Stats Highlights, India vs SL, 1st ODI

This match was the 400th ODI on Indian soil. India became only the second country to host 400 ODIs after Australia.

The details:

Countries hosting most ODIs

Matches	Host Country
559	Australia
400	India
370	England
303	South Africa
276	West Indies
272	Sri Lanka
268	New Zealand
256	UAE
206	Pakistan

Suresh Raina was playing his 200th ODI. He became 12th Indian to reach this mark (including Zaheer Khan who has played 194 ODIs for India and 6 for Asia XI).

This match was the 145th between India and Sri Lanka. No other two teams have played this often against each other in ODIs as Sri Lanka- India have played. Take a look:

Most ODIs between two teams

Matches	Teams	Span
145	India v Sri Lanka	1979-2014
142	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	1975-2014
135	Australia v West Indies	1975-2013
127	Australia v England	1971-2014
126	Pakistan v West Indies	1975-2013
126	India v Pakistan	1978-2014
125	Australia v New Zealand	1974-2013

After leading India in 12 ODIs - all outside India – Virat Kohli was captaining India for the first time on Indian soil.

Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan provided the sixth instance of both Indian openers scoring a hundred in the same match. This was the second such instance against Sri Lanka. The complete list:

Both openers scoring 100s for India

Opener1	Opener2	Vs	Venue	Year
SC Ganguly (109)	SR Tendulkar (128)	SL	Colombo RPS	1998
SC Ganguly (127)	SR Tendulkar (101)	SA	Johannesburg	2001
SC Ganguly (111)	SR Tendulkar (146)	Ken	Paarl	2001
V Sehwag (126)	SC Ganguly (117*)	Eng	Colombo RPS	2002
V Sehwag (130)	SR Tendulkar (102)	NZ	Hyderabad	2003
AM Rahane (111)	S Dhawan (113)	SL	Cuttack	2014

The 231-run partnership between Rahane and Dhawan is India’s fourth opening partnership in excess of 200. The details:

Highest opening stands for India in ODIs

Runs	Batsmen	Vs	Venue	Year
258	SC Ganguly & SR Tendulkar	Ken	Paarl	2001
252	SC Ganguly & SR Tendulkar	SL	Colombo RPS	1998
231	AM Rahane & S Dhawan	SL	Cuttack	2014
201*	G Gambhir & V Sehwag	NZ	Hamilton	2009

The Rahane-Dhawan partnership is the highest opening partnership for India in India. The pair obliterated the previous record stand of 196 between Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag against West Indies at Rajkot in 2002.

The above partnership just failed to beat the highest opening stand on Indian soil, which is still held by South Africa’s Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs at Kochi in 2000.

Suresh Raina, on 44, completed his 5000 ODI runs. He became 11th Indian to accomplish this feat. Incidentally Raina is the slowest among Indians to reach this mark, taking 172 innings. Mohammad Azharuddin held the previous record with 170 innings.

India’s total (363-5) is their third joint highest total against Sri Lanka. The details:

India's highest totals against Sri Lanka

Total	Overs	Venue	Year	Result
414-7	50	Rajkot	2009	Won
373-6	50	Taunton	1999	Won
363-5	50	Colombo RPS	2009	Won
363-5	50	Cuttack	2014	Won
350-6	50	Nagpur	2005	Won

The above total is also the highest in 17 ODIs at Cuttack, expunging 301 for 3 made by India against Zimbabwe in 1998.

This was the 20th time India scored 350 or more in a ODI – most by any side. They are followed by South Africa (14) and Australia (12).

Upul Tharanga, on 21, completed 1000 ODI runs against India. He became ninth Sri Lankan to do so.

Mahela Jayawardene, on 33, completed 2500 ODI runs against India, thus becoming third Sri Lankan to reach this milestone after Sanath Jayasuriya (2899) and Kumar Sangakkara (2639).

Ishant Sharma (4-34) achieved his best figures in ODIs, bettering 4 for 38 against Australia at Melbourne in 2008. Incidentally it was the fifth time Ishant took a four-wicket haul in ODIs.

India’s 169-run win is their second biggest in terms of run-margin against Sri Lanka, after their 183-run win at Johannesburg in 2003.

The win is India’s eighth biggest win by run margin in ODIs. The details:

India's biggest wins in ODIs

Margin	Opponents	Venue	Year
257 runs	Bermuda	Port-of-Spain	2007
256 runs	Hong Kong	Karachi	2008
200 runs	Bangladesh	Dhaka	2003
186 runs	Kenya	Paarl	2001
183 runs	Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	2003
181 runs	Namibia	Pietermaritzburg	2003
174 runs	New Zealand	Hyderabad	1999
169 runs	Sri Lanka	Cuttack	2014
161 runs	Zimbabwe	Harare	2005
160 runs	West Indies	Vadodara	2007

Indian opening pair scored 37 runs more than what whole Sri Lanka team managed. This is only the sixth time opening partnership for India scored more than opponents' total (where the opponents were all-out). The difference of 37 runs is the second most. Take a look:

Indian opening pair outscoring the opponents

Diff.	Opening Pair (P'ship)	Opponents	Venue	Year
44	SR Tendulkar & V Sehwag (153)	Sri Lanka (109)	Johannesburg	2003
37	AM Rahane & S Dhawan (231)	Sri Lanka (194)	Cuttack	2014
9	G Gambhir & V Sehwag (127)	Hong Kong (118)	Karachi	2008
3	SM Gavaskar & FM Engineer (123*)	East Africa (120)	Leeds	1975
1	SC Khanna & GA Parkar (97*)	Sri Lanka (96)	Sharjah	1984
1	D Dasgupta & V Sehwag (91*)	Kenya (90)	Bloemfontein	2001

Virat Kohli has now won 10 matches out of 13 in which he has captained India – a win percentage of 76.92. Among all Indians who have captained in 10 or more ODIs, Kohli’s win-percentage is the highest

Stats Highlights, India vs SL, 1st ODI

Stats Highlights, India vs SL, 1st ODI

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