India vs Sri Lanka T20I Series History: Who Has The Most Runs, How Many Times Won The Match And More

India vs Sri Lanka: India will face Sri Lanka in a three-match T20I series starting on Saturday (July 27). Suryakumar Yadav will lead India in the shortest format series and nine members of India's 2024 T20 World Cup-winning team are part of the 15-member squad selected for the overseas series. India have a good record in T20Is against Sri Lanka and the Men in Blue will be keen to put up a good performance in Gautam Gambhir's first series as India's head coach.

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

India vs Sri Lanka T20I History

• Most wins: India (19 wins in 29 T20Is)
• Highest score: 260 for 5 in 20 overs by India at Indore on December 22, 2017.
• Lowest score: 81 for 8 in 20 overs by India at Colombo (R. Premadasa Stadium) on July 29, 2021.
• Biggest win (by runs):India beat Sri Lankaby 93 runs at Cuttack on December 20, 2017.
• Biggest win (by wickets): India beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets at Visakhapatnam on February 14, 2016.
• Smallest win (by runs): India beat Sri Lanka by 2 runs at Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium) on January 3, 2017. 2023.
• Smallest win (by wickets): India beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets at Colombo (R. Premadasa Stadium) on February 10, 2009.
• Most runs: Dasun Shanaka of Sri Lanka (430 runs in 22 T20Is).
• Highest individual score: 118 off 43 balls by Rohit Sharma at Indore on December 22, 2017.
• Highest average (minimum 5 innings): Manish Pandey (226 runs in 7 innings at an average of 113.00).
• Highest strike rate (minimum 100 balls): Kumar Sangakkara (235 runs in 4 innings at a strike rate of 172.79).

• Most centuries: 1 each by Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav (both India).
• Most half-centuries: Virat Kohli (4 half-centuries in seven innings).
• Most ducks: 3 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 innings in Indore on December 22, 2017.
• Most runs in a series: 204 runs in three T20Is by Shreyas Iyer (India) during the 2022 series to be 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) at Visakhapatnam on February 14, 2016.
• Best four-wicket haul: 2 wickets in 13 T20Is by Yuzvendra Chahal (India).
• Most wickets in a series: Ravichandran Ashwin (India) took 11 wickets in four T20Is during the series played in India in 2016.
• Most dismissals: MS Dhoni took 18 (9 catches, 9 stumpings) in 14 T20Is for India.
• Most catches: Hardik Pandya (India) took 11 catches in 12 T20Is.
• Highest partnership: 165 for the first wicket in 12.4 overs between Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul at Indore on December 22, 2017.
• Most matches: Sri Lanka's Dasun Shanaka won 22 T20Is.
• Most wins as captain:Rohit Sharma (India) has won 7 out of nine T20Is between India and Sri Lanka.

Out of the last 10 T20Is played between India and Sri Lanka, the Men in Blue have won on six occasions. In the last T20I match played between India and Sri Lanka on Sri Lankan soil, India defeated the Islanders by 7 wickets on 29 July 2021.