Rohit Sharma-led India and Sri Lanka are gearing up for the three-match T20I series commencing from February 24. While India are coming into the series with a back to back series sweep against West Indies, Sri Lanka didn't have a good outing in Australia where they had to suffer a 1-5 series rout.
India and Sri Lanka have a rich history as both the teams have played each other in internationals more than most nations around the world. In recent years, India have thoroughly dominated Sri Lanka in T20Is as the head to head records show. On the other hand, Sri Lanka on the biggest stage boast around by having 100 per cent win record against India.
However, the last of those T20 World Cup victories came in 2014 and over the last decade or so both the teams have been travelling in opposite directions. India with all the power and wealth of the BCCI and IPL have an abundance of T20 talent whereas Sri Lanka who revolutionised the white ball game in 1990s have been beset with in fighting and corruption and now find themselves towards the bottom of the ICC rankings in all formats. In the short term at least it is likely that the India vs Sri Lanka T20 head to head statistics will continue to favour India.
As the India vs Sri Lanka head to head records of leading run scorers and wicket takers show, despite the depth of Indian cricket they have largely stuck with a winning team over a significant period of time meaning that they dominate the all-time charts below whereas Sri Lanka have been forced to continually reshuffle in search of a winning formula that to date has alluded them.
That being said with India looking to dominate on all fronts, their upcoming T20 series with Sri Lanka will see them without their Test stars who will already have travelled to England for a series starting their in August giving the chance for some of their white ball specialists to continue the dominance India have shown over Sri Lanka in T20 head to head stats.
IND vs SL head to head in T20I
Total matches- 22
India won - 14
Sri Lanka - 7
NR - 1
Leading run scorers in India vs Sri Lanka T20I
Virat Kohli - 339
Shikhar Dhawan - 335
KL Rahul - 295
Rohit Sharma - 289
Suresh Raina - 265
Leading wicket takers in India vs Sri Lanka T20I
Yuzvendra Chahal - 15
Ravichandran Ashwin - 13
PVD Chameera - 12
Kuldeep Yadav - 10
Shardul Thakur - 9
Hardik Pandya - 9
Highest score in an India vs Sri Lanka T20I
India’s score of 260 for 5 is the highest in T20 head to head matches vs Sri Lanka. The record total was made at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore in a match played in 2017.
India’s incredible total vs Sri Lanka was at the time the 2nd highest total ever recorded in a T20 international behind only Australia’s 265 also scored against Sri Lanka the year before.
Lowest score in an India vs Sri Lanka T20 match
Sri Lanka’s total of 82 all out is the lowest in India vs Sri Lanka T20 head to head matches. The record low total came at the Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium in a T20 match in 2016.
Top score by a batsman in India vs Sri Lanka T20 head to head matches:
The top score by a batsman in India vs Sri Lanka T20 fixtures was made by Rohit Sharma who hit 118 at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore in 2017.
Best bowling figures in India vs Sri Lanka T20 head to head matches
The best bowling figures in India vs Sri Lanka T20 fixtures were recorded by Ravi Ashwin who took 4 for 8 at the Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium in 2016.
Meanwhile, Lucknow will host the first T20I on February 24 while the next two will be played in Dharamsala on February 26 and 27.
It will be followed by a two-match Test series to be held in Mohali from March 4 to 8 followed by the second Test, a day-night affair, at Bengaluru from March 12 to 16.
India's T20I squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Bumrah (vc), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Md. Siraj, Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Y Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan.
Sri Lanka's T20 squad: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka (Vice-Captain), Dinesh Chandimal, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kamil Mishara, Janith Liyanage, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara, Binura Fernando, Shiran Fernando, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Praveen Jayawickrama and Ashian Daniel.
