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India have registered back-to-back victories against Pakistan and Sri Lanka in consecutive days of Asia Cup 2023 to qualify for the final of the tournament. Talking about this contest, India winning the toss opted to bat first and posted a total of 213 runs with the help of fifty from skipper Rohit Sharma, and a decent 63-run partnership for fourth wicket between KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan.
Dunith Wellalage was the star player for his team as he picked a five-wicket haul (5/40) and also scored an unbeaten 42 runs while batting at number 8 position. Along with that 20-year-old youngster, Charith Asalanka was also seen picking a four-wicket haul (4/18) with the ball but all their effort ended in vain as they lost to India by a margin of 41 runs.
Numbers and stats from IND vs SL game:
1 - For the first time, Indian team have lost all 10 wickets to spin bowlers in an ODI match.
Instances of spinners taking all wickets for SL in ODIs:
vs ZIM in Colombo (RPS), 2001
vs IND in Colombo (RPS), 2023
2 - Rohit Sharma became the second fastest to complete 10,000 runs in ODIs.
Fastest to complete (by inns batted) 10000 runs in ODIs:
Virat Kohli - 205 inns
Rohit Sharma - 241 inns
Sachin Tendulkar - 259 inns
Sourav Ganguly - 263 inns
Ricky Ponting - 266 inns
Indians to complete 10000 runs in ODIs:
Sachin Tendulkar
Sourav Ganguly
Rahul Dravid
MS Dhoni
Virat Kohli
Rohit Sharma
2 - Virat Kohli became second Indian player to be part of 300 wins in international cricket (excluding Super Over wins).
Players to be part of most wins in international cricket for India:
Sachin Tendulkar - 307
Virat Kohli - 300
MS Dhoni - 295
Note: IND vs PAK 2007 T20WC (bowl out win), two Super Over wins against New Zealand in 2020 T20I matches hasn't been counted in the above list.
3 - Dunith Wellalage became third Sri Lanka spinner to take a five-wicket haul in Asia Cup.
Sri Lanka spinners to take five-wicket haul in Asia Cup:
M. Muralitharan
Ajantha Mendis
Dunith Wellalage
Five-wicket haul by a SL spinner vs IND in ODIs:
Muralitharan - 7/30 in Sharjah, 2000
Ajantha Mendis - 6/13 in Karachi, 2008
Akila Dananjaya - 6/54 in Pallekele, 2017
Dunith Wellalage - 5/40 in Colombo (RPS), 2023
Youngest Sri Lanka bowler to take a five-wicket haul in ODIs:
Dunith Wellalage - 20 yrs. & 246 days vs IND in Colombo (RPS), 2023
Charitha Buddhika - 21 yrs. & 65 days vs ZIM in Sharjah, 2001
Thisara Perera - 21 yrs. & 141 days vs IND in Dambulla, 2010
3 - Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli became the third batting pair to complete a total of 5000-run partnership in ODIs overall for India.
Batting pairs to complete 5000-plus runs partnership for India in ODIs:
Sachin Tendulkar-Sourav Ganguly
Rohit Sharma-Shikhar Dhawan
Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli
4 - Dunith Wellalage became fourth Sri Lanka player to score 40-plus runs and pick a five-wicket haul in an ODI match.
Players to score 40-plus runs and take a five-wicket haul in ODIs for Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya vs WI in Port of Spain, 1997
Thilan Thushara vs IND in Colombo (RPS), 2008
Dasun Shanaka vs IRE in Dublin, 2016
Dunith Wellalage vs IND in Colombo (RPS), 2023
8 - Rohit Sharma has won 8 matches as captain in Asia Cup (ODI format).
Most matches won as captain in Asia Cup (ODIs):
Arjuna Ranatunga - 9 (13 matches)
MS Dhoni - 9 (14 matches)
Rohit Sharma - 8* (9 matches)
Most matches won as captain in Asia Cup (ODI+T20I):
MS Dhoni - 14 (19 matches)
Rohit Sharma - 10* (13 matches)
Arjuna Ranatunga - 9 (13 matches)
10 - Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill became the 10th Indian opening pair to complete a total of 1000-run partnership in ODIs.
24 - Ravindra Jadeja holds the record for picking most wickets for India in Asia Cup (ODIs) now.
Most wickets for India in Asia Cup (ODIs):
Ravindra Jadeja - 24*
Irfan Pathan - 22
Kuldeep Yadav - 19*
Sachin Tendulkar - 17
Kapil Dev - 15
Most wickets in Asia Cup (ODIs+T20Is):
Lasith Malinga - 33
Muralitharan - 30
Ravindra Jadeja - 28*
Shakib Al Hasan - 27*
Ajantha Mendis - 26
88 - Kuldeep Yadav has taken 150 wickets in ODIs from just 88 matches.
Fastest to pick 150 wickets for India in ODIs (by matches played):
Mohammed Shami - 80
Kuldeep Yadav - 88
Ajit Agarkar - 97
Fastest to pick 150 wickets in ODIs among spinners (by matches played):
Saqlain Mushtaq - 78
Rashid Khan - 808
Ajantha Mendis - 84
Kuldeep Yadav - 88*
Imran Tahir - 89
