India vs Sri Lanka In T20Is – Most Wins, Runs, Wickets, Sixes, 100s, Highest Score & More

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Ahead of the start of the India-Sri Lanka T20I series, here's a look at how these two teams have performed against each other in 29 T20I matches played so far.

India will face Sri Lanka in a three-match T20I series that starts on Saturday (July 27). Suryakumar Yadav will lead India in the shortest format series, and as many as nine members of India’s 2024 T20 World Cup-winning squad are part of the 15-member team picked for the away series. India enjoys a good record in T20Is against Sri Lanka, and in Gautam Gambhir’s first series as India’s head coach, Men in Blue will be eager to come up with a good show.

Ahead of the start of the first T20I between India and Sri Lanka in Pallekele. Here’s a look at the top performers and record holders in the 29 matches played so far between the two teams in T20Is:

Most wins: India (19 wins in 29 T20Is).
Highest total: 260 for 5 in 20 overs by India in Indore on December 22, 2017.
Lowest total: 81 for 8 in 20 overs by India in Colombo (R. Premadasa Stadium) on July 29, 2021.
Biggest win (by runs): India beat Sri Lanka by 93 runs in Cuttack on December 20, 2017.
Biggest win (by wickets): India beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in Visakhapatnam on February 14, 2016.
Smallest win (by runs): India beat Sri Lanka by 2 runs in Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium) on January 3, 2023.
Smallest win (by wickets): India beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets in Colombo (R. Premadasa Stadium) on February 10, 2009.
Most runs: Dasun Shanaka of Sri Lanka (430 runs in 22 T20Is).
Highest individual score: 118 runs from 43 balls by Rohit Sharma in Indore on December 22, 2017.
Highest average (minimum 5 innings): Manish Pandey (226 runs in 7 innings with an average of 113.00).
Highest strike rate (minimum 100 balls): Kumar Sangakkara (235 runs in four innings with a strike rate of 172.79).
Most 100s: 1 century each by Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav (both India).
Most 50s: Virat Kohli (4 half-centuries in seven innings).
Most ducks: 3 zeros each by Lasith Malinga and Wanindu Hasaranga (both Sri Lanka).
Most sixes: 29 sixes in 22 T20Is by Dasun Shanaka of Sri Lanka.
Most sixes (in an innings): 10 sixes by Rohit Sharma during his 43-ball 118-run knock in Indore on December 22, 2017.
Most runs in a series: 204 runs in three T20Is by Shreyas Iyer (India) during the 2022 series played in India.
Most wickets: Yuzvendra Chahal of India (23 wickets in 13 T20Is).
Best bowling figures: 4 for 8 in four overs by Ravichandran Ashwin (India) in Visakhapatnam on February 14, 2016.
Best four-wicket hauls: 2 in 13 T20Is by Yuzvendra Chahal (India).
Most wickets in a series: 11 wickets in four T20Is by Ravichandran Ashwin (India) during the 2016 series played in India.
Most dismissals: 18 (9 catches, 9 stumpings) in 14 T20Is by MS Dhoni for India.
Most catches: 11 catches in 12 T20Is by Hardik Pandya (India).
Highest partnership: 165 runs for the first wicket in 12.4 overs between Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul in Indore on December 22, 2017.
Most matches: 22 T20Is by Dasun Shanaka of Sri Lanka.
Most wins as captain: 7 wins in nine India-Sri Lanka T20Is by Rohit Sharma (India).

Out of the last 10 T20I matches played between India and Sri Lanka, the Men in Blue have managed to win on six occasions. In the last T20I match played between India and Sri Lanka on Sri Lankan soil, India hammered the Islanders by 7 wickets on July 29, 2021.