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Numbers game: India hold edge over Sri Lanka in One-Day Internationals

Last updated on: October 31, 2014 14:54 IST
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

India will be looking to maintain their stranglehold over Sri Lanka in home One-Day Internationals when the teams meet in the five-match series, starting, in Cuttack, on Sunday.

Sri Lanka, who haven’t won a One-Day International series in India, have won only 11 out of 43 matches played in the country. Their best result was the 1-1 draw in 1997-99 in which one match was abandoned.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni loves playing against the Lankans as his record -- 2086 runs in 57 matches, at an average of 61 -- proves, while Virat Kohli (1527 runs) and Suresh Raina (1187), among the current players, have also scored more than 1000 runs against the islanders.

Veteran Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, with 2626 and 2467 runs respectively against India, are the two batsmen to watch out for amongst the visitors.

The last time the teams met in a bilateral series was in 2009-10 and India won the five-match affair 3-1, with one match abandoned.

As the teams get set to duel in the make-shift ODI series, Rajneesh Gupta gives us a look at how both teams measure up in One-dayers.

Summary of results:

 

Mts

Ind

SL

NR

Tied

Overall

144

78

54

11

1

in India

43

29

11

3

0

in Sri Lanka

56

23

27

6

0

at neutral places

45

26

16

2

1

India-Sri Lanka bilateral series in India

Season

Mts

Result

1982-83

3

India 3-0

1986-87

5

India 4-1

1990-91

3

India 2-1

1993-94

3

India 2-1

1997-98

3

Drawn 1-1 #

2005-06

7

India 6-1

2006-07

4

India 2-1 #

2009-10

5

India 3-1 #

# one match was abandoned

Highest totals:

India:

Total

Overs

Venue

 Date

 Result

414-7

50

Rajkot

 15 Dec 2009

Won

373-6

50

Taunton

 26 May 1999

Won

363-5

50

Colombo RPS

 03 Feb 2009

Won

350-6

50

Nagpur

 25 Oct 2005

Won

332-5

50

Colombo RPS

 05 Feb 2009

Won

321-3

36.4

Hobart

 28 Feb 2012

Won

319-5

50

Colombo RPS

 14 Sep 2009

Won

317-3

48.1

Kolkata

 24 Dec 2009

Won

314-6

50

Hambantota

 21 Jul 2012

Won

310-4

46.5

Karachi

 03 Jul 2008

Won

307-6

50

Colombo RPS

 07 Jul 1998

Won

304-3

50

Mirpur

 13 Mar 2012

Won

304

50

Bristol

 11 Jul 2002

Won

303-4

46.1

Jaipur

 31 Oct 2005

Won

301-7

50

Nagpur

 18 Dec 2009

Lost

300-7

50

Colombo RPS

 17 Aug 1997

Lost

Sri Lanka:

Total

Overs

Venue

 Date

 Result

411-8

50

Rajkot

 15 Dec 2009

Lost

348-1

50

Kingston

 02 Jul 2013

Won

320-4

50

Hobart

 28 Feb 2012

Lost

320-8

50

Colombo RPS

 08 Feb 2009

Won

315-6

50

Kolkata

 24 Dec 2009

Lost

308-8

50

Karachi

 03 Jul 2008

Lost

307-6

50

Colombo RPS

 12 Sep 2009

Won

302-4

50

Colombo RPS

 17 Aug 1997

Won

302-7

49.1

Nagpur

 18 Dec 2009

Won

301

49.3

Colombo RPS

 07 Jul 1998

Lost

Lowest all-out totals:

India:

Total

Overs

Venue

Date

Result

54

26.3

Sharjah

 29 Oct 2000

Lost

78

24.1

Kanpur

 24 Dec 1986

Lost

103

33.4

Dambulla

 22 Aug 2010

Lost

103

26.3

Colombo RPS

 29 Aug 2008

Lost

136

40.3

Margao

 08 Dec 1990

Lost

138

33.3

Hambantota

 24 Jul 2012

Lost

146

46

Dambulla

 18 Aug 2008

Lost

 Sri Lanka:

