WU Tharanga was dismissed by the first ball of the match in this game providing the 56^th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in one-day games. All the 56 occasions are listed below

No	Batsman	Bowler	Team	Opp	Venue	Year
1	B Wood	AME Roberts	Eng	Win	Scarborough	1976
2	DW Randall	AME Roberts	Eng	Win	Brisbane	1979/80
3	SM Gavaskar	RJ Hadlee	Ind	NZl	Perth	1980/81
4	JG Wright	JR Thomson	NZl	Aus	Wellington	1981/82
5	GM Wood	J Garner	Aus	Win	Melbourne	1984/85
6	RJ Shastri	Imran Khan	Ind	Pak	Sharjah	1984/85
7	JG Bracewell	CJ McDermott	NZl	Aus	Adelaide	1985/86
8	Mudassar Nazar	JG Thomas	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	1987
9	Rameez Raja	TM Alderman	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	1988/89
10	JG Wright	CJ McDermott	NZl	Aus	Auckland	1991/92
11	RS Mahanama	CJ McDermott	Srl	Aus	Col-RPS	1992
12	Rameez Raja	BP Patterson	Pak	Win	Cape Town	1992/93
13	A Flower	Wasim Akram	Zim	Pak	Karachi	1993/94
14	RS Mahanama	C Pringle	Srl	NZl	Bloemfontein	1994/95
15	AP Gurusinha	Saiful Islam	Srl	Ban	Sharjah	1994/95
16	Shahid Afridi	EZMatambanadzo	Pak	Zim	Peshawar	1996/97
17	SC Ganguly	WPUJC Vaas	Ind	Srl	Mumbai	1997
18	PA Wallace	DR Brown	Win	Eng	Sharjah	1997/98
19	PA Wallace	SM Pollock	Win	SAF	East London	1998/99
20	RD Jacobs	DS Mohanty	Win	Ind	Singapore	1999
21	SL Campbell	CL Cairns	Win	NZl	Taupo	1999/00
22	SL Campbell	CL Cairns	Win	NZl	Napier	1999/00
23	AC Parore	Wasim Akram	NZl	Pak	Auckland	2000/01
24	Saeed Anwar	DR Tuffey	Pak	NZl	Napier	2000/01
25	CJ Nevin	WPUJC Vaas	NZl	Srl	Sharjah	2000/01
26	ME Trescothick	Waqar Younis	Eng	Pak	Leeds	2001
27	MS Sinclair	Z Khan	NZl	Ind	Col-RPS	2001
28	V Sehwag	WPUJC Vaas	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	2001
29	DD Ebrahim	WPUJC Vaas	Zim	Srl	Col-SSC	2001/02
30	AC Gilchrist	SM Pollock	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	2001/02
31	HH Gibbs	JEC Franklin	SAF	NZl	Brisbane	2001/02
32	AC Gilchrist	Wasim Akram	Aus	Pak	Melbourne-CS	2002
33	SC Ganguly	D Gough	Ind	Eng	Che-le-Street	2002
34	HH Gibbs	Wasim Akram	SAF	Pak	Tangier	2002
35	ST Jayasuriya	Z Khan	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	2002/03
36	Hannan Sarkar	WPUJC Vaas	Ban	Srl	Pietermaritzburg	2002/03
37	Imran Nazir	JM Anderson	Pak	Eng	The Oval	2003
38	Yasir Hameed	T Panyangara	Pak	Zim	Multan	2004/05
39	S Matsikenyeri	run out	Zim	Ban	Chittagong	2004/05
40	AC Gilchrist	SM Pollock	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	2005/06
41	KO Otieno	Syed Rasel	Ken	Ban	Nairobi-Gym	2006
42	ME Trescothick	Shoaib Akhtar	Eng	Pak	Southampton	2006
43	EC Joyce	JEC Franklin	Eng	NZl	St Lucia	2006/07
44	DJ Reekers	JAR Blain	Net	Sco	Dublin	2008
45	Mohd Iqbal	run out	Can	Win	King City	2008
46	Tamim Iqbal	NW Bracken	Ban	Aus	Darwin	2008
47	Salman Butt	DBL Powell	Pak	Win	Abu Dhabi	2008/09
48	SR Waters	CB Mpofu	Ken	Zim	Nairobi	2008/09
49	Tamim Iqbal	KAJ Roach	Ban	Win	Dominica	2009
50	KAO Powell	Mahbubul Alam	Win	Ban	Basseterre	2009
51	Nasir Jamshed	KMDN Kulasekara	Pak	Srl	Dambulla	2009
52	Kamran Akmal	KMDN Kulasekara	Pak	Srl	Col-RPS	2009
53	SR Watson	KAJ Roach	Aus	Win	Johannesburg	2009/10
54	WU Tharanga	Z Khan	Srl	Ind	Delhi	2009/10
55	CH Gayle	DE Bollinger	Win	Aus	Adelaide	2009/10
56	WU Tharanga	P Kumar	Srl	Ind	Dambulla	2009/10

