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List of Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricket records


A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the highest T20 standard. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket.[1][2] The first Twenty20 International match between two men's sides was played on 17 February 2005, involving Australia and New Zealand. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported that "neither side took the game especially seriously",[3] and it was noted by ESPNcricinfo that but for a large score for Ricky Ponting, "the concept would have shuddered".[4] However, Ponting himself said "if it does become an international game then I'm sure the novelty won't be there all the time".[5] This is a list of Sri Lanka Cricket team's Twenty20 International records. It is based on the List of Twenty20 International records, but concentrates solely on records dealing with the Sri Lankan cricket team. Sri Lanka played the first ever T20I in 2006.

KeyEdit

The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties, all round records and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for Sri Lanka only, and are correct as of August 2020.

Key
Symbol Meaning
  Player or umpire is currently active in T20I cricket
  Even took place during a Cricket World Cup
* Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken
♠ Twenty20 International cricket record
Date Starting date of the match
Innings Number of innings played
Matches Number of matches played
Opposition The team Sri Lanka was playing against
Period The time period when the player was active in ODI cricket
Player The player involved in the record
Venue Twenty20 International cricket ground where the match was played

Team recordsEdit

Overall recordEdit

Matches Won Lost Tied NR Win %
179 79 94 4 2 45.76
Last Updated: 8 April 2023[6]

Team wins, losses, draws and tiesEdit

As of September 2022, Sri Lanka has played 179 T20I matches resulting in 79 victories, 94 defeats, 4 ties and 2 no results for an overall winning percentage of 45.76.[6]

Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied No Result % Won First Last
Full Members
  Afghanistan 4 3 1 0 0 75.00 2016 2022
  Australia 26 10 15 1 0 40.38 2007 2022
  Bangladesh 13 9 4 0 0 69.23 2007 2022
  England 14 4 10 0 0 28.57 2006 2022
  India 29 9 19 0 1 32.14 2009 2023
  Ireland 3 3 0 0 0 100.00 2009 2022
  New Zealand 23 7 13 2 1 36.36 2006 2023
  Pakistan 23 10 13 0 0 43.47 2007 2022
  South Africa 17 5 11 1 0 33.37 2012 2021
  West Indies 15 8 7 0 0 50.00 2009 2021
  Zimbabwe 3 3 0 0 0 100.00 2008 2012
Associate Members
  Canada 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 2008 2008
  Kenya 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 2007 2007
  Namibia 2 1 1 0 0 50.00 2021 2022
  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 100.00 2014 2022
  United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0 0 100.00 2016 2022
Total 179 79 94 4 2 45.76 2006 2023
Statistics are correct as of   Sri Lanka v   New Zealand at John Davies Oval, Queenstown, 3rd T20I, April 8, 2023.[7]

First bilateral T20I series winsEdit

Opponent Year of first Home win Year of first Away win
  Australia 2011 2010
  Bangladesh 2013 2014
  England - 2006
  India 2021 -
  New Zealand 2014
  Pakistan - 2019
  South Africa 2018 2017
  West Indies - -
Last Updated: 29 July 2021[8]

First T20I match winsEdit

Opponent Home Away / Neutral
Venue Year Venue Year
  Afghanistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 2022 Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India 2016
  Australia Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 2011 Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 2009
  Bangladesh 2013 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 2007
  Canada YTP YTP Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Canada 2008
  England Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 2012 Rose Bowl, Southampton, England 2006
  India Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2018 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India 2009
  Ireland YTP YTP Lord's, London, England 2009
  Kenya New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 2007
  Namibia Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, USA 2021
  Netherlands Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 2014
  New Zealand Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 2013 Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand 2006
  Pakistan Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2012 Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Canada 2008
  South Africa Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 2013 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 2014
  United Arab Emirates YTP YTP Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 2016
  West Indies Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 2012 Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 2009
  Zimbabwe Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Canada 2008
Last Updated: 3 September 2022[9]

Team scoring recordsEdit

Most runs in an inningsEdit

The highest innings total scored in T20Is has been scored twice. The first occasion came in the match between Afghanistan and Ireland when Afghanistan scored 278/3 in the 2nd T20I of the Ireland series in India in February 2019.[10] The Czech Republic national cricket team against Turkey during the 2019 Continental Cup scored 278/4 to equal the record.[11] The highest score for Sri Lanka is 260/3 scored against Kenya during the 2007 World Twenty20.[12]

Rank Score Opposition Venue Date
1 260/6   Kenya New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 14 September 2007  
2 215/5   India Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India 9 December 2009
215/3   West Indies Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 9 November 2015
4 214/6   Bangladesh Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 10 March 2018
5 211/3   Pakistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 13 December 2013
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[13]

