Sri Lanka vs India, 1st T20I: Statistical preview

Jul 25, 2021

Sri Lanka vs India, 1st T20I: Statistical preview Image

0 bilateral series win for Sri Lanka against India. The seven series read, from India’s point of view, 1-0 (2008/09), 1-1 (2009/10), 1-0 (2012), 2-1 (2015/16), 1-0 (2017), 3-0 (2017/18), and 2-0 (2019/20).

0.25 Sri Lanka’s win-loss ratio at R Premadasa Cricket Stadium, Colombo (4 wins, 16 defeats), the second-worst for any team at a home venue. Only Zimbabwe (0.19) have a worse ratio at the Harare Sports Club.

2.6 India’s win-loss ratio against Sri Lanka (13 wins, 5 defeats), their second-best against any side with a 10-match cut-off. India have won 10 and lost 1 against Bangladesh. Sri Lanka’s 0.384 is their worst against any side.

5 India’s win-loss ratio at Premadasa (10 wins, 2 defeats), the third-best for any team at a venue away from home. Only India in Mirpur (10) and Pakistan in Harare (6) have better ratio. India’s only two defeats came here against Australia in 2012 and Sri Lanka in 2018.

wickets needed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar to become the fourth Indian to take 50 wickets. Only Yuzvendra Chahal (62), Jasprit Bumrah (59), and R Ashwin (52) have done this.

men have led India in T20Is so far – Virender Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma. Shikhar Dhawan is set to become the seventh.

7 uncapped cricketers in the Indian squad – Ruturaj Gaikwad, K Gowtham, Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, Prithvi Shaw, and Varun Chakravarthy. They may add to their list of 85 T20I cricketers.

9 uncapped cricketers in the Sri Lankan squad – Charith Asalanka, Asitha Fernando, Shiran Fernando, Lahiru Udara, Ishan Jayaratne, Praveen Jayawickrama, Chamika Karunaratne, Dhananjaya Lakshan, and Ramesh Mendis. They may add to their list of 86 T20I cricketers.

11 sixes for Dhawan against Sri Lanka, the joint second-most for India. Rohit has hit 13 and Yuvraj Singh 11. Kusal Perera (14) tops the chart for Sri Lanka against India.

13 wins for India against Sri Lanka, their joint most against any side. They have also won 13 matches against Australia. Sri Lanka’s 13 defeats are their joint most as well: they have lost to Pakistan 13 times.

14 wickets for Chahal against Sri Lanka and 10 for Dushmantha Chameera against India, the most for both sides against each other. They will both feature in this series.

36 matches at Premadasa, the fourth-most in the world, after the Dubai International Cricket Stadium (62), Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi (48), and Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (44).

51 runs needed by Dhawan (289) to go past Kohli (339) and become the leading run-scorer for India against Sri Lanka. Rohit has 295 runs. For Sri Lanka, Kumar Sangakkara (235) has the most runs against India.