First one day at Dambulla – India won by nine wickets
PWH de Silva, MVT Fernando and PADLR Sandakan became the 121st, 122nd and 123rd Sri Lankan cricketers to appear in a one day game against India. YS Chahal and KL Rahul became the 140th and 141st Indian cricketers to appear in a one day game against Sri Lanka
India won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game to provide the 262nd occasion of India doing so in one day games. It also provides the 44 such occasion against Sri Lanka in one day games
India won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game to provide the 262nd occasion of India doing so in one day games. India has won 149 games on such occasions. It also provides the 44 such occasion against Sri Lanka in one day games. India has won 28 games against Sri Lanka on such occasions.
N Dickwella scored 64 in this game to provide the 30th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty against India in a one day game. He became the seventh Sri Lankan wicket keeper batsman to score a fifty against India.
N Dickwella became the fourth wicket keeper opening batsman to score a fifty against India. Others are – RS Kaluwitharana, KC Sangakkara and TM Dilshan. The performance of these four batsmen are detailed below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RS Kaluwitharana | 53 | 2 | v India | Colombo (RPS) | 28 Aug 1996 |
| 2 | KC Sangakkara | 138* | 1 | v India | Jaipur | 31 Oct 2005 |
| 3 | TM Dilshan | 61 | 1 | v India | Bulawayo | 30 May 2010 |
| 4 | N Dickwella | 64 | 1 | v India | Dambulla | 20 Aug 2017 |
MS Dhoni effected one stumping in this game which gave him an aggregate of 98 stumping dismissals in the annals of one day games. He needs one more stumping dismissal to equal KC Sangakkara’s 99 dismissals and two more dismissals would fetch him 100 stumping dismisssals. If he effects two more stumping dismissals he would earn the distinction of becoming the first ever wicket keeper to effect 100 stumping dismissals in the history of one day games.
V Kohli registered his 72nd fifty in one day games when he scored 82 not out in this game.He now stands fifth in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored most fifties in one day games. Others to have scored more fifties than V Kohli are – SR Tendulkar {145}, R Dravid {94}, SC Ganguly {93} and MS Dhoni {73}. V Kohli became the 16th batsman in the annals of one day games to score 72 plus fifties.
S Dhawan’s 132 not out in this game provide the 250th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in one day games. It also provides the 72nd occasion of Indian batsman scoring a century on away soil.
S Dhawan’s 132 not out in this game provide the 130th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century in one day games. It also provides the 38th occasion of Indian opening batsman scoring a century on away soil
S Dhawan’s 132 not out in this game provide the 48th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in one day games. It also provides the 16th occasion of Indian batsman scoring a century on away soil
S Dhawan’s 132 not out in this game provide the 24h occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century in one day games against Sri Lanka. It also provides the tenth occasion of Indian opening batsman scoring a century on away soil.
India became the first team in the annals of test cricket to score 250 centuries. Australia stands second in the list with 207 centuries to its credit.
RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 4 in this game to provide the 130th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed run out in an one day game.
RG Sharma was dismissed run out for 4 in this game to provide the fifth occasion of his being dismissed run out while opening the innings in a one day game.
| No | Runs | Pos | Dismissal | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 18 | 1 | run out | 2 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 05 Dec 2013 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | run out | 1 | v South Africa | Melbourne | 22 Feb 2015 |
| 3 | 124 | 1 | run out | 1 | v Australia | Brisbane | 15 Jan 2016 |
| 4 | 91 | 1 | run out | 1 | v Pakistan | Birmingham | 04 Jun 2017 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | run out | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 20 Aug 2017 |
RG Sharma became the tenth Indian opening batsman to be dismissed run out on five or more occasions. The following table lists all the ten opening batsmen.
| No | Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Dis | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar | 26 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 1432 | 141 | 55.07 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | SC Ganguly | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 646 | 100 | 35.88 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | V Sehwag | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 771 | 116 | 48.18 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | K Srikkanth | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 236 | 065 | 23.60 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | NS Sidhu | 07 | 07 | 0 | 07 | 202 | 079 | 28.85 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | G Gambhir | 06 | 06 | 0 | 06 | 370 | 102 | 61.66 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | SM Gavaskar | 06 | 06 | 0 | 06 | 186 | 090 | 31.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | RJ Shastri | 06 | 06 | 0 | 06 | 262 | 109 | 43.66 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | M Prabhakar | 05 | 05 | 0 | 05 | 106 | 067 | 21.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | RG Sharma | 05 | 05 | 0 | 05 | 237 | 124 | 47.40 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
S Dhawan and V Kohli added 197 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket to provide the 395th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. It also provides the 51st occasion of Indian batsmen posting an unfinished partnership in one day games.
India occupies the first place in both these parameters – number of partnerships and number of unfinished partnerships. In fact, India is the only team to post 50 plus unfinished partnerships in the history of one day games.
