Second one day Sri Lanka vs India at Colombo RPS on 20 Jul 2021

India won this game by three wickets to provide its 93^rd win against Sri Lanka on one day internationals. India now holds the record for winning most games against Sri Lanka one day internationals. Pakistan has won 92 games against Sri Lanka and Australia has won 92 games against New Zealand

India’s 93 wins against Sri Lanka constitutes a world record for a team winning most games against an opposition in one day internationals.

Sri Lanka lost this game to provide its 430^th loss in One day internationals. Sri Lanka owns the record for losing most one day internationals. India is close behind as it has lost 428 one day internationals

D Chahar scored 69 not out in this game to provide the highest individual score by an Indian batsman batting at number eight in India’s winning one day internationals. The previous record was credited to AB Agarkar who had scored 67 not out against Zimbabwe at Rajkot on 14.12.2000

D Chahar scored 69 not out in this game to provide the second highest individual score by an Indian batsman batting at number eight in India’s one day internationals. R Jadeja’s 77 against New Zealand at Manchester on 09 Jul 2019 remains the highest individual innings by an Indian batsman batting at number eight.

D Chahar’s 69 not out in this game to provide the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number eight. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RA Jadeja	77	2	NZl	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
2	DL Chahar	69*	2	Srl	Col-RPS	20 Jul 2021
3	AB Agarkar	67*	1	Zim	Rajkot	14 Dec 2000
4	RA Jadeja	66*	2	NZl	Auckland	25 Jan 2014
5	IK Pathan	64	2	Pak	Jamshedpur	09 Apr 2005
6	SB Joshi	61*	2	NZl	Guwahati	14 Nov 1999
7	RA Jadeja	60*	2	Srl	Col-RPS	08 Feb 2009
8	N Kapil Dev	60	1	Eng	Leeds	2 Jun 1982
9	SS Karim	55	2	RSA	Bloemfontein	23 Jan 1997
10	AB Agarkar	53	1	Aus	Melbourne	06 Feb 2004

D Chahar’s 69 not out in this game to provide the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number eight against Sri Lanka. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DL Chahar	69*	2	Srl	Col-RPS	20 Jul 2021
2	RA Jadeja	60*	2	Srl	Col-RPS	08 Feb 2009

D Chahar’s 69 not out in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of an batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number eight against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CR Woakes	95*	2	Eng	Srl	Nottingham	21 Jun 2016
2	Wasim Akram	79	2	Pak	Srl	Vizag	27 Mar 1999
3	AR McBrine	79	2	Ire	Srl	Dublin-M	18 Jun 2016
4	MV Boucher	70	2	RSA	Srl	Tangier	21 Aug 2002
5	DL Chahar	69*	2	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	20 Jul 2021
6	L Klusener	60*	1	RSA	Srl	Benoni	01 Dec 2002
7	RA Jadeja	60*	2	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	08 Feb 2009
8	Sabbir Rahman	53	2	Ban	Srl	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
9	Shadab Khan	52*	1	Pak	Srl	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2017
10	MH Miraz	51	2	Ban	Srl	Col-SSC	01 Apr 2017
11	FA Allen	51	2	Win	Srl	Ch-le-St	01 Jul 2019

D Chahar and B Kumar added 84 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in this game to provide the second best stand  for the eighth wicket by Indian batsmen in one day internationals. The best stand is 100 runs unfinished stand between MS Dhoni and B Kumar, also against Sri Lanka at Pallekkele on 20 Aug 2017

Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
MS Dhoni, B Kumar	8	100*	2	Srl	Pallekele	24 Aug 2017
DL Chahar, B Kumar	8	84*	2	Srl	Colombo (RPS)	20 Jul 2021

Third one day Sri Lanka vs India at Colombo RPS on 23 Jul 2021

India capped five cricketers for the third one day game against Sri Lanka on 23 Jul 2021 to provide the 38^th occasion of a team capping five or more cricketers in the history of one day internationals. The list does not include team’s first game in one day internationals in which eleven cricketers had made their one day game. However the South African team which made its one day debut against India at Kolkata on 10 Nov 1991 is included in the list. Ten South Africa cricketers made their one day debut in this game.

India became the second team to have five or more cricketers making their one day debut against Sri Lanka after Netherlands. It also provides the third occasion of team capping five or more cricketers against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Players	Start Date
1	Net	Srl	Col-RPS	07	16 Sep 2002
2	Net	Srl	Amstelveen	06	04 Jul 2006
3	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	05	23 Jul 2021

India lost this game to provide its 429^th loss in one day internationals. India now stands second in the list of teams which have lost most one day internationals. Sri Lanka occupies the first place with 430 losses.

Indian one day debutants swelled to 241 with five cricketers making their one day debut in this game. Of these 241 cricketers, 36 have made their one day debut against Sri Lanka.

RD Chahar returned with figures of 3 for 54 in this game to provide the 17^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact three wickets in an innings on their debut in one day internationals. It also provides the first such occasion against Sri Lanka.

MD Shanaka collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 138^th occasion of a captain collecting the first ball duck in the history of one day games. It also provides the 16^th occasion of a Sri Lankan captain collecting the first ball duck in one day internationals.

It also provides the fifteenth occasion of a captain collecting the first ball duck in one day internationals against India. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain collecting the first ball duck in one day internationals against India.

AV Fernando scored 76 in this game to provide the 64^th occasion of a Sri Lankan opener scoring a fifty against India in one day internationals. It also provides 32^nd occasion of a Sri Lankan opener scoring a fifty against India in one day internationals on home soil. It also provides the 23rd occasion of a Sri Lankan opener scoring a fifty against India in one day internationals at Colombo-RPS.

AV Fernando-PBB Rajapaksha added 109 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 289^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for various wickets in one day internationals. It also provides the 80th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for second wicket in one day internationals.

It also provides the 62nd occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for various wickets in one day internationals against India. It also provides the 14th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for second wicket in one day internationals against India.

PBB Rajapaksha scored 65 in this game to provide the 43^rd occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman batting at number three scoring a fifty in an innings against India in one day internationals. It also provides the 17th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman batting at number three scoring a fifty in an innings against India in one day internationals on home soil.

India was dismissed all out for 225 in this game to provide the 31^st occasion of India dismissed all out against Sri Lanka in one day internationals. It also provides the 14^th occasion of India dismissed all out against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka in one day internationals.

Head to head result between the two teams at the end of this series read thus

Team	Span	M	W	L	Ti	NR
India	1979-2021	162	93	57	1	11
Sri Lanka	1979-2021	162	57	93	1	11