Statistical highlights of the fifth tri-series match between India and Sri Lanka at the Manuka grounds in Canberra on Tuesday.
# Sri Lanka's eight-wicket victory is their biggest over India on foreign soil in terms of wickets, surpassing their seven-wicket win at Goa on December 8, 1990.
# India (195-5) registered the highest-ever score at Canberra, eclipsing South Africa's match-winning total of 164 for three off 45.1 overs against Zimbabwe on 10.3.1992.
# Playing in his 100th ODI, Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first Indian wicketkeeper to amass 3000 runs. Overall, Dhoni is the 14th Indian player to accomplish the feat. He is now the first Indian wicketkeeper to complete the double of 3,000 runs and 100 dismissals in ODIs.
# S Sreesanth conceded 48 runs off his three overs at an economy rate of 16.00, which is the worst ever strike rate recorded by any bowler in a three-over spell in limited-overs internationals.
# Rohit Sharma (70 not out off 64 balls) recorded his career-best score - his second fifty in ODIs, bettering his 52 against Pakistan at Jaipur on 18.11.2007.
# Rohit Sharma has equalled South Africa's Kepler Wessels's innings of 70 off 137 balls against Zimbabwe on 10.3.1992.
# Sachin Tendulkar is now the first batsman in ODIs to aggregate 2,500 runs against two countries -- Australia and Sri Lanka.
# Dhoni is averaging 86.50 in the competition -- 173 in four innings at a strike rate of 73.30.
# Yuvraj Singh is averaging 3.66 in the competition -- 11 runs in three innings (strike rate 39.28).
# Tillakaratne Dilshan batted for the first time as an opener, making 62 not out off 59 balls. His fifth fifty against India is his 11th overall in ODIs.
# Dilshan got his second Man of the Match award. Against India at Ahmedabad in 2005-06, he was adjudged the Man-of-the-Match for making 81 not out.
# Muttiah Muralitharan's bowling figures in the tournament are quite interesting -- 2 wickets in 3 matches at an average of 64.50, with a strike rate of 75.0 and Economy Rate being 5.16.
# With two sixes, Sanath Jayasuriya has now 247 sixes to his credit in ODIs, a new record, bettering Pakistan's Shahid Afridi's tally of 245.
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