Total

Overs

Venue

Date

Result

96

41

Sharjah

 08 Apr 1984

Lost

96

24.4

Port-of-Spain

 09 Jul 2013

Lost

98

39

Sharjah

 09 Nov 1998

Lost

109

23

Wanderers

 10 Mar 2003

Lost

122

35.4

Mohali

 28 Oct 2005

Lost

141#

36.3

Vadodara

 15 Jan 1987

Lost

142

38.3

Dambulla

 20 Aug 2008

Lost

# batted one man short

Individual hundreds:

India: 41 (Most: 8-SR Tendulkar,6- G Gambhir, 5- V Kohli, 4- SC Ganguly)

Sri Lanka: 33 (Most: 7- ST Jayasuriya, 6- KC Sangakkara, 4- TM Dilshan)

Highest individual innings:

India:

Batsman

Runs

Balls

SR

Venue

Date

MS Dhoni

183*

145

126.20

Jaipur

31 Oct 2005

SC Ganguly

183

158

115.82

Taunton

26 May 1999

G Gambhir

150*

137

109.48

Kolkata

24 Dec 2009

G Gambhir

150

147

102.04

Colombo RPS

05 Feb 2009

V Sehwag

146

102

143.13

Rajkot

15 Dec 2009

R Dravid

145

129

112.40

Taunton

26 May 1999

SR Tendulkar

138

133

103.75

Colombo RPS

14 Sep 2009

SR Tendulkar

137

137

100.00

Delhi

02 Mar 1996

V Kohli

133*

86

154.65

Hobart

28 Feb 2012

SC Ganguly

130*

160

81.25

Nagpur

22 Mar 1999

V Kohli

128*

119

107.56

Colombo RPS

31 Jul 2012

SR Tendulkar

128

131

97.70

Colombo RPS

07 Jul 1998

Sri Lanka:

Batsman

Runs

Balls

SR

Venue

Date

ST Jayasuriya

189

161

117.39

Sharjah

29 Oct 2000

WU Tharanga

174*

159

109.43

Kingston

02 Jul 2013

TM Dilshan

160*

165

96.96

Hobart

28 Feb 2012

TM Dilshan

160

124

129.03

Rajkot

15 Dec 2009

ST Jayasuriya

151*

120

125.83

Mumbai

17 May 1997

KC Sangakkara

138*

147

93.87

Jaipur

31 Oct 2005

KC Sangakkara

133

151

88.07

Hambantota

21 Jul 2012

A Ranatunga

131*

152

86.18

Colombo RPS

18 Jul 1997

ST Jayasuriya

130

132

98.48

Colombo RPS

27 Jul 2004

DPMD Jayawardene

128

123

104.06

Sharjah

27 Oct 2000

KC Sangakkara

128

155

82.58

Adelaide

19 Feb 2008

ST Jayasuriya

125

114

109.64

Karachi

06 Jul 2008

Leading run-scorers

India:

 

Mts

Runs

Hs

Avg

SR

100

50

0

SR Tendulkar

84

3113

138

43.84

87.54

8

17

3

MS Dhoni

57

2086

183*

61.35

90.53

2

16

2

M Azharuddin

53

1834

111*

50.94

79.77

3

15

2

V Sehwag

55

1699

146

34.67

110.18

2

5

4

G Gambhir

37

1668

150*

50.54

88.62

6

9

3

R Dravid

46

1662

145

48.88

75.20

3

11

1

SC Ganguly

44

1534

183

40.36

72.52

4

9

3

V Kohli

35

1527

133*

52.65

85.16

5

8

1

Yuvraj Singh

54

1393

117

33.97

82.96

1

9

3

SK Raina

51

1187

106

34.91

92.15

1

8

4

Sri Lanka:

 

Mts

Runs

Hs

Avg

SR

100

50

0

ST Jayasuriya

89

2899

189

36.23

96.98

7

14

7

KC Sangakkara

73

2626

138*

40.40

81.85

6

17

2

DPMD Jayawardene

82

2467

128

34.74

77.04

3

17

5

TM Dilshan

65

2080

160*

38.51

89.19

4

10

4

PA de Silva

58

1786

105

35.72

77.99

3

13

4

MS Atapattu

52

1570

118

33.40

69.13

2

11

3

A Ranatunga

56

1455

131*

33.83

82.29

1

7

3

RS Mahanama

45

1152

98

33.88

59.78

0

11

3

Best bowling in a match:

