Bangladesh Tri series – Match Number 5 : India vs Sri Lanka at Mirpur on 10.01.10. India won by eight wickets

Sri Lanka lost its first wicket without a run on the board in this game providing the sixth occasion of Sri Lanka losing its first wicket without scoring against India in one day games. The other five occasions are – at Col-RPS on 18.07.97, at Sharjah on 09.11.08, at Col-RPS on 30.09.02, at Dambulla on 28.01.09 and at Delhi on 27.12.09.

Sri Lanka has lost its six wickets for 84 runs in this game providing the eighth occasion of Sri Lanka losing six wickets under 85 runs against India. The other seven occasions are – 6 for 44 at Dambulla on 20.08.08, 6 for 47 at Sharjah on 09.11.98, 6 for 59 at Jo’burg on 10.03.03, 6 for 59 at Mohali on 28.10.05, 6 for 74 at Col-SSC on 17.09.94 and 6 for 79 at Sharjah on 08.04.84.

Sri Lanka added fifty plus runs for the seventh wicket in this game {59 as the seventh wicket fell at 143} providing the second occasion of a fifty plus runs partnership for the seventh wicket after it had lost six wickets under 85 runs. The other occasion was at Dambulla on 20.08.08 {Sixth wicket fell at 44 runs and 74 runs were added for the seventh wicket – seventh wicket fell at 118}.

KC Sangakkara registered his 54^th half century when he made 68 in this game. He has also scored hundreds in one day games

KC Sangakkara’s 68 in this game was his 60^th fifty {08 centuries and 52 half centuries} as a wicket keeper batsman. He became the second wicket keeper in the history of one day internationals to register sixty fifties. AC Gilchirst {69 fifites – 16 centuries and 53 half centuries} is the other wicket keeper batsman to register 60 plus fifties.

WU Tharnga and TT Samarweera failed to score in this game and collected their eight duck and fourth duck respectively.

S Randiv registered his maiden one day fifty in this game when he scored 56 in this game. This is the first occasion he reached double figures in one day game. His previous best was 5 against India at Nagpur on 18.12.09.

S Randiv scored 56 batting at number eight in this game providing the tenth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsmen registering a half century while batting at number eight

No	Batsmen	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	HDPKDharmasena	69*	RSA	Lahore	06.11.97
2	MF Maharoof	69*	Pak	Abu Dhabi	18.05.07
3	RG de Alwis	58*	Eng	Taunton	11.06.83
4	KMDNKulasekara	57*	NZl	Johannesburg	27.09.09
5	S Randiv	56	Ind	Mirpur	10.01.10
6	T Thushara	54*	Ind	Col-RPS	29.08.08
7	HDPKDharmasena	51*	Win	Port of Spain	06.06.97
8	HDPKDharmasena	51	Pak	Singapore	02.04.96
9	HDPKDharmasena	51	Pak	Nairobi (Gym)	04.10.96
10	WPUJC Vaas	50*	Pak	Sharjah	13.04.01

S Randiv scored 56 batting at number eight in this game providing the second occasion of a Sri Lankan batsmen registering a half century while batting at number eight against India. The other batsman is T Tushara who had made 54 not out at Col-RPS on 29.08.08. Thus S Randiv 56 in this game represents the highest score by a Sri Lankan batsman batting at number eight against India.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	SRandiv	56	Ind	Mirpur	10.01.10
2	TThushara	54*	Ind	Col/RPS	29.08.08

KC Sangakkara {68} and S Randiv {56} registered half centuries in this game providing the 124^th and 125^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen registering half centuries against India.

KC Sangakara registered his 11^th half century when he made 68 in this game. He became the sixth Sri Lankan batsman to register 11 or more half centuries against India. Others to score eleven or more half centuries are – ST Jayasuriya {14}, PA de Silva {13}, DPMD Jayawardene {13}, MS Atapattu {11} and RS Mahanama {11}.

KC Sangakkara was playing his 50^th innings against India and became the sixth Sri Lankan batsman to play 50 plus innings against India. He celebrated this distinction with a half century – 68 in this game. Other Sri Lankan batsmen who have played 50 plus innings against India are – ST Jayasuriya {85}, DPMD Jayawardene {59}, PA de Silva {55}, MS Atapattu {52} and A Ranatunga {51}

KC Sangakkara pouched his 251^st catch when he caught KRD Karthik of T Tushara for 48 in this game. His 251 catches include the 19 catches when he did not keep wickets

At the end of this game, KC Sangkkara has accounted for 298 victims {232 ct plus 66 st} and requires two more catches for his 300 victims. If he gets there, he would become the third wicket keeper to effect 300 plus dismissals in the history of one day internationals. Others are AC Gilchrist {472 – 417 ct plus 55 st} and MV Boucher {414 – 393 ct plus 21 st}.

MS Dhoni effected his 52^nd stumping of his one day career, when he stumped Welegedera of A Mishra for 1 in this game. RS Kaluwithrana {75}, Moin Khan {73}, KC Sangakkara {66} and AC Gilchrist {55} are the other four wicket keepers who have effected more stumpings than MS Dhoni in the history of one day internationals.

G Gambhir registered his 19^th one day half century when he scored 71 in this game and V Kohli registered his 5^th one day half century when he made 71 not out in this game

Sri Lanka’s 213 all out in this game provides the 35^th occasion of Sri Lanka dismissed all out against India and 15^th occasion when they batted first. Out of these 15 occasions, Sri Lanka has won three games and lost 12 games.

Head to Head count between India and Sri Lanka at the end of this game read thus – Played 120 : won by India – 64 : won by Sri Lanka – 45 and No Result games – 11.

RAS Lakmal conceded 75 runs in this game providing the 37^th occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler leaking 70 plus runs in one day games.

RAS Lakmal conceded 75 runs in this game providing the 16th occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler leaking 70 plus runs against India