BKG Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 79 in this game to provide the 130^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the 19^th occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup.

BKG Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 79 in this game to provide the 16th occasion of a wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of a Sri Lankan wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup.

BKG Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 79 in this game to provide the 23rd occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup.

BKG Mendia became the Sri Lanka’s second wicket keeper batsman to score a fifty in the T20 World Cup after KC Sangakkara. KC Sangakkara has score four fifties for Sri Lanka while donning the gloves.

BKG Mendis’ 79 in this game represent the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan wicket keeper in the T20 World Cup. Previous best was KC Sangakkara’s 68 against West Indies at Bridgetown on 07.05.10.

MP O’Dowd of Netherlands scored 71 not out in this game to provide the 131^st occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the sixth occasion of a Netherlands opening batsman scoring a fifty in the T20 World Cup. All the six occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SJ Myburgh	55	2	v U.A.E.	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
2	SJ Myburgh	63	2	v Ireland	Sylhet	21 Mar 2014
3	SJ Myburgh	51	2	v South Africa	Chattogram	27 Mar 2014
4	MP O’Dowd	51	1	v Ireland	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2021
5	MP O’Dowd	70	1	v Namibia	Abu Dhabi	20 Oct 2021
6	MP O’Dowd	71*	2	v Sri Lanka	Geelong	20 Oct 2022

MP O’Dowd of Netherlands scored 71 not out in this game to provide the third fifty in the T20 World Cup. He now shares the record for most fifties by a Netherlands opening batsman in T20 World Cup with SJ Myburgh. SJ Myburgh has also scored three fifties.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SJ Myburgh	55	2	v U.A.E.	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
2	SJ Myburgh	63	2	v Ireland	Sylhet	21 Mar 2014
3	SJ Myburgh	51	2	v South Africa	Chattogram	27 Mar 2014
1	MP O’Dowd	51	1	v Ireland	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2021
2	MP O’Dowd	70	1	v Namibia	Abu Dhabi	20 Oct 2021
3	MP O’Dowd	71*	2	v Sri Lanka	Geelong	20 Oct 2022

MP O’Dowd’s 71 not out in this game represent the highest individual score by a Netherlands opening batsman in the  T20 World Cup. It was an improvement over his 70 against Namibia at Abu Dhabi, exaxtly an year ago, on 20 Oct 2021

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MP O’Dowd	71*	2	v Sri Lanka	Geelong	20 Oct 2022
2	MP O’Dowd	70	1	v Namibia	Abu Dhabi	20 Oct 2021

BKG Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 79 and MP O’Dowd of Netherlands scored 71 not out in this game to provide the sixth occasion of rival openers scoring fifties in the same game in the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	RSA	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
	2	HH Gibbs	90*	2	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
2	1	TM Dilshan	96*	1	Srl	Win	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
	2	CH Gayle	63*	2	Win	Srl	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
3	1	RJ Nicol	58	1	NZl	Srl	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012
	2	TM Dilshan	76	2	Srl	NZl	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012
4	1	TM Dilshan	55	1	Srl	Eng	Chattogram	27 Mar 2014
	2	AD Hales	116*	2	Eng	Srl	Chattogram	27 Mar 2014
5	1	V Sibanda	59	1	Zim	HKG	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
	2	JJ Atkinson	53	2	HKG	Zim	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
6	1	BKG Mendis	79	1	Srl	Net	Geelong	20 Oct 2022
	2	MP O’Dowd	71*	2	Netv	Srl	Geelong	20 Oct 2022

DM de Silva of Sri Lanka collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 143rd occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the 17^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

CN Ackermann and T van der Gugten of Netherlands collected the first ball ducks in this game to provide the 144^th and 145th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the seventh and eighth occasion of a Netherlands batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

PA van Meekeren was dismissed run out without facing a delivery in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of a batsman dismissed run out without facing a delivery in an innings in the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DL Vettori	0	0	1	NZl	Pak	Cape Town	22 Sep 2007
2	Mohammad Amir	0	0	2	Pak	Srl	Lord’s	12 Jun 2009
3	MH Yardy	0	0	1	Eng	Ire	Providence	04 May 2010
4	Misbah-ul-Haq	0	0	1	Pak	Aus	Gros Islet	14 May 2010
5	TM Dilshan	0	0	2	Srl	RSA	Hambantota	22 Sep 2012
6	M Jayawardene	0	0	1	Srl	Win	Mirpur	03 Apr 2014
7	DJ Willey	0	0	2	Eng	RSA	Wankhede	18 Mar 2016
8	Mustafizur Rahman	0	0	2	Ban	Ind	Bengaluru	23 Mar 2016
9	AD Russell	0	0	1	Win	Ban	Sharjah	29 Oct 2021
10	Pramod Madushan	0	0	2	Srl	Nam	Geelong	16 Oct 2022
11	PA van Meekeren	0	0	2	Net	Srl	Geelong	20 Oct 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a batsman dismissed run out without facing a delivery against Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Mohammad Amir	0	0	2	Pak	Srl	Lord’s	12 Jun 2009
2	PA van Meekeren	0	0	2	Net	Srl	Geelong	20 Oct 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a batsman dismissed run out without facing a delivery in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2022

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Pramod Madushan	0	0	2	Srl	Nam	Geelong	16 Oct 2022
2	PA van Meekeren	0	0	2	Net	Srl	Geelong	20 Oct 2022

Sri Lanka posted its 29^th win in the T20 World Cup – Most wins by any team in the competition.