Sri Lanka vs other countries T20Is Bowling Records - Best Figures in a Innings
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Innings in match | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 4.0 | - | 26 | 5 | 6.50 | New Zealand | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Dunedin | 05 Apr 2023 | T20I # 2040 | |
| 3.0 | - | 28 | 5 | 9.33 | West Indies | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 04 Mar 2020 | T20I # 1075 | |
| 4.0 | - | 7 | 4 | 1.75 | South Africa | 1 | v Sri Lanka | New York | 03 Jun 2024 | T20I # 2635 | |
| 4.0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2.00 | India | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Visakhapatnam | 14 Feb 2016 | T20I # 499 | |
| 4.0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2.75 | Bangladesh | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 16 Jul 2025 | T20I # 3318 | |
| 4.0 | - | 12 | 4 | 3.00 | Australia | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Sydney | 11 Feb 2022 | T20I # 1458 | |
| 3.0 | - | 13 | 4 | 4.33 | Pakistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | King City (NW) | 11 Oct 2008 | T20I # 72 | |
| 4.0 | - | 13 | 4 | 3.25 | Pakistan | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 29 Oct 2017 | T20I # 629 | |
| 4.0 | - | 13 | 4 | 3.25 | New Zealand | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Sydney | 29 Oct 2022 | T20I # 1850 | |
| 4.0 | - | 15 | 4 | 3.75 | New Zealand | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mount Maunganui | 30 Dec 2024 | T20I # 3080 | |
| 4.0 | - | 16 | 4 | 4.00 | Australia | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 07 Jun 2022 | T20I # 1551 | |
| 3.0 | - | 18 | 4 | 6.00 | Ireland | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | 14 Jun 2009 | T20I # 108 | |
| 3.0 | - | 19 | 4 | 6.33 | West Indies | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Nottingham | 10 Jun 2009 | T20I # 100 | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 6.33 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 07 Aug 2012 | T20I # 255 | |
| 4.0 | - | 19 | 4 | 4.75 | South Africa | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 22 Jan 2017 | T20I # 590 | |
| 4.0 | - | 19 | 4 | 4.75 | England | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 27 Oct 2018 | T20I # 703 | |
| 4.0 | - | 20 | 4 | 5.00 | Australia | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 20 Sep 2007 | T20I # 41 | |
| 3.0 | - | 21 | 4 | 7.00 | Bangladesh | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 06 Apr 2017 | T20I # 607 | |
| 4.0 | - | 22 | 4 | 5.50 | England | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Southampton | 15 Jun 2006 | T20I # 7 | |
| 4.0 | - | 22 | 4 | 5.50 | New Zealand | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Auckland | 10 Jan 2016 | T20I # 476 | |
| 3.3 | - | 22 | 4 | 6.28 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 25 Jul 2021 | T20I # 1204 | |
| 4.0 | - | 22 | 4 | 5.50 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Wankhede | 03 Jan 2023 | T20I # 1984 | |
| 4.0 | - | 23 | 4 | 5.75 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Cuttack | 20 Dec 2017 | T20I # 633 | |
| 4.0 | - | 23 | 4 | 5.75 | Ireland | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Abu Dhabi | 20 Oct 2021 | T20I # 1331 | |
| 3.0 | - | 24 | 4 | 8.00 | South Africa | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 24 Mar 2019 | T20I # 763 | |
| 4.0 | - | 27 | 4 | 6.75 | India | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 12 Mar 2018 | T20I # 659 | |
| 4.0 | - | 28 | 4 | 7.00 | West Indies | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 11 Nov 2015 | T20I # 461 | |
| 4.0 | - | 28 | 4 | 7.00 | England | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 26 Mar 2016 | T20I # 551 | |
| 4.0 | - | 30 | 4 | 7.50 | Pakistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Abu Dhabi | 25 Nov 2011 | T20I # 215 | |
| 4.0 | - | 30 | 4 | 7.50 | Australia | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 08 Jun 2022 | T20I # 1552 | |
| 4.0 | - | 52 | 4 | 13.00 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 | T20I # 634 | |
| 1.2 | - | 5 | 3 | 3.75 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 27 Jul 2024 | T20I # 2767 | |
| 1.5 | - | 6 | 3 | 3.27 | New Zealand | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 10 Nov 2024 | T20I # 2941 | |
