Statistical highlights of the one-day cricket tri-series match between India and Sri Lanka in Adelaide on Tuesday.
# Yuvraj Singh became the eighth Indian to appear in 200 or more ODIs, joining Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath and Kapil Dev.
# Yuvraj celebrated the occasion with an outstanding innings of 76 off 70 balls - his second highest score in Australia, next only to his career-best 139 off 122 balls against Australia at Sydney on 22.1.2004.
# Yuvraj's 35th fifty is his fifth against Sri Lanka. He has recorded 22 fifties away from home and 13 in India.
# Irfan Pathan (31 off 41 balls) registered his highest score in Australia, eclipsing his 30 off 41 balls against Australia at Sydney on February 8, 2004.
# Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Irfan Pathan put on 58 runs for the sixth wicket, which is India's highest for this wicket-position at Adelaide, obliterating the 39 by Yashpal Sharma and Syed Kirmani against New Zealand in 1980-81.
# India recorded their 25th win in Australia (Lost 37, No Result 3 and Tied 1) out of 66 played - their first in four matches against Sri Lanka in Australia (Lost 1, NR 2).
# Sri Lanka (238-6) registered their first-ever total of 200-plus against India in Australia, surpassing their 154 off 2 off 19 overs at Canberra in the rain-affected game on 12.2.2008.
# Sanath Jayasuriya became the first-ever batsman to post 30 ducks in ODIs.
# Sachin Tendulkar now holds a dubious distinction for registering most ducks (20) for India, overtaking Javagal Srinath's tally of 19 ducks.
# Jayasuriya, with his sixth duck against India, has emulated Shahid Afridi's record of most ducks against India.
# Kumar Sangakkara (128 off 155 balls) posted his 7th century in ODIs - his third against India and his first in Australia.
# Sangakkara is the only wicketkeeper to register 3 centuries against India as wicketkeeper.
# Sangakkara is now the first wicketkeeper to post a century at Adelaide, obliterating the previous best by a wicketkeeper.
# Sangakkara's innings is also the highest by a Sri Lankan in Australia, bettering Jayasuriya's 122 against Australia at Sydney on 9.1.2003.
# Mahela Jayawardene registered his 43rd fifty - his 9th against India.
# During the course of their innings against India on Tuesday, both Sangakkara (1125 at an average of 43.26 in 28 matches) and Jayawardene (1041 at an average of 34.70 in 33 matches) completed their 1,000 runs in Australia, joining three other Sri Lankans, Arjuna Ranatunga (1071 in 42), Aravinda de Silva (1251 in 48) and Sanath Jayasuriya (1227 in 48).
# Sangakkara and Jayawardene were associated in a stand of 153 for the third wicket, which is Sri Lanka's highest for this wicket-position in Australia, bettering the 103 between Roshan Mahanama and Aravinda de Silva against New Zealand at Hobart on January 12,1988.
# Sangakkara and Jayawardene's stand is Sri Lanka's best for any wicket at Adelaide, eclipsing the 128 for fifth wicket between Ranatunga and Mahanama against Pakistan on February 17, 1998.
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