Stats Analysis

Dhawan smashes his fastest ODI century

Shikhar Dhawan also combined with Virat Kohli to bring up the highest second-wicket partnership by any pair in Sri Lanka

Bharath Seervi
20-Aug-2017
71 - Balls Shikhar Dhawan took to complete his century, the quickest of his career. His previous fastest ODI century came off 73 balls against West Indies in Kanpur in 2013. His unbeaten 132 in Dambulla is his second-highest score in ODIs behind the 137 against South Africa at MCG in 2015 World Cup.
726 - Virat Kohli's average in successful ODI chases over the last one year. In seven innings, he has scored 85 not out, 154 not out, 122, 76 not out, 96 not out, 111 not out and 82 not out, and has been dismissed only once.
127 - Balls remaining for India in this win, the fourth-highest margin in a successful chase of 200 or more runs. India's previous best margin in a chase of 200-plus runs, in terms of balls remaining, was 117 against England at Edgbaston in 2014.
77 - Runs for which Sri Lanka lost their last nine wickets. They were 139 for 1 in the 25th over before this collapse. On two other occasions, Sri Lanka have had a worse collapse for their last nine wickets against India.
16 - Runs accumulated by Sri Lanka's last six batsmen, their lowest ever against India. Sri Lanka's last six batsmen scored 1, 2, 0, 5, 8, 0.
197*- Partnership between Dhawan and Kohli - the highest second-wicket partnership for any team in Sri Lanka. The previous highest was 188 between MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir at Premadasa Stadium in 2009.
4 - Centuries scored by Dhawan against Sri Lanka across formats in six innings over the last three months. He scored 125 in the Champions Trophy, 190 and 119 in the Test series and 132* in the first ODI.
6 - Consecutive scores of fifty or more for Dhawan against Sri Lanka in ODIs. In his previous six innings against Sri Lanka, Dhawan had scored 94, 113, 79, 91, 125, 132 not out.
3-34 - Axar Patel's figures in this match, his best in ODIs. This was his third three-wicket haul in 31 ODIs. His previous best was 3 for 39 against South Africa in Indore in 2015.

Bharath Seervi is stats sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo.