The 282-run opening partnership between Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga is the highest opening stand in World Cups, going past the 194-run stand between Saeed Anwar and Wajahatullah Wasti in the 1999 semi-final.The record opening stand is also the second highest for the first wicket in ODIs, behind the 286 between Sanath Jayasuriya and Tharanga against England. It is also the fourth-highest partnership for any wicket in ODIs and the second highest in World Cups.Sri Lanka's 327 is their third-highest total in a World Cup game and their tenth best in ODIs. It is also their highest total against Zimbabwe in ODIs. Dilshan became only the second player after Feiko Kloppenburg of Netherlands to score a century and take four wickets in a World Cup game. Overall, in ODIs, Dilshan was the 11th player to achieve the feat. It was also Dilshan's first century in World Cups. The 398 runs aggregated by both opening pairs is the highest in an ODI surpassing the 368 runs aggregated in the match between Sri Lanka and England in 2006.This was the first time in World Cups and the 22nd time overall in ODIs that both openers scored centuries in an innings.