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India romped home against Sri Lanka in the one and only Twenty20 International of the tour. Here are some statistical highlights from the match. # India (155/3) have registered their lowest total against Sri Lanka in T20Is. # Sri Lanka (116) have recorded the lowest completed innings total in India-Sri Lanka T20Is. # Ashok Dinda (4/19) has recorded his best bowling figures in T20Is, eclipsing the 2 for 15 against Zimbabwe at Harare on June 13, 2010. # Dinda's above performance is the best by a bowler against Sri lanka at Pallekele in T20Is - the second best overall at this venue. Ajantha Mendis (SL) had captured six for 16 against Australia on August 8, 2011 - the best figures in T20Is. # Dinda's excellent figures are the best by an Indian bowler against Sri Lanka in T20Is, eclipsing the 3 for 23 by Yuvraj Singh at Mohali on December 12, 2009. # Dinda's above performance is the joint second best for India in T20Is. Zaheer had bagged four wickets for 19 runs against ...

Statistical highlights of the 5TH ODI between India and Sri Lanka at Pallekele. • Manoj Tiwary`s brilliant innings of 65 is his second highest in ODIs, next only to the 104 retired not out against the West Indies at Chennai on December 11, 2011. • Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the second Indian player and the fourth overall to aggregate 2000 runs or more against Sri Lanka in ODIs. The top run-getters against Sri Lanka are Sachin Tendulkar (3113), Inzamam-ul-Haq (2265), Saeed Anwar (2198) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2041). • Dhoni (58 off 38 balls) has posted his 16th fifty against Sri Lanka - his 46th in ODIs. • Dhoni batted with a strike rate of 152.63 - his highest against Sri Lanka when he has scored 50 or more. • Dhoni has averaged 60.02 against Sri Lanka - 2041 runs in 55 ODIs. His tally includes two hundreds. • Pathan and Dhoni were associated in a seventh-wicket partnership of 77 - India`s highest against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, outstripping the 63 between Robin Singh a...

India's win over Sri Lanka on Tuesday night helped them win the ODI series 3-1. It was their 400th win in ODIs, making them just the third team to reach the mark. Australia and Pakistan have already been there, and they have done it with a much better winning percentage. Some stats: India have had a deathgrip on their bilateral ODI series with Sri Lanka. They last lost a series to them as far back as 1997 under Arjuna Ranatunga. Since then, it has been one-way traffic. Players Profile:   Indian cricket team Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Rahul Sharad Dravid Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Statistical highlights of the fourth one-dayer between India and Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday # Upul Tharanga (51 off 73 balls) recorded his fifth fifty against India - his 27th in ODIs. # Lahiru Thirimanne (47 off 69 balls) registered his highest score in Sri Lanka in the ODIs. # Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli were involved in an unbroken match-winning fifth-wicket partnership of 146 = the third highest for India against Sri Lanka in ODIs. Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja had recorded 223 at Colombo RPS on August 17, 1997 - the highest ever for India against Sri Lanka. # Raina and Kohli batted aggressively in the last few overs to register an overall run-rate of 7.82 (146 off 112 balls) - India's second highest against Sri Lanka. Raina and Gambhir had registered a run-rate of 8.24 during their fifth wicket partnership of 103 off 75 balls at Colombo on February 5, 2009. # Manoj Tiwary (4/61) was the most successful bowler in the fourth ODI - hi...

There were some impressive individual performances as India edged past Sri Lanka in the third ODI in Colombo on Saturday. # Angelo Matthews' superb unbeaten 71 off 57 balls is his second highest innings against India, next only to the 75 at Bulawayo on May 30, 2010. # Matthews has recorded his 11th fifty in ODIs - his second against India. # Matthews' strike rate of 124.56 is his highest when he has scored at least a fifty. # Jeevan Mendis' brilliant unbeaten 45 is his second highest score in ODIs, next only to the 48 against England at Old Trafford on July 9, 2011. # Mendis' previous highest against India was 35 not out at Harare on June 5, 2010. # Matthews and Mendis were associated in an unbroken stand of 104 off 72 balls - Sri Lanka's highest sixth wicket stand against India in Sri Lanka. Their run-rate of 8.66 is the highest for Sri Lanka for the sixth wicket - also the highest by any pair for the sixth wicket against India. (minimum 100 runs). # Sourav...

Statistical Highlights: 2nd ODI - India tour of Srilanka 2012 Sri Lanka register a comprehensive comeback in the 5-match ODI series against India by registering a 9-wicket win at Hambantota on Tuesday. This after halting the visitors on 138. A statistical look at the clash. India in Sri Lanka ODI Series   - 2nd ODI • ODI no. 3292 | 2012 season • Played at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota • 24 July 2012 - day/night (50-over match) Toss: India win the toss and bat first. India are unchanged. For Sri Lanka, Isuru Udana comes in for Kulasekara. Dhoni: "Bit more grass compared to the last game. May see more swing under lights. The ball does skid a lot then, so that's the one advantage the team batting second has." Jayawardene: "The wind is pretty unusual here. It's dead grass here on the pitch. Udana is a talented young bowler. Pradeep will join us in Colombo." # Tillakaratne Dilshan (50 off 49 balls) has r...

Statistical Highlights 1st ODI - India tour of Srilanka 2012 India had an all-round performance to show for their efforts against Sri Lanka on Saturday. A look at the statistical highlights from the match that saw MS Dhoni and his side register a 21-run win. # Virat Kohli has got his eleventh Man of the Match award in ODIs - his third against Sri Lanka. He has received four MOM awards this year - the most by him in a calendar year. # Kohli has posted three successive centuries against Sri Lanka in ODIs. # Kohli became the first player to register four hundreds in ODIs this year. His fourth century against Sri Lanka is his 12th in ODIs. # The three Sri Lankan players to register centuries at Hambantota are Mahela Jayawardene - 100 against Canada on February 20, 2011; Upul Tharanga - 111 against Australia on August 16, 2011 and Kumar Sangakkara - 133 against India on July 21, 2012. # The match-aggregate of 607 for 15 wickets in the just concluded game is the second highest betw...

India Squad for Srilanka Tour - 2012: The All India Senior Selection Committee met earlier today at Cricket Centre, Mumbai to pick the Indian team for 5 ODIs and 1 T20 to be played in Sri Lanka in July – August 2012. Click the below link for India Tour Sri Lanka 2012 Schedule and Fixtures Following players were selected. 1. M S Dhoni (Captain) 2. Virat Kohli (Vice Captain) 3. Gautam Gambhir 4. Suresh Raina 5. Virender Sehwag 6. Rohit Sharma 7. R Ashwin 8. Pragyan Ojha 9. Zaheer Khan 10. Umesh Yadav 11. Ashok Dinda 12. Irfan Pathan 13. Ajinkya Rahane 14. Manoj Tiwari 15. Rahul Sharma

India Tour Sri Lanka 2012 Schedule and Fixtures: Indian Cricket Team going to play 5 ODI an 1 T20 Matches in Sri lanka in July 2012.