ICC World Cup 2019 Match 44, India vs Sri Lanka, statistical preview: Rohit, Malinga eye milestones

India will play Sri Lanka at Headingley, Leeds, on July 6. While India have already qualified for the semi-finals (in fact, they will finish in the top two in the league table), Sri Lanka are out of the hunt. Ahead of the match, here is a statistical preview.

Statistical preview

1 wicket needed by Lasith Malinga (55) to become the 3rd highest wicket-taker in World Cup history. Malinga is currently tied with Wasim Akram. Only Glenn McGrath (71) and Muttiah Muralitharan (68) have more.

1 stumping needed by MS Dhoni (7) to reach 2nd spot in World Cup history. Dhoni is now tied with Adam Gilchrist and Moin Khan. Kumar Sangakkara has 13.

1.333 win-loss ratio of Sri Lanka against India in World Cup cricket, their 2nd-best against any side with a 5-match cut-off. Sri Lanka have won all 5 matches against Zimbabwe.

1.607 India’s win-loss ratio against Sri Lanka (90 wins, 56 defeats), their best against any side against whom they have played more than 75 matches. Sri Lanka’s ratio of 0.644 against India, on the other hand, is their 2nd-worst, better than just their ratio against Australia (0.524, 32 wins, 61 defeats).

2 five-wicket hauls for Yuzvendra Chahal. Among Indians, only Javagal Srinath and Harbhajan Singh (3 each) have more.

3 World Cup four-wicket hauls for Malinga. Among Sri Lankans, only Muralitharan (4) has more.

4 hundreds for Rohit Sharma in World Cup 2019, joint most in a single edition of the tournament. Sangakkara also had 4 in 2015.

4 World Cup four-wicket hauls for Mohammed Shami, the joint 3rd most in history. Shami is currently tied with Shane Warne, Trent Boult, Shahid Afridi, and Muralitharan. Only Mitchell Starc (6) and Imran Tahir (5) have more.

4.99 India’s run rate of India on English soil, the 2nd-best for any country, after England (5.09). Sri Lanka’s is 4.84.

5 runs needed by Rohit (544) to reach 3rd spot among run-getters in a single edition of World Cup cricket. He will have to go past Mahela Jayawardene (548 in 2007) and Martin Guptill (547 in 2015). Only Tendulkar (673 in 2003) and Matthew Hayden (659 in 2007) had more.

5 World Cup hundreds for Rohit, joint 2nd most in history. Rohit is tied with Ricky Ponting and Sangakkara. Only Tendulkar (6) has more.

7 matches between India and Sri Lanka and India have won 5. Sri Lanka have won the last match, in the 2017 Champions Trophy, before which India had won 5. In the 2 World Cup matches here, Sri Lanka won in 1979 and India in 1999.

8 World Cup fifty-plus scores for both Virat Kohli (1 hundred, 7 fifties) and Rohit (5 and 3), joint 2nd most for India. Only Tendulkar (6 hundreds, 15 fifties) has more. Mohammad Azharuddin (8 fifties), Rahul Dravid (2 and 6), and Yuvraj Singh (1 and 7) also have 8 each.

8 hundreds for Kohli against Sri Lanka, the joint most. Tendulkar also has 8.

9 four-wicket hauls for Shami. One more will help him draw level with Srinath (10) and Anil Kumble (10). Among Indians, only Ajit Agarkar (12) has more.

12 World Cup catches for Kohli. He is tied with Kapil Dev and Tendulkar (12 each). Among Indians, only Kumble (14) has held most catches among non-wicketkeepers.

31 World Cup wickets for Shami. He needs 1 more to go past Kumble (31) and secure 3rd spot among Indians. Only Zaheer Khan (44) and Srinath (44) have more.

34.90 India’s batting average of India on English soil, the most for any country, more than even England (34.40). Sri Lanka’s is 27.94.

70.25 batting average of Ravindra Jadeja on English soil, the 5th-highest for anyone with a 200-run cut-off.

82 runs needed by Hardik Pandya (918 and 52) to become the 13th Indian and 103rd overall to do the 1,000 run-50 wicket double in ODIs.

90 wins for India against Sri Lanka, the joint 2nd-most for any side against one opposition. Pakistan have also won 90 ODIs against Sri Lanka. Australia leads the way, with 91 wins in 137 matches against New Zealand.

99 wickets for Jasprit Bumrah. He needs 1 more to become the 21st Indian and 149th overall to the 100-wicket mark. Shami has reached there in 56 matches, the quickest among Indians. Bumrah has played 56 matches till date.

112 runs needed by Kohli (11,251) to go past Sourav Ganguly (11,363) and secure 8th spot in the list of leading run-scorers in ODI history. Among Indians, only Tendulkar (18,426) has more.

144 strike rate of Pandya on English soil, the highest for anyone with a 100-run cut-off.

158 ODIs between India and Sri Lanka so far, the most between any two sides. Pakistan and Sri Lanka have played 153 times, followed by the 148 between Australia and England.

334 wickets for Malinga. He needs 4 more to go past Kumble (337) and secure 9th spot in ODI history. Among Sri Lankans, only Muralitharan (534) and Chaminda Vaas (400) have more.

408 runs for Kohli in the 2019 World Cup. Another 92 will help him become the 2nd Indian to score 500 runs in a single edition of World Cup. Tendulkar (673 in 2003 and 523 in 1996) and Rohit (540 and counting in 2019) are the only Indians to have done this till date.

995 World Cup runs for Kohli. He needs 12 more to go past Ganguly (1,006) and secure 2nd spot among Indians. Only Tendulkar (2,278) has more runs. Rohit has 874.