Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd ODI: Stats Preview of Players' Records and Approaching Milestones

Sri Lanka (SL) will take on India (IND) in the 2nd ODI of the ongoing tour on Sunday, August 04, at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

The first match of the series ended in a dramatic Tie, where at one stage the Indians were looking comfortable to win the game. Thus, the Men in Blue would like to come back in the upcoming fixture with a winning result. On the other, the Lankans would like to make a comeback to winning ways after a very good effort in which they were able to tie the game in front of the home crowd. Thus, the Charith Asalanka-led side would like to grab a win to go up an unassailable 1-0 lead in the series.

In the previous One-Dayet, Dunith Wellalage (67 off 65 balls) played a magnificent innings down the order. Pathum Nissanka also contributed with a handy knock of 56 runs in 75 deliveries, batting under pressure, which eventually helped the Lankan Lions post a decent 230/8 on the board after 50 overs. In the first innings, Axar Patel (10-0-33-2) and Arshdeep Singh (8-0-47-2) were the heroes with the ball, contributing with a couple of wickets, respectively.

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When it came to the chase, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma opened alongside his deputy Shubman Gill. While the latter failed to convert his start into a big one, the captain led from the front, and chipped in with an attacking 58-run knock off just 47 deliveries. Post that Axar (33) and wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul (31) also played well. However, the host bowlers came back superbly to strike at crucial moments, and stopped the visiting side to cross the finishing line by the barest of margins, which led to an agony for Rohit & Co.

Meanwhile, let us look at the stats and numbers ahead of Sri Lanka vs India, 1st ODI:

Head-to-Head: India and Sri Lanka have met 168 times in the ODI history, with India winning on 99 occasions and Sri Lanka clinching 57 victories. Two games resulted in a Tie and 11 games resulted in No Result.

68 - Charith Asalanka (1932) needs another sixty-eight runs to reach 2000 runs in 50-over cricket.

4 - Virat Kohli (1296) needs another four boundaries to reach 1300 fours in One-Dayers.

2 - Rohit Sharma (95) needs five more catches to complete 100 catches in the format.

92 - Virat Kohli (26908) needs another 92 more runs to reach 27000 runs in international career.

81 - Wanindu Hasaranga (919) needs another 89 runs to reach 1000 runs in the one-day format.

128 - Virat Kohli (13,872) needs another Hundred and Twenty-eight runs to reach the landmark of 14,000 runs in ODIs.

7 - Charith Asalanka (43) needs another seven sixes to reach 50 maximums in ODIs.

149 - KL Rahul (2,851) needs another 149 runs to reach 3,000 runs in ODIs.

16 - Kusal Mendis (384) needs another 16 boundaries to reach 400 fours in ODIs.

20 -  Wanindu Hasaranga (80) needs another 20 boundaries to cross 100-fours' mark in ODIs.

10 - Rishabh Pant (90) needs another 10 fours to reach compile 100 in his career.

49 - Chamika Karunaratne (451) needs another 49 runs to reach 500 runs in ODIs.