India inserted the opposition in this game to provide the 20th occasion of India doing so in T20Is. India became the third team to do on 20 plus occasions. Others are New Zealand {28} and England {22}

India has won 12 games when it had inserted the opposition and stands second in the list of teams which have won most games after inserting the opposition. New Zealand and South Africa share the first place with 15 wins each in this category of statistics. New Zealand, South Africa and India are the only three teams to win ten or more games after inserting the opposition in the history of T20Is. Pakistan is close behind with nine wins

India has inserted Sri Lanka on three occasions in T20Is. It has lost one game and won two games. The following table lists the three occasions

Team	Result	Margin	BR	Toss	Bat	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
India	lost	29 runs		won	2nd	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	09 Dec 2009
India	won	9 wickets	37	won	2nd	v Sri Lanka	Vizag	14 Feb 2016
India	won	5 wickets	4	won	2nd	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	01 Mar 2016

MS Dhoni effected three dismissals in this game to take his aggregate dismissals in T20I to 52. He pouched two catches and effected one dismissal in this tame. He became the second wicket keeper to effect 50 plus dismissals in the history of T20Is after Kamran Akmal. Kamran Akmal has effected 60 dismissals. MS Dhoni also earned the distinction of becoming the first wicket keeper captain to effect 50 dismissals. At the end of this game, he has effected 51 dismissals {34 Ct plus 16 St}

V Kohli-SK Raina added 54 runs for the third wicket and V Kohli-Yuvaraj Singh added 51 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 62^nd and 63^rd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in T20Is. It also provides the 14^th and 15^th occasion against Sri Lanka in T20Is.

V Kohli-SK Raina added 54 runs for the third wicket and V Kohli-Yuvaraj Singh added 51 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 12th occasion of Indian batsmen posting two or more 50 plus runs partnership in an innings in a T20I. It also provides the fifth such occasion against Sri Lanka in T20Is.

V Kohli-SK Raina added 54 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the third wicket in T20Is and the fourth such occasion against Sri Lanka.

V Kohli-Yuvaraj Singh added 51 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the eighth such occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket in T20Is and the second such occasion against Sri Lanka.

V Kohli-SK Raina added 54 runs for the third wicket and V Kohli-Yuvaraj Singh added 51 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnerships for consecutive wickets in an innings in a T20I. The following table lists all such occasions. It is observed that Indian batsmen have posted fifty plus partnerships for consective third and fourth wickets for the first time

No	No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start
1	1	G Gambhir, RG Sharma	1	59	1	Ban	Nottingham	06 Jun 2009
	2	MS Dhoni, G Gambhir	2	53	1	Ban	Nottingham	06 Jun 2009
2	1	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	58	2	Srl	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
	2	MS Dhoni, V Sehwag	2	50	2	Srl	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
3	1	V Kohli, V Sehwag	2	74	2	Pak	Col-RPS	30 Sep 2012
	2	V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh	3	54*	2	Pak	Col-RPS	30 Sep 2012
4	1	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	60	1	Srl	Dhaka	06 Apr 2014
	2	V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh	3	55	1	Srl	Dhaka	06 Apr 2014
5	1	RG Sharma, Yuvraj Singh	4	55	1	Ban	Dhaka	24 Feb 2016
	2	HH Pandya, RG Sharma	5	61	1	Ban	Dhaka	24 Feb 2016
6	1	V Kohli, SK Raina	3	54	2	Srl	Dhaka	01 Mar 2016
	2	V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh	4	51	2	Srl	Dhaka	01 Mar 2016

V Kohli’s 56 not out in this game provides the 48th occasion of Indian batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is and the third such occasion against Sri Lanka. It also represents V Kohli’s third fifty against Sri Lanka. The other two are – 68 at Pallekele on 07.08.12 and 77 at Dhaka on 06.04.14

V Kohli’s 56 not out in this game represent his 13^th half century and he became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to score 13 half centuries. Others are – CH Gayle of West Indies and BB McCullum of New Zealand.

V Kohli’s 56 not out in this game represent his 13^th fifty and he became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to score 13 or more fifties. Others are – BB McCullum of New Zealand {15} and CH Gayle of West Indies {14}.

Yuvraj Singh scored three boundary sixes in his knock of 35 in this game to take his tally of boundary sixes to 68 at the end of this game. He now shares the joint fourth place in the list of batsman who have scored most sixes in the history of T20Is with MJ Guptill of New Zealand. MJ Guptill has also scored 68 boundary sixes. BB McCullum {91}, CH Gayle {87} and SR Watson {76} occupy the first three places. Yuvraj Singh went past DA Warner who had scored 67 boundary sixes and Shahid Afridi who had scored 66 boundary sixes on his way to share the joint fourth position with MJ Guptill

BB McCullum {91}, CH Gayle {87}, SR Watson {76}, MJ Guptill {68}, Yuvraj Singh {68}, DA Warner {67} and Shahid Afridi {66} are the seven batsmen who have scored 65 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20Is.  

Yuvraj Singh is on the threshold of owning a unique record in the history of T20Is. He has scored 68 boundary fours and an equal number of boundary sixes at the end of  this game. If he scores more boundary sixes than the boundary fours in the next game, then he would own the record of scoring most boundary sixes than boundary fours in T20Is.

India has inserted the opposition on five occasions and won five games on Bangladesh soil thus maintaining a cent percent record. India is the only team to perform such a feat on Bangladesh soil. India owns the record of winning more games on Bangladesh soil when it had inserted the opposition. Bangladesh had won four games in this category of statistics

No	Team	Result	Margin	BR	Toss	Bat	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Ban	won	3 wkts	1	won	2nd	Win	Dhaka	11 Oct 2011
2	Ban	won	9 wkts	48	won	2nd	Afg	Dhaka	16 Mar 2014
3	Ban	won	8 wkts	27	won	2nd	Nep	Chittagong	18 Mar 2014
4	Ban	won	4 wkts	14	won	2nd	Zim	Dhaka	13 Nov 2015
1	Ind	won	7 wkts	9	won	2nd	Pak	Dhaka	21 Mar 2014
2	Ind	won	7 wkts	2	won	2nd	Win	Dhaka	23 Mar 2014
3	Ind	won	8 wkts	9	won	2nd	Ban	Dhaka	28 Mar 2014
4	Ind	won	5 wkts	27	won	2nd	Pak	Dhaka	27 Feb 2016
5	Ind	won	5 wkts	4	won	2nd	Sri	Dhaka	01 Mar 2016