Fewest runs in an inningsEdit

The lowest innings total scored was by Turkey against Czech Republic when they were dismissed for 21 during the 2019 Continental Cup.[11] The lowest score in T20I history for Sri Lanka is 82 scored against India in the 2016 tour of India.[14]

Rank Score Opposition Venue Date
1 79/10   India Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India 14 February 2016
2 87/10   Australia Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados 9 May 2010  
  India Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India 20 December 2017
4 91/10   England Rose Bowl, Southampton, England 26 June 2021
5 92/10   New Zealand Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, USA 22 May 2010
Last Updated: 26 June 2021[15]

Most runs conceded an inningsEdit

The first match of the Australia's tour of Sri Lanka in 2016 saw Sri Lanka concede their highest innings total of 263/3.[16]

Rank Score Opposition Venue Date
1 263/3   Australia Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 6 September 2016
2 260/5   India Holkar Stadium, Indore, India 22 December 2017
3 233/2   Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 27 October 2019
4 228/5   India Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India 7 January 2023
5 215/5   Bangladesh Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 10 March 2018
Last Updated: 9 January 2023[17]

Fewest runs conceded in an inningsEdit

The lowest score conceded by Sri Lanka for a full inning is 39 when they dismissed the Netherlands during the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh.[14]

Rank Score Opposition Venue Date
1 39/10   Netherlands Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 24 March 2014  
2 44/10 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 22 October 2021  
3 60/10   New Zealand Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 31 March 2014  
4 81/10 Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, USA 23 May 2010
81/8   India Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 29 July 2021
Last Updated: 24 October 2021[18]

Most runs aggregate in a matchEdit

The highest match aggregate scored in T20Is came in the match between India and West Indies in the first T20I of the August 2016 series at Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill when India scored 244/4 in response to West Indies score of 245/6 to loose the match by 1 run.[19] The first match of the Australia's tour of Sri Lanka in 2016 saw a total of 441 runs being scored, the most involving Sri Lanka.[16]

Rank Aggregate Scores Venue Date
1 441/12   Australia (263/3) v   Sri Lanka (178/9) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 6 September 2016
2 432/14   India (260/5) v   Sri Lanka (172) Holkar Stadium, Indore, India 22 December 2017
3 429/11   Sri Lanka (214/6) v   Bangladesh (215/5) Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 10 March 2018
4 417/11   Sri Lanka (206/7) v   India (211/4) Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India 12 December 2009
5 401/14   Sri Lanka (215/5) v   India (186/9) Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India 9 December 2009
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[20]

Fewest runs aggregate in a matchEdit

The lowest match aggregate in T20Is is 57 when Turkey were dismissed for 28 by Luxembourg in the second T20I of the 2019 Continental Cup in Romania in August 2019.[21] The lowest match aggregate in T20I history for Sri Lanka is 79 scored during the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 against Netherlands.[22]

Rank Aggregate Scores Venue Date
1 79/11   Netherlands (39) v   Sri Lanka (40/1) Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 24 March 2014  
2 89/12   Netherlands (44) v   Sri Lanka (45/2) Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE 22 October 2021  
3 124/9   South Africa (78/4) v   Sri Lanka (46/5) Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 22 September 2012  
4 163/13   New Zealand (81) v   Sri Lanka (82/3) Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, USA 23 May 2010
163/11   India (81/8) v   Sri Lanka (82/3) Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 29 July 2021
Last Updated: 24 October 2021[23]

Result recordsEdit

A T20I match is won when one side has scored more runs than the runs scored by the opposing side during their innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.[24]

Greatest win margins (by runs)Edit

The greatest winning margin by runs in T20Is was Czech Republic's victory over Turkey by 257 runs in the sixth match of the 2019 Continental Cup.[11] The largest victory recorded by Sri Lanka was during the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 by 172 runs against Kenya.[25]

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 172 Runs   Kenya New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 14 September 2007  
2 82 Runs   Zimbabwe Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 18 September 2012  
3 79 Runs   United Arab Emirates Kardinia Park, Geelong, Australia 18 October 2022  
4 75 Runs   Bangladesh Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh 18 February 2018
5 70 Runs   Ireland Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 20 October 2021  
Last Updated: 18 October 2022[26]

Greatest win margins (by balls remaining)Edit

The greatest winning margin by balls remaining in T20Is was Austria's victory over Turkey by 104 balls remaining in the ninth match of the 2019 Continental Cup.[27] The largest victory recorded by Sri Lanka is during the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 against the Netherlands when they won by 9 wickets with 90 balls remaining.[28]

Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 90 9 wickets   Netherlands Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 24 March 2014  
2 77 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 22 October 2021  
3 39 7 wickets   Namibia Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 18 October 2021  
4 33   India Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 29 July 2021
5 30 9 wickets   Ireland Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia 23 October 2022  
Last Updated: 24 October 2022[26]