| 2.0 | - | 7 | 3 | 3.50 | New Zealand | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 10 Nov 2024 | T20I # 2941 | |
| 3.4 | - | 9 | 3 | 2.45 | West Indies | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 07 Oct 2012 | T20I # 289 | |
| 3.0 | - | 10 | 3 | 3.33 | New Zealand | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Lauderhill | 22 May 2010 | T20I # 180 | |
| 4.0 | - | 11 | 3 | 2.75 | England | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 27 Oct 2018 | T20I # 703 | |
| 3.4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3.00 | Afghanistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Dubai (DICS) | 27 Aug 2022 | T20I # 1748 | |
| 4.0 | - | 12 | 3 | 3.00 | Pakistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Hambantota | 01 Jun 2012 | T20I # 244 | |
| 4.0 | - | 12 | 3 | 3.00 | West Indies | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Bengaluru | 20 Mar 2016 | T20I # 543 | |
| 4.0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3.00 | New Zealand | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 06 Sep 2019 | T20I # 880 | |
| 4.0 | - | 13 | 3 | 3.25 | Zimbabwe | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 14 Jan 2024 | T20I # 2432 | |
| 4.0 | - | 14 | 3 | 3.50 | Australia | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 08 Aug 2011 | T20I # 203 | |
| 4.0 | - | 14 | 3 | 3.50 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Ranchi | 12 Feb 2016 | T20I # 497 | |
| 4.0 | - | 14 | 3 | 3.50 | Australia | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Adelaide | 27 Oct 2019 | T20I # 978 | |
| 3.2 | - | 15 | 3 | 4.50 | Australia | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Bridgetown | 09 May 2010 | T20I # 170 | |
| 4.0 | - | 15 | 3 | 3.75 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 29 Jul 2021 | T20I # 1207 | |
| 3.0 | - | 16 | 3 | 5.33 | Pakistan | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Hambantota | 03 Jun 2012 | T20I # 245 | |
| 4.0 | - | 16 | 3 | 4.00 | Australia | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 09 Sep 2016 | T20I # 567 | |
| 3.0 | - | 16 | 3 | 5.33 | Pakistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Abu Dhabi | 27 Oct 2017 | T20I # 627 | |
| 4.0 | - | 16 | 3 | 4.00 | Afghanistan | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Hangzhou | 04 Oct 2023 | T20I # 2282 | |
| 3.0 | - | 17 | 3 | 5.66 | South Africa | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 30 Oct 2021 | T20I # 1378 | |
| 4.0 | - | 17 | 3 | 4.25 | South Africa | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 30 Oct 2021 | T20I # 1378 | |
| 4.0 | - | 17 | 3 | 4.25 | Bangladesh | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Dallas | 07 Jun 2024 | T20I # 2646 | |
| 4.0 | - | 18 | 3 | 4.50 | Pakistan | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 17 Sep 2007 | T20I # 35 | |
| 4.0 | - | 18 | 3 | 4.50 | Pakistan | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 12 Aug 2009 | T20I # 118 | |
| 4.0 | - | 18 | 3 | 4.50 | New Zealand | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 04 Sep 2009 | T20I # 121 | |
| 3.2 | - | 18 | 3 | 5.40 | Pakistan | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Hambantota | 03 Jun 2012 | T20I # 245 | |
| 4.0 | - | 18 | 3 | 4.50 | South Africa | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 02 Aug 2013 | T20I # 323 | |
| 4.0 | - | 18 | 3 | 4.50 | South Africa | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 25 Jan 2017 | T20I # 591 | |
| 4.0 | - | 18 | 3 | 4.50 | Australia | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Sydney | 11 Feb 2022 | T20I # 1458 | |
| 3.2 | - | 18 | 3 | 5.40 | Bangladesh | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 13 Jul 2025 | T20I # 3315 | |
| 3.1 | - | 19 | 3 | 6.00 | Pakistan | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 12 Aug 2009 | T20I # 118 | |
| 4.0 | - | 19 | 3 | 4.75 | Australia | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 09 Sep 2016 | T20I # 567 | |
| 4.0 | - | 19 | 3 | 4.75 | U.A.E. | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Geelong | 18 Oct 2022 | T20I # 1832 | |
| 3.0 | - | 20 | 3 | 6.66 | Pakistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | 21 Jun 2009 | T20I # 116 | |
| 4.0 | - | 20 | 3 | 5.00 | New Zealand | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Chattogram | 31 Mar 2014 | T20I # 395 | |