S Dhawan and V Kohli added 197 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket to provide the 67th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games against Sri Lanka. It also provides the seventh occasion of Indian batsmen posting an unfinished partnership in one day games against Sri Lanka.
India’s 67 three figure partnerships represent the most number of three figure partnerships posted by a team against Sri Lanka in one day games. Next best is Pakistan’s 55 three figure partnerships. .
S Dhawan and V Kohli added 197 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket to provide the 23rd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.. It also provides the seventh occasion of Indian batsmen posting an a three figure partnership for the second wicket in one day games against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. All the seven occasions are listed below
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | S Dhawan, V Kohli | 2 | 197* | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 20 Aug 2017 |
| 2 | MS Dhoni, G Gambhir | 2 | 188 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 05 Feb 2009 |
| 3 | V Kohli, V Sehwag | 2 | 173 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Hambantota | 21 Jul 2012 |
| 4 | SC Ganguly, V Sehwag | 2 | 134 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 27 Jul 2004 |
| 5 | G Gambhir, SK Raina | 2 | 113 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 28 Jan 2009 |
| 6 | MS Dhoni, SR Tendulkar | 2 | 110 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 14 Sep 2009 |
| 7 | G Gambhir, V Kohli | 2 | 105 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 28 Jul 2012 |
S Dhawan and V Kohli added 197 runs in an unfinished partnership for the second wicket to provide record partnership by Indian batsmen for the second wicket in one day games against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. The previous best was 188 runs between MS Dhoni and G Gambhir at Col-RPS on 05.02.09. Both the occasions are listed below
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | S Dhawan, V Kohli | 2 | 197* | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 20 Aug 2017 |
| 2 | MS Dhoni, G Gambhir | 2 | 188 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 05 Feb 2009 |
India won this game by nine wickets to provide the 18th occasion of India winning a one day game by exact nine wickets. It also represents India’s first nine wickets win against Sri Lanka in one day games. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Team | Result | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | India | won | 9 wickets | 039 | v Australia | Jaipur | 16 Oct 2013 |
| 2 | India | won | 9 wickets | 115 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 01 Aug 2013 |
| 3 | India | won | 9 wickets | 127 | v Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 20 Aug 2017 |
| 4 | India | won | 9 wickets | 090 | v Kenya | Kolkata | 31 May 1998 |
| 5 | India | won | 9 wickets | 025 | v Ireland | Belfast | 23 Jun 2007 |
| 6 | India | won | 9 wickets | 046 | v England | The Oval | 24 May 1986 |
| 7 | India | won | 9 wickets | 114 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 27 Oct 1988 |
| 8 | India | won | 9 wickets | 107 | v New Zealand | Nagpur | 31 Oct 1987 |
| 9 | India | won | 9 wickets | 133 | v Bangladesh | Sharjah | 05 Apr 1995 |
| 10 | India | won | 9 wickets | 117 | v England | Birmingham | 02 Sep 2014 |
| 11 | India | won | 9 wickets | 045 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 11 Jun 2016 |
| 12 | India | won | 9 wickets | 059 | v Bangladesh | Birmingham | 15 Jun 2017 |
| 13 | India | won | 9 wickets | 150 | v Zimbabwe | Kanpur | 11 Dec 2000 |
| 14 | India | won | 9 wickets | 187 | v U.A.E. | Perth | 28 Feb 2015 |
| 15 | India | won | 9 wickets | 079 | v Bangladesh | Chandigarh | 25 Dec 1990 |
| 16 | India | won | 9 wickets | 142 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 24 Jun 2001 |
| 17 | India | won | 9 wickets | 063 | v New Zealand | Vadodara | 04 Dec 2010 |
| 18 | India | won | 9 wickets | 168 | v Bangladesh | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Jul 1997 |
India won this game by nine wickets with 127 deliveries to spare to provide the 10th occasion of India winning a one day game by exact nine wickets with 100 plus deliveries to spare. All such occasions are listed below.
| No | Team | Result | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | India | won | 9 wickets | 187 | v U.A.E. | Perth | 28 Feb 2015 |
| 2 | India | won | 9 wickets | 168 | v Bangladesh | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Jul 1997 |
| 3 | India | won | 9 wickets | 150 | v Zimbabwe | Kanpur | 11 Dec 2000 |
| 4 | India | won | 9 wickets | 142 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 24 Jun 2001 |
| 5 | India | won | 9 wickets | 133 | v Bangladesh | Sharjah | 05 Apr 1995 |
| 6 | India | won | 9 wickets | 127 | v Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 20 Aug 2017 |
| 7 | India | won | 9 wickets | 117 | v England | Birmingham | 02 Sep 2014 |
| 8 | India | won | 9 wickets | 115 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 01 Aug 2013 |
| 9 | India | won | 9 wickets | 114 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 27 Oct 1988 |
| 10 | India | won | 9 wickets | 107 | v New Zealand | Nagpur | 31 Oct 1987 |