India:

 

Figures

Overs

Venue

Date

A Nehra

6-59

10

Colombo RPS

09 Aug 2005

RR Singh

5-22

5

Guwahati

22 Dec 1997

J Srinath

5-24

6.4

Kanpur

07 Nov 1993

RR Singh

5-31

9.3

Taunton

26 May 1999

M Prabhakar

5-35

10

Hyderabad

18 Feb 1994

Zaheer Khan

5-42

10

Margao

14 Feb 2007

AB Agarkar

5-44

9.5

Pune

03 Nov 2005

Harbhajan Singh

5-56

9.4

Colombo RPS

14 Sep 2009

IK Pathan

5-61

10

Pallekele

04 Aug 2012

Sri Lanka:

 

Figures

Overs

Venue

Date

M Muralitharan

7-30

10

Sharjah

27 Oct 2000

BAW Mendis

6-13

8

Karachi

06 Jul 2008

AD Mathews

6-20

6

Colombo RPS

12 Sep 2009

WPUJC Vaas

5-14

9.3

Sharjah

29 Oct 2000

NLTC Perera

5-28

7.4

Dambulla

22 Aug 2010

MF Maharoof

5-42

10

Dambulla

22 Jun 2010

T Thushara

5-47

8.4

Colombo RPS

27 Aug 2008

GF Labrooy

5-57

10

Vadodara

15 Jan 1987

UWMBCA Welegedara

5-66

10

Dhaka

05 Jan 2010

Hat-tricks:

India : Kapil Dev (4-31), Kolkata, 04 Jan 1991

(victims: RS Mahanama,ST Jayasuriya & RJ Ratnayake)

Sri Lanka : MF Maharoof (5-42), Dambulla, 22 Jun 2010

(victims: RA Jadeja, Praveen Kumar & Zaheer Khan)

Leading wicket-takers:

India:

 

Mts

Wkts

Best

Avg

RPO

SR

4W

Zaheer Khan

48

66

5-42

32.19

4.98

38.79

2

Harbhajan Singh

47

61

5-56

26.95

4.19

38.57

2

AB Agarkar

25

49

5-44

20.61

4.98

24.79

2

IK Pathan

32

45

5-61

29.13

5.18

33.73

3

Kapil Dev

34

38

4-31

26.07

3.92

39.89

1

I Sharma

22

37

4-41

26.32

5.89

26.78

2

A Nehra

24

35

6-59

28.77

5.18

33.31

3

J Srinath

28

34

5-24

28.02

4.41

38.06

3

A Kumble

43

34

3-41

51.41

4.65

66.24

0

M Prabhakar

21

28

5-35

24.96

4.40

34.00

1

R Ashwin

16

26

3-32

25.73

4.52

34.15

0

Sri Lanka:

 

Mts

Wkts

Best

Avg

RPO

SR

4W

M Muralitharan

63

74

7-30

31.78

4.28

44.55

1

WPUJC Vaas

61

70

5-14

31.61

4.66

40.69

1

ST Jayasuriya

89

44

4-18

49.13

4.82

61.11

1

KMDN Kulasekara

35

40

4-40

38.42

5.17

44.58

2

SL Malinga

33

38

3-64

42.28

5.94

42.68

0

BAW Mendis

17

32

6-13

23.68

4.89

29.03

3

CRD Fernando

31

31

3-47

42.54

5.45

46.81

0

NLTC Perera

21

29

5-28

29.44

5.73

30.79

2

MF Maharoof

29

29

5-42

39.62

5.92

40.14

2

Most man of the match awards:

India:

SR Tendulkar

6

MS Dhoni

6

M Azharuddin

5

Sri Lanka:

ST Jayasuriya

9

PA de Silva

8

A Ranatunga

6

 

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