22.12.2009
- India's triumph by seven wickets is their third in succession at Barabati Stadium - their previous two being by 20 runs against West Indies on January 24, 2007 and by 6 wickets against England on November 26, 2008.
- India recorded their first win over Sri Lanka at this venue. The only previous encounter at this venue between the two countries was won by Sri Lanka by 36 runs on December 28, 1990.
- Overall, India have won 9 out of 13 played at the Barabati Stadium.
- Under Virender Sehwag's captaincy, India have won three out of six played as under:
Date Opponents Venue Result
16.4.03 Bangladesh Dhaka Won by 4 wkts.
9.11.05 Sri Lanka Rajkot Won by 7 wkts.
12.4.06 England Jamshedpur Lost by 5 wkts.
29.11.06 S.Africa P.Elizab. Lost by 80 runs
3.12.07 S.Africa Centurion Lost by 9 wkts.
21.12.09 Sri Lanka Cuttack Won by 7 wkts.
- Sri Lanka (239) have recorded their highest total at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, obliterating the 214 on December 28, 1990.
- Tillakaratne Dilshan (41 off 18 balls) became the first batsman to aggregate 300 runs in the present series - 324 at an average of 108.00 including two hundreds.
- Dilshan's strike rate of 227.77 is the second highest for Sri Lanka (minimum 40 runs), next only to Sanath Jayasuriya (271.42 - 76 off 28 balls) against Pakistan at Singapore on April 7, 1996.
- Dilshan's aggregate is a Sri Lankan record in a bilateral series against India, obliterating Kumar Sangakkara's tally of 296 (ave.49.33) in seven matches in the seven-match series in 2005-06.
- Dilshan's aforesaid performance is his best in a bilateral series/competition in ODIs, outstripping the 277 (ave.30.77) in eleven games in the 2005-06 VB series in Australia.
- Dilshan became the first batsman to complete 2,500 runs in international cricket in 2009 - 2,539 at an average of 57.70, including ten hundreds and eight fifties in 40 matches.
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- The three other batsmen with 2,000 international runs or more this year are: Kumar Sangakkara (2375), Ricky Ponting (2068) and Mahela Jayawardene(2061).
- Upul Tharanga's 73 off 81 balls is his highest score against India, bettering the 67 at Rajkot on December 15, 2009.
- Tharanga's third fifty against India is his 13th in ODIs. All his fifties have been recorded while opening the Sri Lankan batting.
- Tharanga has completed his 2,500 runs during the course of his aforesaid knock - 2538 at an average of 31.72, including six hundreds and 13 fifties, in 85 matches.
- Tharanga and Sangakkara have recorded Sri Lanka's first century stand (2nd wkt.) for any wicket at this venue, obliterating the 73 for the fourth wicket between Arjuna Ranatunga and Asanka Gurunsinha on December 28, 1990.
- Dilshan and Tharanga's 65 for the first wicket is also a Sri Lankan record against India at this venue, outstripping the 51 between Hashan Tillakaratne and Charith Senanayake on December 28, 1990.
- Ravindra Jadeja (4/32) has produced his best bowling performance in ODIs, obliterating the 3 for 35 against Australia at Nagpur on October 28, 2009.
- Jadeja got his first Man of the Match award.
- Jadeja is the first Indian bowler to claim four wickets in an innings at Barabati Stadium - his figures are the second best by any bowler at this venue, next only to the 4 for 27 by Daren Powell (West Indies) against India on January 24, 2007.
- Dinesh Karthik (2 ct. + 1 st.), for the first time, has effected three dismissals in an ODI against a Test-playing country. Overall, Karthik has effected three dismissals in an innings for the third time - his first two instances being against Kenya at Southampton on September 11, 2004 and Ireland at Belfast on June 23, 2007.
- Mahela Jayawardene has averaged 14.66 in the present series - 44 in three innings.
- Jayawardene is without a fifty in his last eight innings against India, his sequence of scores being 30, 28, 1, 17 and 1 in Sri Lanka this year and 3, 39 & 2 in India.
- Sachin Tendulkar (96 not out) has recorded his highest score against Sri Lanka at Barabati Stadium.
- Tendulkar's four knocks of 50 or more at this venue are: 127 not out against Kenya on February 18, 1996, 88 against West Indies on November 9, 1994, 96 not out against Sri Lanka on December 21, 2009 and 50 against England on November 26, 2008.
- Tendulkar is the first batsman to aggregate 400 runs at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack - 469 runs at an average of 58.62 in 10 matches, including one century and three fifties.
- Tendulkar's unbeaten 96 is his 93rd fifty - 17th against Sri Lanka.
- Tendulkar has now 18 innings of 90 or more in ODIs - an unwanted record. Aravinda de Silva (SL), Nathan Astle (NZ) and Grant Flower (Zimbabwe) have nine each to their credit.
- Virender Sehwag has registered his highest score as ODI captain, bettering the 43 against Bangladesh at Dhaka on April 15, 2003 on his debut as captain.
- Sehwag, as captain, has made 142 runs at an average of 23.66 at a strike rate of 99.30. He is yet to hit a six as captain.
- Sehwag has aggregated 800 runs at an average of 47.05 in 2009. His tally includes three centuries and two fifties in 18 innings.
- Tendulkar's aggregate of 208 in three innings at an average of 104.00 (strike rate: 94.97) is the best for India in the present series and the second best after Dilshan (324).
- Sehwag-Tendulkar pair has established a record for the opening wicket against Sri Lanka at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, eclipsing the 24 between Ravi Shastri and Navjot Singh Sidhu on December 28, 1990.
- Gautam Gambhir-Tendulkar pair was involved in a stand of 72 - India's highest for the second wicket against Sri Lanka at this venue, obliterating the 13 between Sanjay Manjekar and Navjot Singh Sidhu on December 28, 1990.
- This stand is now India's second highest for the second wicket at Barabati Stadium in ODIs - the highest being the 79 between Tendulkar and Dinesh Mongia against England on January 22, 2002.
- Gambhir's 32 off 52 balls is his highest score in six innings.
- Gambhir averages 28.06 in India; 40.79 in away matches and 42.06 in neutral venues.
- Dinesh Karthik's 36 not out is his highest against Sri Lanka, bettering the 31 at Rajkot on February 11, 2007.
- Karthik's aforesaid performance is his second best in India, next only to the 63 against West Indies at Cuttack on January 24, 2007.
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