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JE Root of England scored 64 and 85 not out in this test to provide the 26^th occasion of an England batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the ninth occasion of an England captain scoring fifties in both innings of a test against India.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DR Jardine	79	85*	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1932
2	CF Walters	59	102	Ind	Chennai	Feb 1934
3	DCS Compton	51	71*	Ind	Manchester	Jul 1946
4	CJ Poole	55	69*	Ind	Kolkata	Dec 1951
5	RT Spooner	71	92	Ind	Kolkata	Dec 1951
6	JDB Robertson	77	56	Ind	Chennai	Feb 1952
7	KF Barrington	151*	52*	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	Nov 1961
8	ER Dexter	57	62	Ind	Kolkata	Dec 1961
9	BW Luckhurst	78	101	Ind	Manchester	Aug 1971
10	KWR Fletcher	69	60*	Ind	Kolkata	Jan 1982
11	GA Gooch	333	123	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
12	MA Atherton	131	74	Ind	Manchester	Aug 1990
13	RA Smith	121*	61*	Ind	Manchester	Aug 1990
14	GA Gooch	85	88	Ind	The Oval	Aug 1990
15	MA Butcher	51	92	Ind	Ahmedabad	Dec 2001
16	JP Crawley	64	100*	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 2002
17	ME Trescothick	57	58*	Ind	The Oval	Sep 2002
18	AN Cook	60	104*	Ind	Nagpur	Mar 2006
19	A Flintoff	70	51	Ind	Mohali	Mar 2006
20	A Flintoff	50	50	Ind	Mumbai	Mar 2006
21	IR Bell	63	67	Ind	The Oval	Aug 2007
22	AJ Strauss	123	108	Ind	Chennai	Dec 2008
23	MJ Prior	71	103*	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 2011
24	AN Cook	95	70*	Ind	Southampton	Jul 2014
25	AN Cook	71	147	Ind	The Oval	Sep 2018
26	JE Root	64	85*	Ind	Nottingham	Aug 2021
No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DR Jardine	79	85*	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1932
2	ER Dexter	57	62	Ind	Kolkata	Dec 1961
3	KWR Fletcher	69	60*	Ind	Kolkata	Jan 1982
4	GA Gooch	333	123	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 1990
5	GA Gooch	85	88	Ind	The Oval	Aug 1990
6	A Flintoff	70	51	Ind	Mohali	Mar 2006
7	A Flintoff	50	50	Ind	Mumbai	Mar 2006
8	AN Cook	95	70*	Ind	Southampton	Jul 2014
9	JE Root	64	85*	Ind	Nottingham	Aug 2021

Second one day Sri Lanka vs India at Colombo RPS on 20 Jul 2021

India won this game by three wickets to provide its 93^rd win against Sri Lanka on one day internationals. India now holds the record for winning most games against Sri Lanka one day internationals. Pakistan has won 92 games against Sri Lanka and Australia has won 92 games against New Zealand

India’s 93 wins against Sri Lanka constitutes a world record for a team winning most games against an opposition in one day internationals.

Sri Lanka lost this game to provide its 430^th loss in One day internationals. Sri Lanka owns the record for losing most one day internationals. India is close behind as it has lost 428 one day internationals

D Chahar scored 69 not out in this game to provide the highest individual score by an Indian batsman batting at number eight in India’s winning one day internationals. The previous record was credited to AB Agarkar who had scored 67 not out against Zimbabwe at Rajkot on 14.12.2000

D Chahar scored 69 not out in this game to provide the second highest individual score by an Indian batsman batting at number eight in India’s one day internationals. R Jadeja’s 77 against New Zealand at Manchester on 09 Jul 2019 remains the highest individual innings by an Indian batsman batting at number eight.

D Chahar’s 69 not out in this game to provide the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number eight. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RA Jadeja	77	2	NZl	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
2	DL Chahar	69*	2	Srl	Col-RPS	20 Jul 2021
3	AB Agarkar	67*	1	Zim	Rajkot	14 Dec 2000
4	RA Jadeja	66*	2	NZl	Auckland	25 Jan 2014
5	IK Pathan	64	2	Pak	Jamshedpur	09 Apr 2005
6	SB Joshi	61*	2	NZl	Guwahati	14 Nov 1999
7	RA Jadeja	60*	2	Srl	Col-RPS	08 Feb 2009
8	N Kapil Dev	60	1	Eng	Leeds	2 Jun 1982
9	SS Karim	55	2	RSA	Bloemfontein	23 Jan 1997
10	AB Agarkar	53	1	Aus	Melbourne	06 Feb 2004

