1.625 India’s win-loss ratio against Sri Lanka (91 wins, 56 defeats), their best against any side with a 75-match cut-off. Sri Lanka’s 0.615 is their second-worst: they have a ratio of 0.524 against Australia.
4 uncapped cricketers in the Sri Lankan squad – Shiran Fernando, Lahiru Udara, Ishan Jayaratne, and Bhanuka Rajapaksa. They may add to their list of 200 ODI cricketers.
10 uncapped cricketers in the Indian squad – Rahul Chahar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ishan Kishan, Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, Sanju Samson, Varun Chakravarthy, and Suryakumar Yadav. They may add to their list of 234 ODI cricketers.
17 runs needed by Shikhar Dhawan (983) to become the 12th Indian to score 1,000 ODI runs against Sri Lanka. Dhawan also has 4 hundreds against Sri Lanka: only four Indians have more.
23 runs needed by Dhawan (5,977) to become the 10th Indian to 6,000 ODI runs. Of the ten, only three – Virat Kohli (59.07), MS Dhoni (50.23), and Rohit Sharma (48.96) – have a better average than Dhawan’s 45.28.
24 men have led India in ODIs. Dhawan will be the 25th. At 35 years 225 days, Dhawan will become the oldest Indian to make his captaincy debut. Rohit was India’s last ‘debut’ captain.
24 men have led Sri Lanka in ODIs. Dasun Shanaka will be the 25th. Kusal Perera was India’s last ‘debut’ captain.
91 wins for India against Sri Lanka. They need 1 more to record the joint-most wins by any side against another. Australia have 92 wins against New Zealand, as do Pakistan against Sri Lanka.
111 matches for Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Cricket Stadium, Colombo. They have a win-loss ratio of 1.971 (69 wins, 35 defeats), while India has 1.166 (21 wins, 18 defeats).
129 matches at R Premadasa Cricket Stadium, the fifth-most in the world, after the Sharjah Cricket Stadium (240), Sydney Cricket Ground (159), Harare Sports Club (152), and Melbourne Cricket Ground (149).
159 matches between India and Sri Lanka, the most between any two teams. Pakistan and Sri Lanka (155) are next.
428 defeats for Sri Lanka and 427 for India, the most in history. They may compete with each other during the series.
3281 days since Sri Lanka last beat India in an ODI on home soil. They won by 9 wickets at Hambantota on 24 July 2012.