Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in this game to provide the 34th occasion of Sri Lanka doing so in T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of Sri Lanka doing so against India in T20Is

MD Gunatilaka was dismissed for a duck by the first ball in this game to provide the 48th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman collecting a first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the tenth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman collecting a first ball duck against India in T20Is.

MD Gunatilaka was dismissed for a duck by the first ball in this game to provide the twelfth occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman collecting a first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman collecting a first ball duck against India in T20Is.

MD Shanaka scored 74 not out in this game to provide the 17^th occasion of Sri Lankan captain scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the fourth occasion of Sri Lankan captain scoring a fifty against India in T20Is.

MD Shanaka scored 74 not out in this game to provide the 93rd occasion of Sri Lankan batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the twelfth occasion of Sri Lankan batsman scoring a fifty against India in T20Is.

MD Shanaka’s 74 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the tenth occasion of Sri Lankan captain’s fifty going in vain in T20Is. It also provides the third occasion of Sri Lankan captain’s fifty going in vain against India in T20Is.

MD Shanaka’s 74 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 42nd occasion of Sri Lankan batsman’s fifty going in vain in T20Is. It also provides the ninth occasion of Sri Lankan batsman’s fifty going in vain against India in T20Is.

India opened its innings with RG Sharma and SV Samson. They became the 33rd pair to open the innings for India in T20Is. They also became the eleventh pair to open the innings for India against Sri Lanka in T20Is.

India opened its innings with RG Sharma and SV Samson. They became the 97^th captain and wicket keeper pair to open the innings for a team in T20Is. They also became the third captain and wicket keeper pair to open the innings for India against in T20Is.

They also became the third captain and wicket keeper pair to open the innings for India against Sri Lanka in T20Is. In the first two T20Is of this series, RG Sharma-Ishan Kishan opened the innings and in the third T20I, RG Sharma-SV Samson opened the innings.

SS Iyer of India scored three consecutive fifties – 57 not out at Lucknow on 24.02.22, 74 not out at Dharamsala on 26.02.22 and 73 not out at Dharmasala on 27.02.22 – against Sri Lanka in the just concluded T20I series, to provide the tenth occasion of a batsman scoring three consecutive fifties in a bilateral T20I series. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Opp	Season	C	HC	50+
1	V Kohli	Ind	Aus	2015/16	0	3	3
2	C Munro	NZl	Win	2017/18	1	2	3
3	Ashfaq Ahmed	UAE	Net	2019	0	3	3
4	DA Warner	Aus	Sri	2019/20	1	2	3
5	V Kohli	Ind	Eng	2020/21	0	3	3
6	AK Markram	RSA	Pak	2021	0	3	3
7	Q de Kock	RSA	Win	2021	0	3	3
8	MR Marsh	Aus	Win	2021	0	3	3
9	N Pooran	Win	Ind	2021/22	0	3	3
10	SS Iyer	Ind	Srl	2021/22	0	3	3

SS Iyer’s feat provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman performing such a feat and he became the second batsman to perform such a feat. All the three occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Team	Opp	Season	C	HC	50+
1	V Kohli	Ind	Aus	2015/16	0	3	3
2	V Kohli	Ind	Eng	2020/21	0	3	3
3	SS Iyer	Ind	Srl	2021/22	0	3	3

SS Iyer of India scored three consecutive fifties – 57 not out at Lucknow on 24.02.22, 74 not out at Dharamsala on 26.02.22 and 73 not out at Dharmasala on 27.02.22 – against Sri Lanka in the just concluded T20I series, to provide the third occasion of a batsman scoring three consecutive unbeaten fifties in a bilateral T20I series. DA Warner of Australia and V Kohli of India are the other two batsmen who have performed such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	DA Warner	100*	1	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	27.10.19
2	DA Warner	60*	2	Aus	Srl	Brisbane	30.10.19
3	DA Warner	57*	2	Aus	Srl	Melbourne	01.11.19
No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	V Kohli	73*	2	Ind	Eng	Ahmedabad	14.03.21
2	V Kohli	77*	1	Ind	Eng	Ahmedabad	16.03.21
3	V Kohli	80*	1	Ind	Eng	Ahmedabad	20.03.21
No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	SS Iyer	57*	1	Ind	Srl	Lucknow	24.02.22
2	SS Iyer	74*	2	Ind	Srl	Dharamsala	26.02.22
3	SS Iyer	73*	2	Ind	Srl	Dharamsala	27.02.22

SS Iyer’s 73 not out in this game represent his sixth fifty in T20Is and also his third fifty against Sri Lanka.

No	Runs	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	62	Ban	Nagpur	10 Nov 2019
2	58*	NZl	Auckland	24 Jan 2020
3	67	Eng	Ahmedabad	12 Mar 2021
4	57*	Srl	Lucknow	24 Feb 2022
5	74*	Srl	Dharmasala	26 Feb 2022
6	73*	Srl	Dharmasala	28 Feb 2022

SS Iyer scored 73 not out in this game to provide the 137^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the 21st occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty against Sri Lanka in T20Is.

SS Iyer became the fourth Indian batsman to score three or more fifties against Sri Lanka. Others are – V Kohli {04}, S Dhawan {03} and KL Rahul {03}

RG Sharma was appearing in his 125^th T20I game. He became the most capped cricketer in the history of Twenty20 internationals. He went past Shoaib Malik who has played 124 T20Is

India’s win by six wickets against Sri Lanka at Dharamsala on 27.02.22 provides its eleventh consecutive win in T20Is starting from its win against Afghanistan at Abu Dhabi on 03.11.21. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Margin	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	Ind	66 runs	Afg	A Dhabi	03 Nov 2021
2	Ind	08 wkts	Sco	Dub-DSC	05 Nov 2021
3	Ind	09 wkts	Nam	Dub-DSC	08 Nov 2021
4	Ind	05 wkts	NZl	Jaipur	17 Nov 2021
5	Ind	07 wkts	NZl	Ranchi	19 Nov 2021
6	Ind	73 runs	NZl	Kolkata	21 Nov 2021
7	Ind	06 wkts	Win	Kolkata	16 Feb 2022
8	Ind	08 runs	Win	Kolkata	18 Feb 2022
9	Ind	17 runs	Win	Kolkata	20 Feb 2022
10	Ind	62 runs	Srl	Lucknow	24 Feb 2022
11	Ind	07 wkts	Srl	Dharamsala	26 Feb 2022
12	Ind	06 wkts	Srl	Dharamsala	28 Feb 2022

India became the third team to post twelve consecutive wins in the history of Twenty20 Internationals.  Afghanistan and Romania are the other two teams which have won twelve consecutive games in the history of T20Is

India won this game by six wickets to post its 101st win in T20Is and also its 17th win against Sri Lanka. India has won most T20I games against Sri Lanka closely followed by Pakistan which has won 13 games.

India’s win in this game provide the 83^rd win by a team against Sri Lanka.

RG Sharma equaled the for most consecutive T20I wins as captain. Former Afghanistan captain Asghar Afghan had led his nation to the record 12 consecutive wins in T20Is between 2018 and 2020. For RG Sharma, the streak began in 2019 when he led India to two wins at home against Bangladesh and captained the team to a victory against New Zealand in 2020. This was followed by the three whitewash victories, which came after he was named the full-time T20I captain for India in November after the T20 World Cup.

RG Sharma also equaled the record for most whitewash victories as captain in bilateral T20I series of 3 or more matches, equaling the tally of five such wins held by former Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed. RG Sharma’s two other whitewash wins came against Sri Lanka in 2017 and West Indies in 2018, both at home.