India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI Stats Review: Kuldeep Yadav's heroics, KL Rahul's feat and more stats

India beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in a competitive encounter to take an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the series at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on January 12.

Opting to bat first, Sri Lankan started well with to score of 102/1 in 17 overs courtesy of an impressive debut from Nuwanidu Fernando, who scored a half century. Fernando was ably supported by Kusal Mendis in a 73-run stand.

However, Rohit brought in the spin bowling duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel to control the game. As expected, both the bowlers did not disappoint the captain and reduced Sri Lanka from 102/1 to 126/6. Sri Lankan lower-order batters put up some fight, but at the end Mohammed Siraj made sure Sri Lanka were bundled out for 215 inside 40 overs. Kuldeep and Mohammed scalped three wickets each.

In response, the Indian top order struggled as they were reduced to 86/4 at one stage. However, the experienced duo of KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya made sure India recovered, adding 75 runs for the fifth wicket. Pandya, though, was dismissed when the score was 161, but Rahul made sure the chase was in full control by notching up his 12^th ODI fifty and eventually winning the match by four wickets to seal the series for his team.

Meanwhile, let us look at the stats and numbers from 2^nd ODI between India and Sri Lanka

10 - India have won their 10th bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka at home.

95 - Inda have won 95 ODIs against Sri Lanka, joint-highest against an opposition. Australia have also won 95 ODIs against New Zealand.

200 - Kuldeep Yadav completed 200 international wickets.

437 - Sri Lanka (437) now have the most ODI defeats by a country surpassing India’s tally of 436.

6 - Nuwanidu Fernando became the sixth Sri Lankan to score a half-century on debut in ODIs.

51 - Kusal Mendis has completed 50 catches in ODIs.

100 - Avishka Fernando has hit 100 fours in the 50-over format.