India won the five matches one day series against Sri Lanka by 5-0 to provide the 33^rd occasion of a team winning a five match one day series 5-0 in the history of one day internationals.

 

India won the five matches one day series against Sri Lanka by 5-0 to provide the sixth occasion of India winning a five match one day series 5-0 in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Team	Mat	Opposition	Series
1	India	5	v England	England in India ODI Series 2008.09
2	India	5	v New Zealand	New Zealand in India ODI Series 2010.11
3	India	5	v England	England in India ODI Series 2011.12
4	India	5	v Zimbabwe	India in Zimbabwe ODI Series 2013
5	India	5	v Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka in India ODI Series 2014.15
6	India	5	v Sri Lanka	India in Sri Lanka ODI Series 2017

 

India won the five matches one day series against Sri Lanka by 5-0 to provide the third occasion of Sri Lanka losing  a five match one day series 5-0 in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Team	Mat	Opposition	Series
1	India	5	v Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka in India ODI Series 2014.15
2	South Africa	5	v Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka in South Africa ODI Series 2016.17
3	India	5	v Sri Lanka	India in Sri Lanka ODI Series 2017

 

India with its six wins own the  record for winning most series  It went past South Africa which had won five such  series. The performance of these two teams are tabulated below

 

No	Team	Mat	Opposition	Series
1	India	5	v England	England in India ODI Series 2008.09
2	India	5	v New Zealand	New Zealand in India ODI Series 2010.11
3	India	5	v England	England in India ODI Series 2011.12
4	India	5	v Zimbabwe	India in Zimbabwe ODI Series 2013
5	India	5	v Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka in India ODI Series 2014.15
6	India	5	v Sri Lanka	India in Sri Lanka ODI Series 2017
1	South Africa	5	v West Indies	South Africa in West Indies ODI Series 2005
2	South Africa	5	v West Indies	West Indies in South Africa ODI Series 2007.08
3	South Africa	5	v West Indies	South Africa in West Indies ODI Series 2010
4	South Africa	5	v Australia	Australia in South Africa ODI Series 2016.17
5	South Africa	5	v Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka in South Africa ODI Series 2016.17

 

MS Dhoni created a world record in the history of one day games by effecting one hundred stumping dismissals

A Dananjaya of Sri Lanka became his 100^th stumping dismissal. He was dismissed stumped off YS Chahal for 4 in the final one day game at Col-RPS> MS Dhoni  went past KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka who had 99 stumping dismissals to  his credit on his way to the world record

 

B Kumar captured 5 for 42 in this game to provide the 41^st occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a one day game. It also provides the 12^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RJ Shastri	6.5	1	15	5	2	v Australia	Perth	08 Dec 1991
2	A Kumble	10.0	0	33	5	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	30 Mar 1994
3	J Srinath	10.0	4	23	5	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Jan 1998
4	AB Agarkar	9.3	1	42	6	1	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Jan 2004
5	A Nehra	10.0	1	59	6	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	09 Aug 2005
6	IK Pathan	10.0	3	27	5	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Aug 2005
7	Harbhajan Singh	9.4	0	56	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	14 Sep 2009
8	IK Pathan	10.0	0	61	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	04 Aug 2012
9	A Mishra	8.5	0	48	6	1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	03 Aug 2013
10	STR Binny	4.4	2	4	6	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	17 Jun 2014
11	JJ Bumrah	10.0	2	27	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	27 Aug 2017
12	B Kumar	9.4	0	42	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	03 Sep 2017

 

B Kumar captured 5 for 42 in this game to provide the 41^st occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets against Sri Lanka in a one day game. It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets against Sri Lanka on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	A Nehra	10.0	1	59	6	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	09 Aug 2005
2	Harbhajan Singh	9.4	0	56	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	14 Sep 2009
3	IK Pathan	10.0	0	61	5	2	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	04 Aug 2012
4	JJ Bumrah	10.0	2	27	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	27 Aug 2017
5	B Kumar	9.4	0	42	5	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	03 Sep 2017

 

It is interesting to note that the present coach of the Indian team RG Shastri was the first Indian bowler to capture five or more wickets on away soil. He had figures of 5 for 15 against Australia at Perth on 08.12.91

 

V Kohli scored consecutive hundreds this series –  131 at Col-RPS on 31.08.17 and 110 not out at Col-RPS on 03.0.17 to provide the 103^rd occasion of a batsman scoring two or more consecutive centuries in an innings in the annals of one day games. It also provides the 15^th occasion of Indian batsmen accomplishing such a feat. All such  occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Country	100s	From
1	Dhawan S	India	2	06.06.2013
2	Dravid R	India	2	23.05.1999
3	Gambhir G	India	2	01.12.2010
4	Ganguly S C	India	2	13.10.2000
5	Kohli V	India	2	20.10.2010
6	Kohli V	India	2	28.02.2012
7	Kohli V	India	2	18.03.2012
8	Kohli V	India	2	17.01.2016
9	Kohli V	India	2	31.08.2017
10	Laxman V V S	India	2	22.01.2004
11	Sharma R G	India	2	28.05.2010
12	Sharma R G	India	2	12.01.2016
13	Sharma R G	India	2	27.08.2017
14	Tendulkar S R	India	2	22.04.1998
15	Yuvraj Singh	India	2	14.11.2008

