India vs Sri Lanka- World Cup Records

• The two cricketing nations have met 7 times in world cup matches; Sri Lanka has won 4, India 2 while 1 match was washed away due to rain.
• Sri Lankan cricket team scored a big upset when they defeated India cricket team in the 1979 Cricket World Cup by 47 runs.
• The two teams met in the semi-final of 1996 ICC Cricket World Cup. Sri Lanka won the match by default by the match referee due improper behavior of Indian crowd.
• Indian batsmen Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid have scored a century apiece but there has been no century from the Sri Lankan side.
• Indian bowler Javagal Srinath is the leading wicket-taker with 8 wickets in 4 matches while Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan has took 7 wickets against India in 4 matches.
• Indian star batsmen Sachin Tendulkar has scored 301 runs in 5 world cup matches against Sri Lankan.
• Chamara Silva, Harbhajan Singh, Kumar Sangakkara, Lasith Malinga, Mahela Jayawerdene, Muttiah Muralitharan, MS Dhoni, Munaf Patel, Sachin Tendulkar, Tilakaratne Dilshan, Upal Tharagana, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan are the players who played in 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup match involving these teams.
• The teams have not played any world cup match against each other in the world cups of 1975, 1983 and 1987 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Cricket World Cup Records- India vs South Africa cricket teams

• The two countries have played two world cup matches against each other. South Africa has won both of the matches.
• In regular ODI series, there is always a close match between Indian cricket team and South African cricket team. But in world cups, South Africa has dominated over India.
• Batsmen like Sourav Ganguly (India) and Jacques Kallis (South Africa) scored 97 and 96 respectively in the 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup.
• Inform South African batsmen Hashim Amla is a strong threat for the vulnerable Indian bowling line up.
• The two teams have recently met in a One-day International’s series held in South Africa which South Africa won by 3-2. Some close encounters were same and cricket fans are expecting the same to happen in the group match involving these two countries.
• Indian fast bowlers like Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel have picked up key wickets of South African batsmen and are expected to play vital role in the match. From South African side, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel are seen as a possible threat to strong Indian batting line up.
• The two teams did not play any match against each other in the world cups of 1996, 2003 and 2007.

 

Famous cricket player of Sri Lanka: Santh Jayasuriya

Often regarded as one of the best all rounders in the ODI game, Sanath Jayasuriya is an explosive left handed batsman and an excellent left arm off spinner of Sri Lankan cricket team. His contribution, not only to the Sri Lankan cricket but to the world of cricket in general is worth applauding for he has been entertaining crowds world over with his brilliant sixes through the point and cover region.

Born in 1969, Sanath Jayasuriya debuted against Australian cricket team way back and has been one of the longest servants to the game. Since then he has been a part of 444 ODIs in which he has scored a staggering 13,428 at an average of 32.43 with a strike rate which is pretty close to a 100. Sanath has 28 centuries and 68 fifties to his name with his top score being 189 that he scored against India in an inning which is still regarded as one of the best by any batsman ever. His bowling statistics aren’t any less either, he has to his name 322 wickets which were racked at an average of 36.72 and a best bowling figures of 6/29.

Sanath still owns the record for the fastest fifty in the ODIs and the second fastest century. His record in the world cups is phenomenal with a major contribution that he had in the world cup winning squad of 1996. His last outing in 2007 at the world cup in West Indies saw him score 2 centuries and 2 fifties to make him a true great of the game. Sanath Jayasuriya is also second on the list as far as the highest number of runs scored are concerned.

With his career coming to an end, Sanath would very well be remembered as one Sri Lanka’s most favorite son’s who gave a new definition to the art of slogging and he truly is a legend that the world of cricket can never forget.

Famous cricket player of India: Virender Sehwag

• Famous by the name of ‘Viru’, Virendar Sehwag of Indian cricket team commenced his international career in 1999 against Pakistan cricket team
• Sehwag has played 229 one day internationals up till now and has scored a handsome 7434 runs with the help of 13 centuries and 37 fifties. His highest total in an innings being 146.
• Pretty impressive with the ball, he took 92 wickets of his 4230 balls with 4/6 being his best in an innings.
• Virendar Sehwag has played in 2 ICC world cups and is there in place for the 3^rd upcoming one. His quick batting makes him eligible to be among the opening pair of the Indian team. His performance in the 2003 cricket world cup had been very consistent as he played numerous match winning knocks which eventually led the team to the finals.
• Twice, Sehwag has taken the man of the series award and twenty times has he been the man of the match.
• His batting was impressive enough for the selectors to replace him with Sourav Ganguly and now is there at his spot since ages along with S.R Tendulkar.
• In any match if Sehwag scores a fifty or a hundred, India is certain to win, provided the rest of the batting order has performed above average, which is why he is also termed as the match winner.