Greatest win margins (by wickets)Edit

A total of 22 matches have ended with chasing team winning by 10 wickets with New Zealand winning by such margins a record three times.[29] Sri Lanka have won by 9 wickets on four occasions.[26]

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 9 wickets   England Bristol County Ground, Bristol, England 25 June 2011
  West Indies Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 29 September 2012  
  Netherlands Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 24 March 2014  
  Ireland Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia 23 October 2022  
4 8 wickets   New Zealand Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 21 November 2013
  Netherlands Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 22 October 2021  
Last updated: 23 October 2022[26]

Highest successful run chasesEdit

Australia holds the record for the highest successful run chase which they achieved when they scored 245/5 in response to New Zealand's 243/6.[30] The highest successful chase for Sri Lanka is 194/4 against Bangladesh during the Sri Lanka's tour of Bangladesh in 2018.[31]

Rank Score Target Opposition Venue Date
1 194/4 194   Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 15 February 2018
2 184/8 184 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 3 September 2022
3 179/6 176   Afghanistan 2 September 2022
4 176/8 174   Australia Kardinia Park, Geelong, Australia 19 February 2017
5 177/6 177 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 11 June 2022
Last Updated: 8 September 2022[31]

Narrowest win margins (by runs)Edit

The narrowest run margin victory is by 1 run which has been achieved in 15 T20I's. The narrowest win margin for Sri Lanka is 2 runs achieved three times.[32][33]

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 2 Runs   England Rose Bowl, Southampton, England 15 June 2006
  Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 12 February 2014
  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 28 January 2013
4 5 Runs   South Africa Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 22 March 2014  
5 8 Runs   Australia Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 8 August 2011
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[33]

Narrowest win margins (by balls remaining)Edit

The narrowest winning margin by balls remaining in T20Is is by winning of the last ball which has been achieved 26 times. Sri Lanka has achieve victory of the last ball on four occasions.[34]

Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 0 5 wickets   India Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia 11 May 2010  
3 wickets   Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 14 February 2014
5 wickets   Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 17 February 2017
2 wickets Kardinia Park, Geelong, Australia 19 February 2017
5 1 5 wickets   South Africa Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa 25 January 2017
5 wickets   Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 20 February 2022
4 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 11 June 2022
6 wickets   India Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 6 September 2022
Last Updated: 7 September 2022[33]

Narrowest win margins (by wickets)Edit

The narrowest margin of victory by wickets is 1 wicket which has settled four such T20Is. The narrowest victory by wickets for Sri Lanka is two wickets.[35]

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 2 wickets   Australia Kardinia Park, Geelong, Australia 19 February 2017
  Bangladesh Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 3 September 2022  
2 3 wickets Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 14 February 2014
  South Africa New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 22 January 2017
Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 14 August 2018
5 4 wickets   India Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 28 July 2021
Last Updated: 3 September 2022[33]

Greatest loss margins (by runs)Edit

Sri Lanka's biggest defeat by runs was against Australia in the Sri Lanka's tour of Australia in 2019 at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia.[36]

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 134 runs   Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 27 October 2019
2 93 runs   India Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India 20 December 2017
3 89 runs   England Rose Bowl, Southampton, England 26 June 2021
4 88 runs   India Holkar Stadium, Indore, India 22 December 2017
5 85 runs   Australia Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 6 September 2016
Last Updated: 26 June 2021[36]

Greatest loss margins (by balls remaining)Edit

The largest defeat suffered by Sri Lanka was against New Zealand in New Zealand during the 2016 T20I Series when they lost by 9 wickets with 60 balls remaining.[28]

Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 60 9 wickets   New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand 10 January 2016
2 59 8 wickets   Afghanistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 27 August 2022
3 58 10 wickets   Australia Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa 20 September 2007  
4 42 9 wickets The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia 30 October 2019
5 41 4 wickets   West Indies Coolidge Cricket Ground, Saint George, Antigua 3 March 2021
Last Updated:7 September 2022[36]

Greatest loss margins (by wickets)Edit

Sri Lanka have lost a T20I match by a margin of 10 wickets on one occasion.