D Chahar’s 69 not out in this game to provide the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number eight against Sri Lanka. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DL Chahar	69*	2	Srl	Col-RPS	20 Jul 2021
2	RA Jadeja	60*	2	Srl	Col-RPS	08 Feb 2009

D Chahar’s 69 not out in this game to provide the eleventh occasion of an batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number eight against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CR Woakes	95*	2	Eng	Srl	Nottingham	21 Jun 2016
2	Wasim Akram	79	2	Pak	Srl	Vizag	27 Mar 1999
3	AR McBrine	79	2	Ire	Srl	Dublin-M	18 Jun 2016
4	MV Boucher	70	2	RSA	Srl	Tangier	21 Aug 2002
5	DL Chahar	69*	2	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	20 Jul 2021
6	L Klusener	60*	1	RSA	Srl	Benoni	01 Dec 2002
7	RA Jadeja	60*	2	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	08 Feb 2009
8	Sabbir Rahman	53	2	Ban	Srl	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
9	Shadab Khan	52*	1	Pak	Srl	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2017
10	MH Miraz	51	2	Ban	Srl	Col-SSC	01 Apr 2017
11	FA Allen	51	2	Win	Srl	Ch-le-St	01 Jul 2019

D Chahar and B Kumar added 84 runs in an unfinished stand for the second wicket in this game to provide the second best stand  for the eighth wicket by Indian batsmen in one day internationals. The best stand is 100 runs unfinished stand between MS Dhoni and B Kumar, also against Sri Lanka at Pallekkele on 20 Aug 2017

Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
MS Dhoni, B Kumar	8	100*	2	Srl	Pallekele	24 Aug 2017
DL Chahar, B Kumar	8	84*	2	Srl	Colombo (RPS)	20 Jul 2021

Third one day Sri Lanka vs India at Colombo RPS on 23 Jul 2021

India capped five cricketers for the third one day game against Sri Lanka on 23 Jul 2021 to provide the 38^th occasion of a team capping five or more cricketers in the history of one day internationals. The list does not include team’s first game in one day internationals in which eleven cricketers had made their one day game. However the South African team which made its one day debut against India at Kolkata on 10 Nov 1991 is included in the list. Ten South Africa cricketers made their one day debut in this game.

India became the second team to have five or more cricketers making their one day debut against Sri Lanka after Netherlands. It also provides the third occasion of team capping five or more cricketers against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Opp	Ground	Players	Start Date
1	Net	Srl	Col-RPS	07	16 Sep 2002
2	Net	Srl	Amstelveen	06	04 Jul 2006
3	Ind	Srl	Col-RPS	05	23 Jul 2021

India lost this game to provide its 429^th loss in one day internationals. India now stands second in the list of teams which have lost most one day internationals. Sri Lanka occupies the first place with 430 losses.

Indian one day debutants swelled to 241 with five cricketers making their one day debut in this game. Of these 241 cricketers, 36 have made their one day debut against Sri Lanka.

RD Chahar returned with figures of 3 for 54 in this game to provide the 17^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact three wickets in an innings on their debut in one day internationals. It also provides the first such occasion against Sri Lanka.

MD Shanaka collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 138^th occasion of a captain collecting the first ball duck in the history of one day games. It also provides the 16^th occasion of a Sri Lankan captain collecting the first ball duck in one day internationals.

It also provides the fifteenth occasion of a captain collecting the first ball duck in one day internationals against India. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Sri Lankan captain collecting the first ball duck in one day internationals against India.

AV Fernando scored 76 in this game to provide the 64^th occasion of a Sri Lankan opener scoring a fifty against India in one day internationals. It also provides 32^nd occasion of a Sri Lankan opener scoring a fifty against India in one day internationals on home soil. It also provides the 23rd occasion of a Sri Lankan opener scoring a fifty against India in one day internationals at Colombo-RPS.

AV Fernando-PBB Rajapaksha added 109 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 289^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for various wickets in one day internationals. It also provides the 80th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for second wicket in one day internationals.

It also provides the 62nd occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for various wickets in one day internationals against India. It also provides the 14th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for second wicket in one day internationals against India.

PBB Rajapaksha scored 65 in this game to provide the 43^rd occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman batting at number three scoring a fifty in an innings against India in one day internationals. It also provides the 17th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman batting at number three scoring a fifty in an innings against India in one day internationals on home soil.

India was dismissed all out for 225 in this game to provide the 31^st occasion of India dismissed all out against Sri Lanka in one day internationals. It also provides the 14^th occasion of India dismissed all out against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka in one day internationals.

