Stats - From 8 for 3 to 171 for 7, the Sri Lanka recovery in numbers

0 - Number of times a team has managed to score 150-plus in men's T20Is after losing three wickets for less than ten runs, before Sri Lanka scored 171 for 7 against Ireland. The previous highest was Panama's 148 for 6 against Mexico. Panama had lost their first three wickets by 8, the same score as Sri Lanka today.. The previous highest by a full-member nation from 8 for 3 was Australia's 147 for 6 against England in the 2010 World T20 final.

8 - Score at which Sri Lanka lost their third wicket, their lowest score for the first three wickets in a T20I innings. Their previous lowest was 11 runs against Australia in 2007 and against New Zealand in 2009. Only once had Ireland taken the first three wickets in a T20I innings at a lower total - 6 runs against Scotland in 2010.

123 - Partnership between Pathum Nissanka and Wanindu Hasaranga, the highest for the fourth wicket (or lower) in men's T20 World Cup matches. The previous highest was 119* by Misbah-ul-Haq and Shoaib Malik against Sri Lanka in 2007.

Nissanka and Hasaranga's partnership was also only the third century stand for the fourth wicket (or lower) in men's T20Is that began with fewer than ten runs on the board.

3 - Number of higher partnerships for Sri Lanka in T20Is than the 123 between Nissanka and Hasaranga.

1 - Number of higher individual scores by Sri Lanka batters in their first T20 World Cup innings than Hasaranga's 71 in this match. Sanath Jayasuriya had hit 88 off 44 balls against Kenya in their first-ever World T20 fixture, which remains their highest.