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Indian team being the only unbeaten side in ODI World Cup 2023 will face struggling Sri Lankan side at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Sri Lanka is coming after a huge seven-wicket loss against Afghanistan at Pune and notably, the last time these two sides faced at the Asia Cup finals Indian side went on to thrash the Sri Lankan side by 10 wickets. India is expected to play with the same XI while Sri Lanka is expected to make few changes to their side.
Numbers and Stats ahead of IND vs SL game:
7 - India has won 7 out of the last 8 games against Sri Lanka in ODIs since 2021.
India vs Sri Lanka in ODIs since 2021:
India won 2-1 (3-match series) in 2021 (Away)
India won 3-0 ( 3-match series ) in 2023 (Home)
India won by 41 runs in Colombo-RPS, 2023 Asia Cup
India won by 10 wickets in Colombo-RPS, 2023 Asia Cup (Finals)
India vs Sri Lanka in ODI World Cup:
Played - 9
Won - 4
Lost - 4
NR - 1
34 - Virat Kohli needs 34 more runs to complete 1000 ODI runs in this calendar year (2023).
Most times scoring 1000-plus ODI runs in a calendar year:
Sachin Tendulkar - 7 times (1994, 1996-98, 2000, 2003, 2007)
Virat Kohli - 7 times (2011-14, 2017-19)
Sourav Ganguly - 6 times (1997-2000, 2002, 2007)
Ricky Ponting - 6 times (1998-99, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Kumar Sangakkara - 6 times (2004, 2006, 2011-14)
Virat Kohli could break another Sachin Tendulkar record if he manages to complete scoring 1000 ODI runs in this calendar year (2023).
43 - Kuldeep Yadav has taken 43 ODI wickets in this calendar year (2023).
Most wickets in ODIs by a bowler in 2023:
Sandeep Lamichhane - 43
Kuldeep Yadav - 43
Shaheen Afridi - 40
Mohammed Siraj - 36
Haris Rauf - 36
54 - Sadeera Samarawickrama needs 54 more runs to complete 1000 runs in his ODI career.
Fastest to complete 1000 runs for Sri Lanka in ODIs (by innings batted):
Roy Dias - 27
Upul Tharanga - 28
Kusal Mendis - 28
Charith Asalanka - 28
Sadeera Samarawickrama has scored 946 runs in ODIs from just 26 innings.
65 - Shreyas Iyer needs 65 more runs to complete 2000 runs in ODIs.
Fastest to complete 2000 runs for India in ODIs (by innings batted):
Shubman Gill - 38
Shikhar Dhawan - 48
Navjot Singh Sidhu / Sourav Ganguly - 52
Shreyas Iyer has scored 1935 runs in ODIs from just 48 innings.
70 - Virat Kohli needs 70 more runs to record 4000 runs against Sri Lanka in International cricket.
Most runs vs Sri Lanka in International cricket:
Sachin Tendulkar: 5108
Virat Kohli: 3930
Inzamam-ul-Haq: 3824
Virat Kohli vs Sri Lanka in ODIs:
Innings - 50
Runs - 2506
Avg - 62.65
S.R - 93.92
50s - 11; 100s - 10
Virat Kohli is the only batsman to smash 10 centuries against a single opponent (Sri Lanka) in ODIs.
2011 - The last time these two sides faced at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai was during the iconic 2011 World Cup final game.
India vs Sri Lanka in ODIs at Mumbai(WS) venue:
- India won by 10 runs in 1987
- Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets in the 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup
- India won by 6 wickets in the 2011 WC Finals
Team India's ODI results at Mumbai (WS) in the last five games:
- Beat England by 6 wickets in 2011
- Lost to South Africa by 214 runs in 2015
- Lost to New Zealand by 6 wickets in 2017
- Lost to Australia by 10 wickets in 2020
- Beat Australia by 5 wickets in 2023
