The first ODI of the three-match series between India and Sri Lanka is scheduled to take place at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday (August 2). The Indian cricket team has managed to win 26 out of 50 ODI matches played so far at the iconic stadium. In the last 50-over match played at this venue, India dismissed Sri Lanka for 50 runs and then went on to win the Asia Cup 2023 final by 10 wickets.
All three ODIs of the upcoming series between India and Sri Lanka are scheduled to take place at R. Premadasa Stadium, and the Rohit Sharma-led side would like to come up with a big show in all three matches to get the better of the Islanders by a margin of 3-0. India has won 21 out of the last 25 matches played between the two teams.
Ahead of the start of the 1st ODI between India and Sri Lanka, here’s a look at how the Indian team has performed in ODI matches played at R. Premadasa Stadium and who are the top performers for Men in Blue.
- Result summary: India (26 wins and 20 defeats in 50 ODIs).
- Highest total: 375 for 5 in 50 overs against Sri Lanka on August 31, 2017.
- Lowest total: 103 all out in 26.3 overs against Sri Lanka on August 29, 2008.
- Biggest win (by runs): India beat Pakistan by 228 runs on September 10, 2023.
- Biggest win (by wickets): India beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets on September 17, 2023.
- Smallest win: India beat Sri Lanka by 1 run on July 25, 1993.
- Most runs: 1096 runs in 27 ODIs by Sachin Tendulkar.
- Highest individual score: 150 from 147 balls by Gautam Gambhir against Sri Lanka on February 5, 2009.
- Highest batting average (min 5 ODIs): 107.33 by Virat Kohli (644 runs in 11 matches).
- Highest strike rate (min 250 balls): 105.15 by Virender Sehwag (694 runs in 21 matches).
- Most 100s: 4 centuries each by Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.
- Most 50s: 7 half-centuries in 13 ODIs by Mohammad Azharuddin.
- Most ducks: 2 each by Dinesh Mongia, Zaheer Khan, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina, and Rohit Sharma.
- Most sixes: 11 sixes in 27 ODIs by Sachin Tendulkar.
- Most wickets: 33 wickets in 22 ODIs by Harbhajan Singh.
- Best bowling figures: 6 for 21 in seven overs by Mohammed Siraj against Sri Lanka on September 17, 2023.
- Most five-wicket hauls: 1 each by Mohammed Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Ashish Nehra, and Harbhajan Singh.
- Most dismissals: 25 (19 catches and 6 stumpings) by MS Dhoni in 16 ODIs.
- Most catches: 15 catches in 25 ODIs by Yuvraj Singh.
- Highest partnership: 252 runs for the first wicket between Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly against Sri Lanka on July 7, 1998.
- Most matches: 27 ODIs by Sachin Tendulkar.
- Most wins as captain: 9 wins in 12 ODIs by MS Dhoni.
If India manages to get the better of Sri Lanka in the first ODI on Friday (August 2), then the world No. 1 ODI team will become the first team in history to win 100 ODIs against one team.
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