 

V Kohli scored consecutive hundreds this series –  131 at Col-RPS on 31.08.17 and 110 not out at Col-RPS on 03.0.17 to provide the fifth occasion of his scoring two consecutive centuries in an innings. He became the second batsman in the annals of one day games to score two or more consecutive centuries in an innings. AB de Villers of South Africa is the other batsman with six such performances to his credit

 

No	Player	Country	100s	From
1	de Villiers, A B	South Africa	2	26.08.2007
2	de Villiers, A B	South Africa	3	24.02.2010
2	de Villiers, A B	South Africa	2	17.10.2010
3	de Villiers, A B	South Africa	2	24.02.2011
4	de Villiers, A B	South Africa	2	22.01.2012
5	de Villiers, A B	South Africa	2	22.10.2015
1	Kohli, V	India	2	20.10.2010
2	Kohli, V	India	2	28.02.2012
3	Kohli, V	India	2	18.03.2012
4	Kohli, V	India	2	17.01.2016
5	Kohli, V	India	2	31.08.2017

 

V Kohli’s 110 not out in this game provide the 52^nd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against Sri Lanka. It also provides the 20th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

 

V Kohli’s 110 not out in this game provide his fourth century against Sri Lanka. He emulated SR Tendulkar who has also scored four centuries against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. The performance of these two batsmen are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli	106	1	v Sri Lanka	Hambantota	21 Jul 2012
2	V Kohli	128*	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	31 Jul 2012
3	V Kohli	131	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	31 Aug 2017
4	V Kohli	110*	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	03 Sep 2017
1	SR Tendulkar	110	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	28 Aug 1996
2	SR Tendulkar	128	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	07 Jul 1998
3	SR Tendulkar	120	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	29 Aug 1999
4	SR Tendulkar	138	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	14 Sep 2009

 

V Kohli’s 110 not out in this game provide the ninth occasion of an Indian captain scoring a century against Sri Lanka. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian captain scoring a century against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. V Kohli and SR Tendulkar share these four occasions equally.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli	131	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	31 Aug 2017
2	V Kohli	110*	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	03 Sep 2017
1	SR Tendulkar	110	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	28 Aug 1996
2	SR Tendulkar	120	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	29 Aug 1999

 

V Kohli’s 110 not out in this  game provide the 26^th occasion of a captain scoring a century against Sri Lanka in one day games. It also represents his third century against Sri Lanka as captain. The other captain to score three centuries against Sri Lanka is RT Ponting of Australia. The performance of these two captains is furnished below

 

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	V Kohli	139*	2	Ind	Srl	Ranchi	16 Nov 2014
	2	V Kohli	131	1	Ind	Srl	Colombo (RPS)	31 Aug 2017
	3	V Kohli	110*	2	Ind	Srl	Colombo (RPS)	03 Sep 2017
2	1	RT Ponting	106*	2	Aus	Srl	Melbourne	21 Jan 2003
	2	RT Ponting	114	1	Aus	Srl	Centurion	07 Mar 2003
	3	RT Ponting	124	1	Aus	Srl	Sydney	12 Feb 2006

 

V Kohli’s 110 not out represent his 30^th century in one day games. He now shares the second place with RT Ponting amongst the batsmen who have scored most centuries in one day games. RT Ponting has also scored 30 centuries. SR Tendulkar occupies the first place with 49 centuries to his credit.

 

V Kohli’s 110 not out represent his 14th century in one day games on away soil. He now owns the record for most centuries by a batsman on away soil. SR Tendulkar occupies the second place with 12 centuries to his credit.

 

V Kohli’s 110 not out represent his 19th century in one day games while batting second in a one day game. He now owns the record for most centuries by a batsman while batting second in a one day game. SR Tendulkar occupies the second place with 17 centuries to his credit.

 

V Kohli’s 110 not out represent his 17th century in one day games while batting second and winning a one day game. He now owns the record for most centuries by a batsman while batting second and winning in a one day game. SR Tendulkar occupies the second place with 14 centuries to his credit.

 

V Kohli’s 110 not out represent his eighth century in one day games on away soil. He now owns the record for most centuries by a batsman on away soil. He went past TM Dilshan who had scored seven centuries on away soil.

 

V Kohli’s run aggregate while batting second in one day games read 1944 at the end of this game. He stands fourth in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs while batting second in one day games. Others to score more runs than V Kohli are – RT Ponting {2177}, KC Sangakkara {2117} and SR Tendulkar {2017}