CT 2017, Match 8: India v Sri Lanka – Statistical Preview

About 4-5 years ago, the India Sri Lanka fixture would have been regarded as an overdose by the fans of either team as they faced each other in 44 ODI matches in a span of 5 years between 2008 and 2012. However, their encounter in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 will be the first meeting between the two in ODIs since 2014 in a 5-match ODI series which India won 5-0 under Virat Kohli’s captaincy.

The Indian domination over the Lankans might continue with India’s strengthened batting and bowling line-ups who will be up against an inexperienced Sri Lankan batting and a mediocre bowling.

Ahead of the game, we look at some of the key numbers and records related to the game.

3 – Number of times India and Sri Lanka have faced each other in Champions Trophy; two of those were in 2002 final which was played twice due to rain but both of them ended in a washout. The other encounter between the two in the CT was the 2013 semi-final which India won comprehensively.

3 – Number of times Umesh Yadav has dismissed Kushal Perera in ODIs. Kushal has managed to score just 4 runs in 15 balls against Umesh.

4 – Number of times Lasith Malinga has dismissed Yuvraj Singh in ODI cricket. Yuvraj has faced 82 balls from Malinga in this format and has scored 72 runs.

6 – Number of times India and Sri Lanka faced each other in ODIs on English soil; Sri Lanka won the first game between the two in 1979 while India won the remaining 5 ODIs played since 1999.

42.28 – Lasith Malinga’s bowling average of 42.28 in ODIs against India is the worst for him against any team in this format. Malinga has taken 38 wickets in 33 matches conceding runs at a rate of 5.94 per over.

62.50 – Shikhar Dhawan’s batting average against Sri Lanka in ODIs is his best average against any team he has batted more than once. Dhawan’s average, in fact, is the highest for any player with 500 or more runs in India-Sri Lanka ODIs. He has scored exactly 500 runs against them in 8 innings with 4 fifties and a century.

69.70 – Angelo Mathews’ batting strike-rate against Ravindra Jadeja in ODIs. Jadeja has conceded only 92 runs in 132 balls to Mathews and dismissed him twice in this format.

83 – Number of times India has defeated Sri Lanka in ODI cricket; the most number of wins for them against any team in this format. The next most number of wins for India against a team in ODIs is 53 over West Indies.

149 – Number of times India and Sri Lanka have faced off in ODI cricket; the most number of meetings in this format between any two teams. The CT 2017 game between India and Sri Lanka will witness the first ever instance of two teams playing each other in 150 ODIs.

Head to head record between the two teams in ODI cricket:

152 – Runs conceded by Suranga Lakmal to the Indian top order batsmen – Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni in ODIs. He has bowled 159 balls at them in this format and never got any one of them out.

173 – Runs scored by MS Dhoni against Lasith Malinga in ODI cricket. Malinga has dismissed Dhoni 3 times in 157 balls in this format but MSD has a strike-rate of 110.19 against the Sri Lankan.

180 – Runs scored by Virat Kohli against Lasith Malinga in ODI cricket. Kohli has played 167 balls from Malinga in ODIs and scored at a strike-rate of 107.78 and got out only once.

1856 – Runs scored by Virat Kohli against Sri Lanka in ODI cricket; the most by him against any opposition in ODIs. Kohli has 6 centuries and 10 fifties against Sri Lanka in 39 ODI innings and has scored his runs at an average of 56.24.

2086 – Runs scored by MS Dhoni against Sri Lanka in ODI cricket; one of the 6 players to have scored 2000 runs in the India-Sri Lanka ODIs. Dhoni has 2 centuries and 16 fifties over them in the 46 innings and has scored at an average of 61.35 including his career best of 183*.