Head to head result between the two teams at the end of this series read thus

Team	Span	M	W	L	Ti	NR
India	1979-2021	162	93	57	1	11
Sri Lanka	1979-2021	162	57	93	1	11

Babar Azam and Mohammad Riwan of Pakistan partnered 150 runs for the first wicket against England at Nottingham on 16.07.2021 to provide the 21^st occasion of batsmen posting 150 plus runs for various wickets in Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Bosman/Smith	1	170	1	RSA	Eng	Centurion	15.11.09
2	Jaya’dene/S’kkara	2	166	1	Srl	Win	Bridgetown	07.05.10
3	Bopara/Hales	2	159	2	Eng	Win	Nottingham	24.06.12
4	Hales/Morgan	3	152	2	Eng	Srl	Chattogram	27.03.14
5	Gayle/Samuels	2	152	2	Win	RSA	Jo’burg	11.01.15
6	Guptill/Williamson	1	171*	2	NZl	Pak	Hamilton	17.01.16
7	Maxwell/Warner	4	161	2	Aus	RSA	Jo’burg	06.03.16
8	Dhawan/RSharma	1	158	1	Ind	NZl	Delhi	01.11.17
9	Rahul/RSharma	1	165	1	Ind	Srl	Indore	22.12.17
10	Dhawan/RSharma	1	160	1	Ind	Ire	Dublin-M	27.06.18
11	Finch/Short	1	223	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03.07.18
12	Zazai/UGhani	1	236	1	Afg	Ire	Dehradun	23.02.19
13	AAhmed/Hennessy	1	155	1	Esp	Mal	Cartagena	30.03.19
14	AIdrees/Sandaruwan	2	156	1	Kuw	Qat	Doha	06.07.19
15	Coetzer/Munsey	1	200	1	Scp	Net	Dublin-M	16.09.19
16	Malan/Morgan	3	182	1	Eng	NZl	Napier	08.11.19
17	KJO’Brien/Stirling	1	154	1	Ire	Win	StGeorge’s	15.01.20
18	Conway/Phillips	3	184	1	NZl	Win	MtMaunganui	29.11.20
19	Buttler/Malan	2	167*	2	Eng	RSA	CapeTown	01.12.20
20	BAzam/MRizwan	1	197	2	Pak	RSA	Centurion	14.04.21
21	BAzam/MRizwan	1	150	1	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	16.07.21

It also provides the 12th occasion of batsmen posting 150 plus runs for the first wicket in Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Bosman/Smith	1	170	1	RSA	Eng	Centurion	15.11.09
2	Guptill/Williamson	1	171*	2	NZl	Pak	Hamilton	17.01.16
3	Dhawan/RSharma	1	158	1	Ind	NZl	Delhi	01.11.17
4	Rahul/RSharma	1	165	1	Ind	Srl	Indore	22.12.17
5	Dhawan/RSharma	1	160	1	Ind	Ire	Dublin-M	27.06.18
6	Finch/Short	1	223	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03.07.18
7	Zazai/UGhani	1	236	1	Afg	Ire	Dehradun	23.02.19
8	AAhmed/Hennessy	1	155	1	Esp	Mal	Cartagena	30.03.19
9	Coetzer/Munsey	1	200	1	Scp	Net	Dublin-M	16.09.19
10	KJO’Brien/Stirling	1	154	1	Ire	Win	StGeorge’s	15.01.20
11	BAzam/MRizwan	1	197	2	Pak	RSA	Centurion	14.04.21
12	BAzam/MRizwan	1	150	1	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	16.07.21

Babar Azam and Mohammad Riwan of Pakistan partnered 150 runs for the first wicket against England at Nottingham on 16.07.2021 to become the second pair to post 150 plus runs in an innings for any wicket and also for the first wicket in Twenty20 Internationals. Both such occasions are tabulated below. The other pair to perform such a feat is S Dhawan-RG Sharma.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	BAzam/MRizwan	1	197	2	Pak	RSA	Centurion	14.04.21
2	BAzam/MRizwan	1	150	1	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	16.07.21
1	Dhawan/RSharma	1	158	1	Ind	NZl	Delhi	01.11.17
2	Dhawan/RSharma	1	160	1	Ind	Ire	Dublin-M	27.06.18

S Mandana of India scored 70 and Shefali Verma scored a duck against England at Chelmsford on 14 Jul 2021 to provide the third occasion of an Indian batswoman  scoring a fifty and another a duck in the same game in Women’s T20Is.  All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	R Dhar	66*	2	v ENG Women	Derby	05 Aug 2006
	S Naik	0	2	v ENG Women	Derby	05 Aug 2006
2	M Raj	55*	1	v Bdesh Wmn	Cox’s Bazar	09 Mar 2014
	L Kumari	0	1	v Bdesh Wmn	Cox’s Bazar	09 Mar 2014
3	S Mandhana	70	1	v ENG Women	Chelmsford	14 Jul 2021
	Shafali Verma	0	1	v ENG Women	Chelmsford	14 Jul 2021