Record holder players in 2011 ICC Cricket World cup

One Day International Cricket is thrilling and interesting. With the world cup 2011 just round the corner, some interesting facts and figures have grabbed my attention. While going through the list of bowlers and batsmen who have been the most successful in their fields in ODI cricket, I started noting the players who are amongst the chart toppers, and are playing in the 10^th world cup cricket 2011. Looking at the figures and record lists closely, one can easily predict the probable finalists of ICC cricket World Cup 2011.

Most wickets in cricket career-Bowling Records ODI: Muralitharan has taken 519 wickets for Sri lanka so far. He is the top ranked bowler in the world as far as career wicket taking record is concerned. Waseem Akram, Waqar Younis, Chaminda Vaas, Shaun Pollock, Glenn McGrath and Anil Kumble are next in line but none of these brilliant bowlers is playing now. The 8^th highest wicket taker in ODI, Brett Lee from Australia has taken 335 wickets so far. Next in line are Sanath Jayasuriya, Juvagal Srinath and Shane Warne all three of them retired now. The 12^th most successful bowler in ODI cricket is Shahid Afridi, the Pakistani captain in cricket world cup 2011. Saqlain Mustaq and Agarkar are next in line who are retired now, while the 15^th highest wicket taker in ODI cricket is Daniel Vettori, representing New Zealand. After A Donald and Ntini from South Africa, we have Abdul Razzaq from Pakistan cricket team as most successful bowler ever. He is the 18^th highest wicket taker in ODI in the world. Abdul Razzaq has taken 262 wickets. Following him closely is the 19^th highest wicket taker in ODI cricket, J Kallis from South Africa. Kallis has taken 259 wickets so far.  Great all rounder and the world cup winning captain Kapil Dev is the 20^th most successful bowler in ODI to date.

Most runs in cricket career-Batting Records ODI: Sachin Tendulkar tops the chart with 17629 runs so far. He is very much there in the Indian squad. Jayasuriya is second on this list of highest run scorers in Cricket ODI but he is not playing in this world cup. Ricky Ponting is on the list with 13082 runs in his career so far, making him the third highest run scorer in ODI cricket history ever. Inzimam ul Haq and Saurav Ganguly are next in line, both retired from cricket now. J Kallis from South Africa has scored 11002 runs so far and he is the 6^th highest run scorer in ODI cricket. Rahul Dravid, Brain Lara, Mohammad Yousuf, Adam Gilchrist, Muhammad Azharuddin, and Aravinda De silva are next in line. D Jayawardene is 13^th on the list of highest run scorers in the ODI cricket with 9119 runs on the board. Saeed Anwer from Pakistan is 14^th on the list of highest run scorer in career in the ODI cricket. On 15^th number we have Kumar Sangakkara of Sri lanka with 8699 runs.  S Chanderpaul from West Indies is 16^th on the list with 8664 runs. Desmond Haynes, Atapattu, Mark Waugh and H Gibbs are the next in line constituting the top 20 run scorers in the ODI cricket.

Now looking at the players who are amongst the top 20 bowlers or batsmen ever in the cricket ODI history, Sri lanka has the most experienced highly skilled batsmen and bowler. 3 best ever cricketers (Jayawardene, Sangakkara and Muralitharan) amongst the top few are in this list. Sri lanka thus stands a great chance this time around. Second in line is Australia, with one all time great batsman and one all time great bowler in the squad (Ponting and Lee). Pakistan can be considered as the third best team to be there in the final match. The Pakistani squad includes two all time best bowlers (Afridi and Razzaq).  South Africa is next in line with J Kallis being the only player appearing in both the lists. Kallis is undoubtedly one of the best all rounder ODI cricket has ever produced. Sachin Tendulkar brings hope to India. Looking at the current form of Indian cricket team, they stand a good chance. West Indies and New Zealand have one great player each (Chander Paul and Daniel Vettori) but lack of consistency in the team’s recent performance shows these teams have lesser chances to reach the finals. So the stats show that it will be any two amongst Sri lanka, Pakistan, Australia and India who will be playing the Cricket world cup 2011 final on 2^nd of April 2011 in Mumbai, India.

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