India vs Sri Lanka 2017, Stats: India reach new lows in the first ODI
Rohit Sharma's captaincy career got off to the worst possible start as Sri Lanka beat India by seven wickets in the first ODI at the HPCA stadium in Dharamsala.
After being put into bat, India were off to a pathetic start as they lost all their top-five batsmen for just 16 runs and were further reduced to 29-7. Former skipper MS Dhoni, along with Kuldeep Yadav, put on 41 runs for the eighth wicket before Niroshan Dickwella's brilliant work behind the stumps sent Kuldeep back for 19.
Jasprit Bumrah showed some resistance before he went for a wild swing and was castled by Sachita Pathirana for a 15-ball duck. During his stay at the crease, he put on 17 valuable runs for the ninth wicket with Dhoni.
Dhoni was the only batsman to show resistance as he scored an 87-ball 65. Suranga Lakmal was the wrecker in chief as he registered his best bowling figures in ODIs, 4/13.
Sri Lanka hardly dropped a sweat as they reached the target with 176 balls to spare.
Here are some of the important numbers from the match.
1- This is Sri Lanka's first ODI win after losing 12 consecutive ODIs.
2- MS Dhoni becomes the second wicketkeeper-batsman to score 16,000-plus runs in international cricket after Kumar Sangakkara.
6- MS Dhoni becomes the sixth Indian after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli and to score 16,000-plus runs in international cricket
11- India's score after the first 10 overs, the lowest powerplay score India in ODIs and the second lowest by any team.
13- Number of maiden overs bowled by Sri Lanka in today's match, the most by any team against India in ODIs.
18- Number of balls faced by Dinesh Karthik before getting out for a duck, the most balls faced by an Indian batsman before getting out without scoring a run.
16- 16 is now the lowest score at which India have lost their fifth wicket in an ODI. The previous lowest of 17 came against Zimbabwe in Tunbridge Wells in 1983.
21- MS Dhoni registered his 21st fifty-plus against Sri Lanka. He went past Saeed Anwar's 20 fifty-plus scores and only Sachin Tendulkar is ahead of the Indian gloveman with 25.
24- Rohit Sharma became India's 24th ODI captain.
28- 28 is now the lowest score at which India have lost their sixth wicket in an ODI. The previous lowest score of 39 also came against Sri Lanka in Sharjah in 2000.
29- 29 is now the lowest score at which India have lost their seventh wicket in an ODI. The previous lowest was 43 that came against New Zealand in Bulawayo in 2005.
29- India were 29/7 after 20 overs, the lowest by any team after 20 overs in ODIs since 2000.
171- Number of ODIs played by Rohit Sharma before captaining the team, the second most by any Indian. Only Anil Kumble with 217 matches is ahead of him.
176- Sri Lanka beat India with 176 balls to spare, India's worst defeat ever at home in terms of balls
178- MS Dhoni's average when India loses 5 wickets or more for below 40 runs.
219- Shreyas Iyer became the 219th player to play ODIs for India.
4/13- Suranga Lakmal picked up four wickets conceding 13 runs, his best bowling figures in ODIs.