Sri Lanka won this game by eight wickets to provide the 15th occasion of a team winning a World Cup game by exact eight wickets. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	BR	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RSA	won	8 wkts	14	Win	Jo’burg	11 Sep 2007
2	Aus	won	8 wkts	31	Eng	Cape Town	14 Sep 2007
3	Ind	won	8 wkts	15	Ire	Nottingham	10 Jun 2009
4	Pak	won	8 wkts	8	Srl	Lord’s	21 Jun 2009
5	Win	won	8 wkts	1	Eng	Providence	03 May 2010
6	Pak	won	8 wkts	8	Ban	Pallekele	25 Sep 2012
7	Aus	won	8 wkts	14	RSA	Col-RPS	30 Sep 2012
8	Ind	won	8 wkts	18	Pak	Col-RPS	30 Sep 2012
9	Ban	won	8 wkts	27	Nep	Chattogram	18 Mar 2014
10	Ind	won	8 wkts	9	Ban	Dhaka	28 Mar 2014
11	Sco	won	8 wkts	12	HKG	Nagpur	12 Mar 2016
12	RSA	won	8 wkts	14	Srl	Delhi	28 Mar 2016
13	Sco	won	8 wkts	18	Oma	Al Amerat	21 Oct 2021
14	Nam	Won	8 wkts	9	Ire	Sharjah	22 Oct 2021
15	Srl	Won	8 wkts	77	Net	Sharjah	22 Oct 2021

Sri Lanka won this game with 77 balls remaining to provide the fourth occasion of a team winning a WC game with 50 plus balls remaining. All the four occasions are listed below

No	Team	Res	Margin	BR	Bat	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Srl	won	09 Wkts	90	2nd	Net	Chattogram	24 Mar 2014
2	Srl	won	08 wkts	77	2nd	Net	Sharjah	22 Oct 2021
3	NZl	won	09 wkts	74	2nd	Ken	Durban	12 Sep 2007
4	Aus	won	10 wkts	58	2nd	Srl	Cape Town	20 Sep 2007

Sri Lanka won this game with 77 balls remaining to provide its second occasion of winning a WC game with 50 plus balls remaining. Its first such win against Netherlands at Chattogram on 24 Mar 2012 when it had won the game by eight wickets with 90 balls remaining. Both the occasions are listed below

No	Team	Res	Margin	BR	Bat	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Srl	won	09 Wkts	90	2nd	Net	Chattogram	24 Mar 2014
2	Srl	won	08 wkts	77	2nd	Net	Sharjah	22 Oct 2021

Sri Lanka is the only team in the tournament to win a WC game with 50 plus balls remaining. It is interesting to note that the opposition was Netherlands and the margin of victory was identical – eight wickets on both the occasions.

Netherlands was dismissed for 44 in this game to provide the 63^rd occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings in the tournament. It also provides the fifth occasion of Netherlands dismissed all out in an innings in the tournament.

Netherlands was dismissed for 44 in this game to provide the tenth occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings in the tournament against Sri Lanka. It also provides the second occasion of Netherlands dismissed all out in an innings in the tournament against Sri Lanka

Netherlands was dismissed for 44 in this game to provide the 25th occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total of less than 100 runs in an innings in the tournament. It also provides the third occasion of Netherlands dismissed all out for a total of less than 100 runs in an innings in the tournament.

Netherlands was dismissed for 44 in this game to provide the sixth occasion of a team dismissed all out for a total of less than 100 runs in an innings against Sri Lanka in the tournament. It also provides the second occasion of Netherlands dismissed all out for a total of less than 100 runs in an innings in the tournament against Sri Lanka.

Netherlands’ ten batsmen were dismissed for single digits in this game to provide the second occasion of such an occasion for Netherlands in the World Cup. The first such occasion was also against Sri Lanka at Chattogram on 24 Mar 2014. Netherlands were dismissed for 39 in this game and Sri Lanka won the game by nine wickets.

L Kumara {3 for 7} and WH de Silva {3 for 9} captured three wickets each in this game to provide the 24^th occasion of two bowlers capturing exact three wickets in an innings in a WC game. It also provides the fifth occasion of Sri Lankan bowlers performing such a feat in the tournament.

L Kumara {3 for 7} and WH de Silva {3 for 9} captured three wickets each in this game to provide the first and the only occasion of two bowlers capturing exact three wickets in an innings conceding single digits in a WC game.