Records and Statistical highlights from the India-Sri Lanka T20I series

02/15/2016

Having lost the first T20I match against Sri Lanka, India made a great comeback into the series in the next two matches with resounding wins over the visitors. India wrapped up the T20I series 2-1 in dominating fashion and there were numerous records tumbling along the path.

Here are the most important statistics and records from the T20I series between Sri Lanka and India -

Top team record - India have never lost a bilateral series at home across the three formats (Test/ODI/T20I) to Sri Lanka.

Top individual record - R Ashwin’s figures of 4-1-8-4 are the best figures by an Indian in a T20I.

0 - Number of times India had lost their first 2 wickets in the first over in T20Is, before the 1st T20I. Their earliest was in 7 balls, also versus Sri Lanka, Colombo (RPS) in 2008-09.

1 - Number of times Sri Lanka have lost more than six wickets in the first 10 overs of the inningsbefore today. It was versus Australia at Cape Town, 2007 WT20, when they were all out for 101.

2 – Number of spinners to have taken 4 wickets in the first 6 overs of the innings in T20Is. Before Ashwin, Sulieman Benn had taken 4 wickets for 3 runs versus Zimbabwe in 2009-10.

2 - Number of Sri Lankan bowlers who took 2 wickets in the first over of their T20I career - Kasun Rajitha and Dasun Shanaka – in the 1st T20I match.

2 - Number of Indian players to have played 50 or more T20Is. Raina played his 50th match in the 2nd T20I, the other one being MS Dhoni.

3 – The 101 all-out total for India in the first T20I was their 3rd lowest-ever.

3 – Number of times that India lost 6 wickets in their first 10 overs in T20Is. Before the first T20, it was versus New Zealand in 2008-09 and versus Australia, Bridgetown in the 2010 World T20.

4 - Number of 50s quicker than Shikhar Dhawan's 22-ball 50 for India in T20Is. 3 of those were by Yuvraj Singh - 12 balls and 20 balls (twice), while the fourthwas by Gambhir in 19 balls (also versus Sri Lanka).

4 - Number of hat-tricks in T20Is, including the one by Thisara Perera in the 2nd T20I match. Brett Lee, Jacob Oram and Tim Southee were the first three to do so.

37 - The victory in the 3rd T20I was India's biggest win in T20Is in terms of balls(37) to spare.

69 – The win margin for India in the 2nd T20I was their third-highest in terms of runs in T20Is. The top 2 are the 90-runmargin versus England at Colombo (RPS) in 2012 and the 73-runmargin versus Australia in Dhaka,2013-14.

82 – This was Sri Lanka's lowest total in a T20I.

83 – The target of 83 in the 3rd T20I was the lowest India has been set to chase in a T20I match. They previously successfully chased Zimbabwe's 111/9 at Harare in 2010.

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