Rahamanulla Gurbani of Afghanistan and MDJK Perera of Sri Lanka opened the innings for their respective teams in this game to provide the 23rd occasion of rival wicket keepers opening the innings for their teams in the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	MA Ouma	0	1	Ken	NZl	Durban	12 Sep 2007
	2	BB McCullum	16*	2	NZl	Ken	Durban	12 Sep 2007
2	1	AC Gilchrist	4	1	Aus	Zim	Cape Town	12 Sep 2007
	2	BRM Taylor	60*	2	Zim	Aus	Cape Town	12 Sep 2007
3	1	MJ Prior	20	1	Eng	Zim	Cape Town	13 Sep 2007
	2	BRM Taylor	47	2	Zim	Eng	Cape Town	13 Sep 2007
4	1	MJ Prior	17	1	Eng	Aus	Cape Town	14 Sep 2007
	2	AC Gilchrist	45	2	Aus	Eng	Cape Town	14 Sep 2007
5	1	BB McCullum	4	1	NZl	Eng	Durban	18 Sep 2007
	2	VS Solanki	24	2	Eng	NZl	Durban	18 Sep 2007
6	1	Kamran Akmal	57	1	Pak	Ire	The Oval	15 Jun 2009
	2	NJ O’Brien	7	2	Ire	Pak	The Oval	15 Jun 2009
7	1	Kamran Akmal	15	1	Pak	Eng	Bridgetown	06 May 2010
	2	C Kieswetter	25	2	Eng	Pak	Bridgetown	06 May 2010
8	1	C Kieswetter	0	1	Eng	Afg	Col-RPS	21 Sep 2012
	2	Mohammad Shahzad	1	2	Afg	Eng	Col-RPS	21 Sep 2012
9	1	SP Khakurel	56	1	Nep	Afg	Chattogram	20 Mar 2014
	2	Mohammad Shahzad	6	2	Afg	Nep	Chattogram	20 Mar 2014
10	1	JJ Atkinson	16	1	HKG	Afg	Nagpur	10 Mar 2016
	2	Mohammad Shahzad	41	2	Afg	HKG	Nagpur	10 Mar 2016
11	1	Mohammad Shahzad	8	1	Afg	Srl	Kolkata	17 Mar 2016
	2	LD Chandimal	18	2	Srl	Afg	Kolkata	17 Mar 2016
12	1	Q de Kock	45	1	RSA	Afg	Wankhede	20 Mar 2016
	2	Mohammad Shahzad	44	2	Afg	RSA	Wankhede	20 Mar 2016
13	1	LD Chandimal	21	1	Srl	RSA	Delhi	28 Mar 2016
	2	Q de Kock	9	2	RSA	Srl	Delhi	28 Mar 2016
14	1	ZE Green	8	1	Nam	Srl	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2021
	2	MDKJ Perera	11	2	Srl	Nam	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2021
15	1	Mohammad Shahzad	8	1	Afg	Pak	Dub-DSC	29 Oct 2021
	2	Mohammad Rizwan	8	2	Pak	Afg	Dub-DSC	29 Oct 2021
16	1	MDKJ Perera	7	1	Srl	RSA	Sharjah	30 Oct 2021
	2	Q de Kock	12	2	RSA	Sri	Sharjah	30 Oct 2021
17	1	JC Buttler	101*	1	Eng	Srl	Sharjah	01 Nov 2021
	2	MDKJ Perera	7	2	Srl	Eng	Sharjah	01 Nov 2021
18	1	Litton Das	24	1	Ban	RSA	Abu Dhabi	02 Nov 2021
	2	Q de Kock	16	2	RSA	Ban	Abu Dhabi	02 Nov 2021
19	1	Q de Kock	34	1	RSA	Eng	Sharjah	06 Nov 2021
	2	JC Buttler	26	2	Eng	RSA	Sharjah	06 Nov 2021
20	1	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	10	1	Afg	Eng	Perth	22 Oct 2022
	2	JC Buttler	18	2	Eng	Afg	Perth	22 Oct 2022
21	1	RW Chakabva	8	1	Zim	RSA	Hobart	24 Oct 2022
	2	Q de Kock	47*	2	RSA	Zim	Hobart	24 Oct 2022
22	1	DP Conway	1	1	NZl	Srl	Sydney	29 Oct 2022
	2	BKG Mendis	4	2	Srl	NZl	Sydney	29 Oct 2022
23	1	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	28	1	Afg	Srl	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022
	2	BKG Mendis	25	2	Srl	Afg	Brisbane	01 Nov 2022

Gulbadin Naib of Afghanistan was dismissed run out for 12 in this game to provide the 260th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the 13^th occasion of an Afghanistan batsman dismissed run out in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

Mujeeb Ur Rehman of Afghanistan was dismissed stumped for one in this game to provide the 126th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out in an innings in the T20 World Cup. It also provides the third occasion of an Afghanistan batsman dismissed run out in an innings in the T20 World Cup.

Sri Lanka posted its 31^st win in the T20 World Cup – most by a team in the competition and Afghanistan suffered its seventh loss in the competition.