feb 2012
4	SP Patil	99*	2	UAE	Sco	Lincoln	01 Feb 2014
5	R Mutumbami	64	2	Zim	Afg	Bulawayo	24 Jul 2014
6	Afsar Zazai	60	1	Afg	UAE	ICCA Dubai	28 Nov 2014
7	BT Foakes	61*	2	Eng	Ire	Dublin-M	03 May 2019
8	R Gurbaz	127	1	Afg	Ire	Abu Dhabi	21 Jan 2021
9	Ishan Kishan	59	2	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	18 Jul 2021

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman performing such a feat in one day internationals. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SS Karim	55	2	Ind	RSA	Bloemfontein	23 Jan 1997
2	Ishan Kishan	59	2	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	18 Jul 2021

It also provides the second occasion of a wicket keeper batsman performing such a feat in one day internationals against Sri Lanka. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Flower	115*	1	Zim	Srl	N Plymouth	23 Feb 1992
2	Ishan Kishan	59	2	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	18 Jul 2021

S Dhawan scored 86 not out in this game to provide the 49^th occasion of an Indian captain to score a fifty in an innings against Sri Lanka. It also provides the 23^rd occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

Ishan Kishan scored 59 in this game to provide the 26th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman to score a fifty in an innings against Sri Lanka. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

Ishan Kishan scored 59 in this game to become the fifth Indian wicket keeper batsman to score a fifty in an innings against Sri Lanka. Others are SC Khanna {01}, NR Mongia {01}, R Dravid {02} and MS Dhoni {21}. He also became the second Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka after MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni has scored nine fifties against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka

S Dhawan scored 86 not out in this game to become the tenth Indian captain to score a fifty in an innings against Sri Lanka. The following table lists all the captains.

No	Player	Span	C	HC	50+
1	DB Vengsarkar	1988-1988	0	01	01
2	M Azharuddin	1990-1998	1	10	11
3	SR Tendulkar	1996-1999	2	02	04
4	A Jadeja	1999-1999	1	00	01
5	SC Ganguly	2001-2004	0	02	02
6	R Dravid	2005-2007	1	06	07
7	MS Dhoni	2008-2012	1	14	15
8	V Kohli	2014-2017	3	03	06
9	RG Sharma	2017-2017	1	00	01
10	S Dhawan	2021-2021	0	01	01

He also became the seventh Indian captain to score a fifty against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. The following table lists all these captains

No	Player	Span	C	HC	50+
1	M Azharuddin	1993-1998	0	4	4
2	SR Tendulkar	1996-1999	2	1	3
3	SC Ganguly	2001-2004	0	2	2
4	R Dravid	2005-2005	0	2	2
5	MS Dhoni	2008-2012	0	8	8
6	V Kohli	2017-2017	2	1	3
7	S Dhawan	2021-2021	0	1	1

S Dhawan completed 6000 runs in one day internationals in this game when he was on 23 during the course of his knock of his 86 not out. His run aggregate at the end of this game read 6063

S Dhawan became the tenth Indian batsman to aggregate 6000 plus runs in one day internationals. The following table lists all these ten batsmen

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs
1	Tendulkar	1989-2012	463	452	41	18426
2	V Kohli	2008-2021	254	245	39	12169
3	SC Ganguly	1992-2007	308	297	23	11221
4	R Dravid	1996-2011	340	314	39	10768
5	MS Dhoni	2004-2019	347	294	83	10599
6	Azharuddin	1985-2000	334	308	54	9378
7	RG Sharma	2007-2021	227	220	32	9205
8	Yuvraj Singh	2000-2017	301	275	39	8609
9	V Sehwag	1999-2013	241	235	09	7995
10	S Dhawan	2010-2021	143	140	08	6063

S Dhawan’s 86 not out in this game represents his 50^th fifty in one day internationals. {17 C+33 HC}. He became the tenth Indian batsman to score 50 fifties in one day internationals. The following table lists all these ten batsmen

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	C	HC	50+
1	Tendulkar	463	452	41	18426	49	96	145
2	V Kohli	254	245	39	12169	43	62	105
3	R Dravid	340	314	39	10768	12	82	094
4	Ganguly	308	297	23	11221	22	71	093
5	Dhoni	347	294	83	10599	09	73	082
6	RG Sharma	227	220	32	9205	29	43	072
7	Yuvraj Singh	301	275	39	8609	14	52	066
8	Azharuddin	334	308	54	9378	07	58	065
9	Sehwag	241	235	9	7995	15	37	052
10	Dhawan	143	140	8	6063	17	33	050

S Dhawan’s 6000 runs came in his 143^rd match and 140^th innings. It took 10 years and 271 days to reach the milestone starting from his debut. He became the fourth fastest batsman in the history of one day internationals to reach 6000 runs. The following table lists all the four batsmen.

