Sunday, May 30, 2010

2nd ODI: Statistical highlights of India vs Sri Lanka

Following are the statistical highlights of the ODI between India and Sri Lanka in the tri-nation cricket series on Sunday.

# Angelo Matthews (75) has recorded a career-best innings -- his fourth fifty.

# Matthews has posted one fifty each Zimbabwe, New Zealand, India and England.

# Tillakaratne Dilshan (61 off 84 balls) has registered his 17th fifty in ODIs -- his eighth against India.

# Ashok Dinda (2/44) has registered his best bowling figures. He had failed to bag a wicket on his ODI debut against Zimbabwe on May 28, 2010.

# Ravindra Jadeja (2/49) has recorded his best bowling performance away from home.

# India's splendid win by seven wickets is their 65th in 122 matches against Sri Lanka -- success percentage 58.55.

# India have set a record for playing most ODIs (742), bettering Australia's tally of 741.

# With an unbeaten match-winning hundred, Rohit Sharma has registered his second in successive innings. In his previous outing against Zimbabwe, he had recorded a career-best 114 on May 28, 2010.

# Rohit became the first Indian batsman to register two centuries at Bulawayo's Queens Sports Club.

# Rohit has now become the first Indian to post two hundreds in consecutive innings in the same competition in Zimbabwe.

# Rohit and Sachin Tendulkar now share an Indian record for posting two hundreds in Zimbabwe.

# Rohit has received the Man of the Match for the first time in ODIs.

# Virat Kohli (82) has recorded his fourth half-century against Sri Lanka -- his seventh in ODIs.

# Thissara Perera's 32 is his second best innings in ODIs -- his highest being 36 not out against India at Dhaka on January 5, 2010.

# Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma put on 154 for the third wicket -- India's best in Zimbabwe, bettering the 101 between Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Kaif against New Zealand at Harare on September 2, 2005.

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