| 4.0 | - | 20 | 3 | 5.00 | West Indies | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 11 Nov 2015 | T20I # 461 | |
| 3.0 | - | 20 | 3 | 6.66 | Australia | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Adelaide | 22 Feb 2017 | T20I # 598 | |
| 4.0 | - | 20 | 3 | 5.00 | South Africa | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 12 Sep 2021 | T20I # 1270 | |
| 2.4 | - | 20 | 3 | 7.50 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Rajkot | 07 Jan 2023 | T20I # 1986 | |
| 3.0 | - | 20 | 3 | 6.66 | New Zealand | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 09 Nov 2024 | T20I # 2939 | |
| 4.0 | - | 21 | 3 | 5.25 | Canada | 1 | v Sri Lanka | King City (NW) | 12 Oct 2008 | T20I # 74 | |
| 4.0 | - | 21 | 3 | 5.25 | New Zealand | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mount Maunganui | 07 Jan 2016 | T20I # 474 | |
| 3.0 | - | 21 | 3 | 7.00 | New Zealand | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Auckland | 11 Jan 2019 | T20I # 718 | |
| 4.0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 5.25 | South Africa | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 12 Sep 2021 | T20I # 1270 | |
| 4.0 | - | 21 | 3 | 5.25 | Australia | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Canberra | 15 Feb 2022 | T20I # 1466 | |
| 4.0 | - | 21 | 3 | 5.25 | New Zealand | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mount Maunganui | 28 Dec 2024 | T20I # 3079 | |
| 2.2 | - | 22 | 3 | 9.42 | New Zealand | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Chattogram | 31 Mar 2014 | T20I # 395 | |
| 4.0 | - | 22 | 3 | 5.50 | Australia | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Sydney | 13 Feb 2022 | T20I # 1463 | |
| 4.0 | - | 22 | 3 | 5.50 | Bangladesh | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Dallas | 07 Jun 2024 | T20I # 2646 | |
| 4.0 | - | 23 | 3 | 5.75 | New Zealand | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Auckland | 26 Dec 2006 | T20I # 12 | |
| 3.0 | - | 23 | 3 | 7.66 | India | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 12 Dec 2009 | T20I # 127 | |
| 3.3 | - | 23 | 3 | 6.57 | Pakistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Abu Dhabi | 26 Oct 2017 | T20I # 625 | |
| 4.0 | - | 23 | 3 | 5.75 | India | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Indore | 07 Jan 2020 | T20I # 1026 | |
| 4.0 | - | 24 | 3 | 6.00 | Bangladesh | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 06 Apr 2017 | T20I # 607 | |
| 4.0 | - | 25 | 3 | 6.25 | U.A.E. | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Mirpur | 25 Feb 2016 | T20I # 510 | |
| 4.0 | - | 25 | 3 | 6.25 | Australia | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Adelaide | 22 Feb 2017 | T20I # 598 | |
| 4.0 | - | 25 | 3 | 6.25 | South Africa | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 19 Mar 2019 | T20I # 755 | |
| 4.0 | - | 25 | 3 | 6.25 | Afghanistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 17 Feb 2024 | T20I # 2479 | |
| 4.0 | - | 26 | 3 | 6.50 | South Africa | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Chattogram | 22 Mar 2014 | T20I # 379 | |
| 4.0 | - | 26 | 3 | 6.50 | Australia | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 06 Sep 2016 | T20I # 565 | |
| 4.0 | - | 26 | 3 | 6.50 | Australia | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 06 Sep 2016 | T20I # 565 | |
| 4.0 | - | 26 | 3 | 6.50 | Australia | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 07 Jun 2022 | T20I # 1551 | |
| 4.0 | - | 26 | 3 | 6.50 | Australia | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 08 Jun 2022 | T20I # 1552 | |
| 3.0 | - | 26 | 3 | 8.66 | England | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Sydney | 05 Nov 2022 | T20I # 1867 | |
| 4.0 | - | 26 | 3 | 6.50 | India | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 28 Jul 2024 | T20I # 2768 | |
| 4.0 | - | 27 | 3 | 6.75 | India | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 07 Aug 2012 | T20I # 255 | |
| 4.0 | - | 27 | 3 | 6.75 | England | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Southampton | 05 Jul 2016 | T20I # 561 | |
| 4.0 | - | 27 | 3 | 6.75 | Pakistan | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 09 Oct 2019 | T20I # 925 |
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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figuresPerformances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures