India start as statistical underdogs
On head-to-head form, Sri Lanka clearly have the upper hand, India however, are playing at home; an advantage they haven't made the best use of in recent times
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Batsman | Matches | Runs | Average | 100s/50s |
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Sanath Jayasuriya | 11 | 393 | 39.30 | 0/2 |
Virender Sehwag | 25 | 874 | 31.30 | 1/4 |
Marvan Atapattu | 11 | 474 | 52.67 | 1/4 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 9 | 227 | 25.22 | 1/0 |
Kumar Sangakkara | 20 | 626 | 36.82 | 0/6 |
Rahul Dravid | 23 | 807 | 38.43 | 1/8 |
Mahela Jayawardene | 15 | 442 | 44.20 | 0/4 |
Yuvraj Singh | 19 | 678 | 39.88 | 2/3 |
Russel Arnold | 8 | 182 | 36.40 | 0/2 |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 19 | 525 | 37.5 | 1/2 |
Bowler | Matches | Wickets | Average | Econ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Muttiah Muralitharan | 13 | 20 | 23.75 | 3.86 |
Harbhajan Singh | 17 | 11 | 65.55 | 4.67 |
ChamindaVaas | 9 | 11 | 28.36 | 4.23 |
Irfan Pathan | 12 | 17 | 30.82 | 4.97 |
Dilhara Fernando | 11 | 11 | 36.73 | 4.64 |
Ajit Agarkar | 9 | 20 | 18.65 | 4.82 |
Upul Chandana | 13 | 19 | 25.37 | 4.54 |
Jai Prakash Yadav | 5 | 3 | 46.00 | 4.60 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan | 13 | 12 | 19.33 | 3.79 |
Murali Kartik | 4 | 5 | 29.80 | 5.14 |
George Binoy is editorial assistant of Cricinfo. For the stats, he was helped by Arun Kumar Gopalakrishnan from Cricinfo's Chennai office