Top 6 Teams with longest unbeaten streaks at home in ODIs

3. Sri Lanka – 17 games (21-2-1996 to 26-1-1998):

Until the early 1990s, Sri Lanka were perceived to be just another team that plays the World Cup, that perception though changed during the 1996 World Cup where the pinch hitting by Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitarana went on to change the way teams batted in the first 15 overs. They went on to win the 1996 World Cup, not many people would’ve even given them a chance before the tournament. From the start of the World Cup against the Zimbabweans, for almost 2 years, Sri Lanka remained unbeaten in ODIs at home and were finally beaten by India later that year.