Stats give India edge in familiar face-off
India are the only unbeaten team in the tournament, while their recent record against Sri Lanka, and in finals, is also a cause for confidence

Kumar Sangakkara has scored 183 runs from three innings in T20Is versus India, but in this tournament so far he has only managed 19 in four innings • AFP
Since the beginning of 2008, India and Sri Lanka have played 63 international matches, which equals the highest by any two teams during this period. Australia and England have played that many times as well, but while 20 of the 63 Australia-England clashes have been in Tests, India and Sri Lanka have met only nine times in the five-day format during this period, and five times in Twenty20s, which means the overwhelming majority of matches have been ODIs (49, easily the most by any two teams).
Matches | Won | Lost | Ratio | |
India - overall (ODIs+T20Is) | 63 | 26 | 32 | 0.81 |
SL - overall (ODIs+T20Is) | 57 | 29 | 26 | 1.11 |
India - T20Is | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
SL - T20Is | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 |
India - World Cup+CT+World T20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2.00 |
SL - World Cup+CT+World T20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 |
India - all finals since Jan 2007 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2.00 |
SL - all finals since Jan 2007 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0.88 |
Matches | Ind won | SL won | NR | |
Overall | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
Since Jan 2007 | 7 | 4 | 3 | - |
In the tournament so far, there has been little to choose between the two teams. India are the only unbeaten side so far, but Sri Lanka have lost only one game, and the conditions in Mirpur should suit them too.
W/ L | Bat ave | Run rate | Wkts | Bowl ave | Econ rate | |
India | 5/ 0 | 38.78 | 7.69 | 35 | 18.71 | 6.79 |
Sri Lanka | 4/ 1 | 24.03 | 7.98 | 35 | 15.11 | 6.68 |
First 6 overs | 6.1 to 15 overs | 15.1 to 20 overs | ||||
Average | Run rate | Average | Run rate | Average | Run rate | |
India | 56.25 | 7.50 | 41.00 | 7.28 | 26.28 | 8.83 |
Sri Lanka | 24.00 | 7.44 | 37.57 | 7.30 | 16.16 | 10.03 |
First 6 overs | 6.1 to 15 overs | 15.1 to 20 overs | ||||
Average | Econ rate | Average | Econ rate | Average | Econ rate | |
India | 17.33 | 5.20 | 22.42 | 6.97 | 15.41 | 8.67 |
Sri Lanka | 11.15 | 4.83 | 22.30 | 7.37 | 10.44 | 9.55 |
Spin | Pace | |||||||
Overs | Wkts | Average | Econ rate | Overs | Wkts | Average | Econ rate | |
India | 65.2 | 24 | 17.58 | 6.45 | 31.0 | 7 | 31.00 | 7.00 |
Sri Lanka | 33.0 | 14 | 15.28 | 6.48 | 46.1 | 16 | 19.06 | 6.60 |
S Rajesh is stats editor of ESPNcricinfo. Follow him on Twitter