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          20/08Result
          1st ODI (D/N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Dambulla, Aug 20 2017
          India won by 9 wkts (127b rem)
          Player of the Match
          Shikhar Dhawan
          Shikhar DhawanIndia
          20/08Result
          1st ODI (D/N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Dambulla, Aug 20 2017
          India won by 9 wkts (127b rem)
          Player of the Match
          Shikhar Dhawan
          Shikhar DhawanIndia

          SL v IND 2017 News

          Dhawan's quickest

          71

          No. of balls in which Dhawan completed his century in this game, his fastest of the 11 ODI centuries. The previous quickest was in 73 balls v WI in Kanpur in 2013.

          One to imrove

          35.56

          Kohli's average in ODIs in Sri Lanka before today's game - his worst in any country. He doesn't average less than 40 in any other nation.

          Unlucky Country for Rohit

          37

          Runs scored by Rohit Sharma in Sri Lanka in his last 10 ODI innings. His scores read as: 4, 0, 11, 5, 5, 0, 0, 4, 4, 4.

          Sri Lanka Collapse

          6

          Wickets lost by SL for 39 runs - Sri Lanka went from 139 for 1 to 178 for 7. Between overs 20 and 36 SL have scored just 61 runs.

          Batting first at Dambulla

          220

          Average first innings score while batting first since Jan 2011. However in the last 2 games teams batting first have scored above 300.

          20 years and waiting

          1997

          Last instance of Sri Lanka beating India in a bilateral ODI series. Since then they have played 9 times in which India have won 7 while 2 have been drawn.