No	Player	Team	Opp	Time	M	I
1	HM Amla	RSA	Ind	07y 230d	126	123
2	V Kohli	Ind	Srl	06y 083d	144	136
3	Williamson	NZl	Aus	08y 323d	146	139
4	Dhawan	Ind	Srl	10y 271d	143	140

S Dhawan scored six boundary fours in his knock of 86 not out which fetched him an aggregate of 754 boundary fours in one day internationals. He became the 29th batsman in the history of one day games to score 750 plus boundary fours. The following table lists all these batsmen.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	4s
1	SR Tendulkar (INDIA)	463	452	41	18426	2016
2	ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	445	433	18	13430	1500
3	KC Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL)	404	380	41	14234	1385
4	RT Ponting (AUS/ICC)	375	365	39	13704	1231
5	AC Gilchrist (AUS/ICC)	287	279	11	9619	1162
6	V Kohli (INDIA)	254	245	39	12169	1140
7	V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/INDIA)	251	245	9	8273	1132
8	CH Gayle (ICC/WI)	301	294	17	10480	1128
9	SC Ganguly (Asia/INDIA)	311	300	23	11363	1122
10	DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL)	448	418	39	12650	1119
11	TM Dilshan (SL)	330	303	41	10290	1111
12	BC Lara (ICC/WI)	299	289	32	10405	1042
13	Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/PAK)	378	350	53	11739	971
14	R Dravid (Asia/ICC/INDIA)	344	318	40	10889	950
15	Saeed Anwar (PAK)	247	244	19	8824	938
16	HH Gibbs (SA)	248	240	16	8094	930
17	JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)	328	314	53	11579	911
18	Yuvraj Singh (Asia/INDIA)	304	278	40	8701	908
19	AB de Villiers (Afr/SA)	228	218	39	9577	840
20	RG Sharma (INDIA)	227	220	32	9205	832
21	MS Dhoni (Asia/INDIA)	350	297	84	10773	826
22	SP Fleming (ICC/NZ)	280	269	21	8037	823
23	Tamim Iqbal (BDESH)	218	216	9	7554	823
24	HM Amla (SA)	181	178	14	8113	822
25	WU Tharanga (Asia/SL)	235	223	17	6951	798
26	GC Smith (Afr/SA)	197	194	10	6989	788
27	Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/PAK)	288	273	40	9720	785
28	DL Haynes (WI)	238	237	28	8648	768
29	S Dhawan (INDIA)	143	140	8	6063	754

He also became the ninth Indian batsman in the history of one day games to score 750 plus boundary fours. The following table lists all these batsmen. {Note : The figures in this table represents appearing for India only}

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	4s
1	SR Tendulkar	463	452	41	18426	2016
2	V Kohli	254	245	39	12169	1140
3	SC Ganguly	308	297	23	11221	1104
4	V Sehwag	241	235	9	7995	1092
5	R Dravid	340	314	39	10768	942
6	Yuvraj Singh	301	275	39	8609	896
7	RG Sharma	227	220	32	9205	832
8	MS Dhoni	347	294	83	10599	809
9	S Dhawan	143	140	8	6063	754

He also became the ninth batsman in the history of one day games to score 750 plus boundary fours representing a single team. The following table lists all these batsmen. He is also became the third batsman to score 750 plus boundary fours representing India. Others are – SR Tendulkar {2016} and V Kohli {1140}

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	4s
1	Tendulkar	Ind	463	452	41	18426	2016
2	V Kohli	Ind	254	245	39	12169	1140
3	TM Dilshan	Srl	330	303	41	10290	1111
4	Saeed Anwar	Pak	247	244	19	8824	938
5	HH Gibbs	RSA	248	240	16	8094	930
6	RG Sharma	Ind	227	220	32	9205	832
7	HM Amla	RSA	181	178	14	8113	822
8	DL Haynes	Win	238	237	28	8648	768
9	S Dhawan	Ind	143	140	8	6063	754

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	4s
1	Tendulkar	Ind	463	452	41	18426	2016
2	V Kohli	Ind	254	245	39	12169	1140
3	S Dhawan	Ind	143	140	8	6063	754