His dismissal provides the sixth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed by the first ball of a match.

No	Batsman	Bowler	Team	Opp	Venue	Year
1	RS Mahanama	CJ McDermott	Srl	Aus	Col-RPS	1992
2	RS Mahanama	C Pringle	Srl	NZl	Bloemfontein	1994/95
3	AP Gurusinha	Saiful Islam	Srl	Ban	Sharjah	1994/95
4	ST Jayasuriya	Z Khan	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	2002/03
5	WU Tharanga	Z Khan	Srl	Ind	Delhi	2009/10
6	WU Tharanga	P Kumar	Srl	Ind	Dambulla	2009/10

WU Tharanga has been dismissed by the first ball of the match on two occasions. He is the tenth batsman to suffer such an ignominy on two or more occasions

No	Batsman	Bowler	Team	Opp	Venue	Year
1	AC Gilchrist	SM Pollock	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	2001/02
	AC Gilchrist	Wasim Akram	Aus	Pak	Mel’one-CS	2002
	AC Gilchrist	SM Pollock	Aus	SAF	Brisbane	2005/06
2	HH Gibbs	JEC Franklin	SAF	NZl	Brisbane	2001/02
	HH Gibbs	Wasim Akram	SAF	Pak	Tangier	2002
3	JG Wright	JR Thomson	NZl	Aus	Wellington	1981/82
	JG Wright	CJ McDermott	NZl	Aus	Auckland	1991/92
4	PA Wallace	DR Brown	Win	Eng	Sharjah	1997/98
	PA Wallace	SM Pollock	Win	SAF	East London	1998/99
5	Rameez Raja	TM Alderman	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	1988/89
	Rameez Raja	BP Patterson	Pak	Win	Cape Town	1992/93
6	RS Mahanama	CJ McDermott	Srl	Aus	Col-RPS	1992
	RS Mahanama	C Pringle	Srl	NZl	Bloemfontein	1994/95
7	SC Ganguly	WPUJC Vaas	Ind	Srl	Mumbai	1997
	SC Ganguly	D Gough	Ind	Eng	Che-le-St	2002
8	SL Campbell	CL Cairns	Win	NZl	Taupo	1999/00
	SL Campbell	CL Cairns	Win	NZl	Napier	1999/00
9	Tamim Iqbal	NW Bracken	Ban	Aus	Darwin	2008
	Tamim Iqbal	KAJ Roach	Ban	Win	Dominica	2009
10	WU Tharanga	Z Khan	Srl	Ind	Delhi	2009/10
	WU Tharanga	P Kumar	Srl	Ind	Dambulla	2009/10

RS Mahanama and WU Tharanga are the two Sri Lankan batsmen to be dismissed by the first ball of the match on two occasions

No	Batsman	Bowler	Team	Opp	Venue	Year
1	RS Mahanama	CJ McDermott	Srl	Aus	Col-RPS	1992
	RS Mahanama	C Pringle	Srl	NZl	Bloemfontein	1994/95
2	WU Tharanga	Z Khan	Srl	Ind	Delhi	2009/10
	WU Tharanga	P Kumar	Srl	Ind	Dambulla	2009/10

His dismissal by the first ball of the match provides the sixth occasion of a batsman suffering from such an ignominy against India

No	Batsman	Bowler	Team	Opp	Venue	Year
1	RD Jacobs	DS Mohanty	Win	Ind	Singapore	1999
2	MS Sinclair	Z Khan	NZl	Ind	Col-RPS	2001
3	ST Jayasuriya	Z Khan	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	2002/03
4	WU Tharanga	Z Khan	Srl	Ind	Delhi	2009/10
5	WU Tharanga	P Kumar	Srl	Ind	Dambulla	2009/10