Sri Lankan batsman’s ninety in losing cause in one day internationals
KIC Asalanka of Sri Lanka scored 91 against Afghanistan at Hambantota on 02 Jun 2023 in the first one day international.His effort was in a losing cause to provide the 230th occasion of a batsman’s ninety in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the 26th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman’s ninety going in vain in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RS Mahanama | 98 | 2 | v India | Wankhede | 17 Jan 1987 |
| 2 | PA de Silva | 96 | 2 | v Australia | Margao | 25 Oct 1989 |
| 3 | AP Gurusinha | 90 | 1 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 02 Feb 1993 |
| 4 | A Ranatunga | 98 | 1 | v India | Hyd-RGS | 18 Feb 1994 |
| 5 | PA de Silva | 97* | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 05 Nov 1994 |
| 6 | PA de Silva | 95 | 2 | v Pakistan | Centurion | 04 Dec 1994 |
| 7 | PA de Silva | 97 | 1 | v India | Col-RPS | 19 Jun 1998 |
| 8 | ST Jayasuriya | 99 | 2 | v England | Adelaide | 17 Jan 2003 |
| 9 | PA de Silva | 92 | 2 | v Australia | Centurion | 07 Mar 2003 |
| 10 | ST Jayasuriya | 96 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Bogra | 22 Feb 2006 |
| 11 | CK Kapugedera | 95 | 1 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 10 Apr 2008 |
| 12 | DPMD Jayawardene | 94 | 2 | v India | Col-RPS | 24 Aug 2008 |
| 13 | SHT Kandamby | 93* | 2 | v India | Col-RPS | 31 Jan 2009 |
| 14 | KC Sangakkara | 90 | 2 | v India | Rajkot | 15 Dec 2009 |
| 15 | LD Chandimal | 92* | 1 | v South Africa | East London | 14 Jan 2012 |
| 16 | AD Mathews | 92* | 1 | v India | Ahmedabad | 06 Nov 2014 |
| 17 | KC Sangakkara | 91 | 1 | v England | Pallekele | 10 Dec 2014 |
| 18 | DPMD Jayawardene | 94 | 1 | v New Zealand | Nelson | 20 Jan 2015 |
| 19 | HDRL Thirimanne | 90 | 1 | v Pakistan | Col-RPS | 22 Jul 2015 |
| 20 | AD Mathews | 95 | 2 | v New Zealand | Mt Maunganui | 05 Jan 2016 |
| 21 | WU Tharanga | 95 | 1 | v India | Visakhapatnam | 17 Dec 2017 |
| 22 | FDM Karunaratne | 97 | 2 | v Australia | The Oval | 15 Jun 2019 |
| 23 | GSNFG Jayasuriya | 96 | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 30 Sep 2019 |
| 24 | MD Gunathilaka | 96 | 1 | v West Indies | North Sound | 12 Mar 2021 |
| 25 | DM de Silva | 91 | 1 | v England | The Oval | 01 Jul 2021 |
| 26 | KIC Asalanka | 91 | 1 | v Afghanistan | Hambantota | 02 Jun 2023 |