The following 21 batsmen have scored fifty plus fifties in the history of Twenty20 games as of 12 Jul 2021. CH Gayle owns the record with 108 fifties

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC	50+
1	CH Gayle	430	422	50	13971	175*	22	86	108
2	DA Warner	304	303	38	10017	135*	8	82	90
3	V Kohli	310	295	58	9922	113	5	72	77
4	AB de Villiers	332	312	65	9318	133*	4	69	73
5	AJ Finch	321	316	33	9728	172	8	63	71
6	RG Sharma	349	336	47	9291	118	6	65	71
7	Shoaib Malik	425	397	107	10741	95*	0	66	66
8	S Dhawan	291	288	30	8482	106*	2	63	65
9	BB McCullum	370	364	33	9922	158*	7	55	62
10	Babar Azam	183	177	32	6600	122	5	55	60
11	SR Watson	342	334	34	8793	124*	6	53	59
12	LMP Simmons	268	264	27	7212	100*	1	57	58
13	AD Hales	302	299	24	8479	116*	5	53	58
14	SK Raina	328	311	48	8444	126*	4	51	55
15	KA Pollard	545	484	142	10836	104	1	54	55
16	G Gambhir	250	244	24	6400	93	0	53	53
17	SE Marsh	197	194	24	6436	115	2	50	52
18	MJ Guptill	277	268	23	7826	120*	4	48	52
19	DR Smith	337	327	27	7870	110*	5	47	52
20	LJ Wright	332	308	28	8211	153*	7	44	51
21	BJ Hodge	277	261	60	7406	106	2	48	50

The following 17 batsmen have scored fifty plus half centuries in the history of Twenty20 games as of 12 Jul 2021. CH Gayle owns the record with 86 half centuries

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	HC
1	CH Gayle	430	422	50	13971	175*	86
2	DA Warner	304	303	38	10017	135*	82
3	V Kohli	310	295	58	9922	113	72
4	AB de Villiers	332	312	65	9318	133*	69
5	AJ Finch	321	316	33	9728	172	63
6	RG Sharma	349	336	47	9291	118	65
7	Shoaib Malik	425	397	107	10741	95*	66
8	S Dhawan	291	288	30	8482	106*	63
9	BB McCullum	370	364	33	9922	158*	55
10	Babar Azam	183	177	32	6600	122	55
11	SR Watson	342	334	34	8793	124*	53
12	LMP Simmons	268	264	27	7212	100*	57
13	AD Hales	302	299	24	8479	116*	53
14	SK Raina	328	311	48	8444	126*	51
15	KA Pollard	545	484	142	10836	104	54
16	G Gambhir	250	244	24	6400	93	53
17	SE Marsh	197	194	24	6436	115	50

The following nine batsmen have scored nine thousand plus runs in the history of Twenty20 games as of 12 Jul 2021. CH Gayle owns the record with 13971 runs and he is one of the four batsmen to score 10000 plus runs in T20s. V Kohli is on the threshold of becoming the fifth batsmen. He has an aggregate of 9922 runs and require 78 more runs for his 10000 runs.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS
1	CH Gayle	430	422	50	13971	175*
2	KA Pollard	545	484	142	10836	104
3	Shoaib Malik	425	397	107	10741	95*
4	DA Warner	304	303	38	10017	135*
5	V Kohli	310	295	58	9922	113
6	BB McCullum	370	364	33	9922	158*
7	AJ Finch	321	316	33	9728	172
8	AB de Villiers	332	312	65	9318	133*
9	RG Sharma	349	336	47	9291	118

Only four Indian bowlers have captured 1000 wickets or more in First Class matches. BS Bedi, S Venkataraghavan, A Kumble and BS Chandrasekhar are the four bowlers who have achieved the feat. It is interesting to note that only BS Bedi has captured 1500 plus wickets in First Class matches – 1560 to be exact. BS Bedi is the only bowler to capture 100 plus five wicket hauls among the bowlers who have captured 1000 plus wickets in First Class matches

No	Bowler	Wkts	Runs	BBI	Avge	5	10
1	BS Bedi	1560	33843	07-005	21.69	106	20
2	S Venkataraghavan	1390	33568	09-093	24.14	85	21
3	A Kumble	1136	29347	10-074	25.83	72	19
4	BS Chandrasekhar	1063	25547	09-072	24.03	75	19