Match Number 5 : India vs Sri Lanka at Harare on 05.06.10 : Sri Lanka won by six wickets

Sri Lanka won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game providing the 30^th such occasion against India in one day games and 170^th occasion overall.

The following are the teams which have inserted the opposition on 100 plus occasions in one day games – India {208}, West Indies {186}, Sri Lanka {170}, New Zealand {158}, Pakistan {153}, England {138} and Australia {129} at the end of this game

This game was Sri Lanka’s 601st one day game. Other teams to play 600 plus one day games are – India {744}, Australia {741}, Pakistan {715} and West Indies {637}. India has played most number of one day games in the history of one day internationals

India capped NV Ojha, R Ashwin and Pankaj Singh for this game. The number of cricketers who have represented India in one day games stood at 187. This is the first occasion when India capped three cricketers in a one day game against Sri Lanka. The number of Indian cricketers who have made their one day debut against Sri Lanka stands at 24 at the end of this game.

Apart from India’s inaugural game against England at Leeds on 13.07.74 when the Indian team contained eleven debutants, there are eleven occasions when India has capped three or more cricketers in a one day game including this game.

This game represents the 123^rd one day game between India and Sri Lanka. The other teams to play 123 one day games are Australia and New Zealand. Australia and West Indies have played 125 one day game which is a record for the most number of one day games played between two teams. Thus India-Sri Lanka and Australia-New Zealand share the second place jointly having played 123 games between themselves

V Kohli’s 68 in this game is his eighth one day half century and 10^th fifty. He completed 1000 runs during his knock of 68 when he was on 53. At the end of the game his run aggregate stood at 1015. He became the 30^th Indian cricketer to total 1000 runs in one day games

V Kohli has another milestone to his credit in this game – he has an aggregate of 100 boundary fours at the end of this game. He earned the distinction of becoming India’s 26^th batsman to have an aggregate of 100 plus boundary fours in one day games

RG Sharma also completed 1000 runs when he was on 29 during the course of his knock of 32. At the end of the game his run aggregate stood at 1003. He became the 31^st Indian cricketer to total 1000 runs in one day games

RA Jadeja was dismissed run out in this game for 19 providing the 98^th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out in a one day game against Sri Lanka.

SK Raina was caught by CK Kapugedera of TM Dilshan providing him his 50^th one day wicket. TM Dilshan’s milestone of 50 wickets came in his 100^th innings in which he was chancing his arms with the leather.

LD Chandimal scored 111 in this game providing the 107^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. His knock represents the 25^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a hundred against India in one day games.

LD Chandimal’s 111 in this game represent the 40^th occasion of a batsman scoring a “Nelson” {111 or 111 not out} in one day games. He became the third Sri Lankan batsman to score 111 in one day games. Others are – MS Atapattu vs Pakistan at Lahore on 14.10.04 and ST Jayasuriya vs New Zealand at Napier on 28.12.06

LD Chandimal’s 111 in this game represent the 69^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman to score a hundred in one day games. His knock also represent the eleventh occasion of a Sri Lankan wicket keeper batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. His knock represents the fourth hundred by a wicket keeper batsman against India. The other three hundreds are scored by KC Sangakkara – 138* at Jaipur on 31.10.05, 110 at Rajkot on 11.02.07 and 128 at Adelaide on 19.02.08

LD Chandimal became the first Sri Lankan batsman and also wicket keeper batsman to score a “Nelson” {111} in one day games against India

LD Chandimal became the sixth batsman to score a Nelson {111 or 111 not out} against India. The other five are – 111 by DC Boon of Australia at Jaipur on 07.09.86, 111 by HH Gibbs of South Afirca at Kochi on 09.03.00, 111 by ML Hayden of Australia at Vizag on 03.04.01, 111 by AC Gilchrist of Australia at Bangalore on 12.11.03, 111* by KP Pietersen at Cuttack on 26.11.08

LD Chandimal was dismissed stumped by NV Ojha of R Ashwin for 111 in this game. He became the third wicket keeper batsman to be stumped in a one day game after scoring a hundred. The other two are – AC Gilchrist of Australia for 103 vs Pakistan at Lahore on 10.11.98 and BJ Haddin of Australia for 110 vs New Zealand at Hamilton on 09.03.10.

LD Chandimal and CK Kapugedera added 114 runs for the third wicket in this game providing the 186^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games. This stand also represents the 49^th occasion of a three figure partnership for the third wicket by Sri Lankan batsmen in one day games.

This stand provides the 44^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership in one day games against India. This stand also represents the 14th occasion of a three figure partnership for the third wicket by Sri Lankan batsmen against India in one day games.

Sri Lanka’s victory in this game provides its 78^th win in one day game when it had inserted the opposition. This win provides its eleventh win over India when it had asked India to bat first after winning the toss.

LD Chandimal’s 111 in this game represent the 24^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a hundred when it had inserted the opposition. His knock represents the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a hundred against India when it had asked India to bat first after winning the toss