Rank Margins Opposition Most recent venue Date
1 10 wickets   Australia Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa 20 September 2007  
  South Africa R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 14 September 2021
  Australia R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 7 June 2022
3 9 wickets   New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand 10 January 2016
  India Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India 14 February 2016
  Australia The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia 30 October 2019
  South Africa R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 12 September 2021
  New Zealand University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand 5 April 2023
Last Updated: 05 April 2023[36]

Narrowest loss margins (by runs)Edit

The narrowest loss of Sri Lanka in terms of runs is by 3 runs suffered twice.[37]

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 2 runs   India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India 3 January 2023
2 3 runs   New Zealand Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2 September 2009
Bay Oval, Tauranga, New Zealand 7 January 2016
3 10 runs   England Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India 26 March 2016  
4 12 runs   South Africa Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2 August 2013
5 16 runs Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa 22 March 2019
Last Updated: 9 January 2023[37]

Narrowest loss margins (by balls remaining)Edit

Sri Lanka has suffered loss with one ball remaining four times.[34]

Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 1 3 wickets   Pakistan Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Canada 11 October 2008
2 wickets   New Zealand Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana 30 April 2010  
  Pakistan Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 27 October 2017
  Bangladesh Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 16 March 2018
4 wickets   South Africa Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 30 October 2021  
  New Zealand John Davies Oval, Queenstown, New Zealand 8 April 2023
Last Updated: 8 April 2023[33]

Narrowest loss margins (by wickets)Edit

Sri Lanka has suffered defeat by 1 wicket once.[37]

Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date
1 1 wicket   Pakistan Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 1 August 2015
2 2 wickets   New Zealand Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana 30 April 2010  
  Pakistan Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 27 October 2017
  Bangladesh Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 16 March 2018
5 3 wickets   Pakistan Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Canada 11 October 2008
  India Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 10 February 2009
  Pakistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 11 December 2013
  West Indies Coolidge Cricket Ground, Saint George, Antigua 7 March 2021
  Australia Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 8 June 2022
Last Updated: 8 June 2022[37]

Tied matchesEdit

A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings.[24] There have been 19 ties in T20Is history with Sri Lanka involved in four such games.[6]

Opposition Venue Date
  New Zealand Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 27 September 2012  
  South Africa Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa 19 March 2019
  Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 13 February 2022
  New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand 2 April 2023
Last updated: 8 April 2023[37]

Individual recordsEdit

Batting recordsEdit

Most career runs.Edit

A run is the basic means of scoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of 22 yards (20 m) of the pitch.[38] India's Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in T20Is with 4,008. Second is Rohit Sharma of India with 3,853 ahead of Martin Guptil from India in third with 3,531. Tillakaratne Dilshan is the leading Sri Lankan batsmen on this list.[39]

Rank Runs Player Matches Innings Average 100 50 Period
1 1,889 Tillakaratne Dilshan 80 79 28.19 1 13 2006-2016
2 1,660 Kusal Perera  63 62 27.66 0 13 2012-2023
3 1,493 Mahela Jayawardene 55 55 31.76 1 9 2006-2014
4 1,382 Kumar Sangakkara 56 53 31.40 0 8 2006-2014
5 1,351 Dasun Shanaka  88 83 20.78 5 2015-2023
6 1,270 Kusal Mendis  55 55 23.96 11 2016-2023
7 1,148 Angelo Mathews  78 63 25.51 5 2009-2021
8 1,098 Pathum Nissanka  42 41 27.45 9 2021-2023
9 1,062 Dinesh Chandimal  68 61 19.66 6 2010-2022
10 1,047 Thisara Perera 80 70 21.36 2 2010-2021
Last Updated: 8 April 2023[40]

Most runs in each batting positionEdit

Batting position Batsman Innings Runs Average Career Span Ref
Opener Tillakaratne Dilshan 66 1,720 30.17 2008-2016 [41]
Number 3 Kusal Perera   18 655 38.52 2013-2023 [42]
Number 4 Kumar Sangakkara 25 675 35.52 2006-2014 [43]
Number 5 Angelo Mathews  30 757 34.40 2010-2021 [44]
Number 6 Dasun Shanaka  46 842 22.75 2016-2023 [45]
Number 7 Thisara Perera 28 469 ♠ 24.68 2010-2021 [46]
Number 8 Chamika Karunaratne   24 205 14.64 2021-2023 [47]
Number 9 Nuwan Kulasekara 12 92 15.33 2008-2017 [48]
Number 10 Lasith Malinga 20 58 4.46 2007-2020 [49]
Number 11 Vikum Sanjaya 5 20 6.66 2017-2017 [50]
Last Updated; 8 April 2023

Highest individual scoreEdit

The third T20I of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series saw Aaron Finch score the highest Individual score. Dilshan holds the highest such score for a Sri Lankan batsmen.[51]

Rank Runs Player Opposition Venue Date
1 104* Tillakaratne Dilshan   Australia Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 6 August 2011
2 100 Mahela Jayawardene   Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana 3 May 2010  
3 98*   West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados 7 May 2010  
4 96* Tillakaratne Dilshan The Oval, London, England 19 June 2009  
5 89 Mahela Jayawardene   England Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 27 March 2014  
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[52]

Highest individual score – progression of recordEdit

Runs Player Opponent Venue Season
41 Sanath Jayasuriya   England Rose Bowl, Southampton, England 15 June 2006
51*   New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand 22 December 2006
88   Kenya New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 14 September 2007  
96* Tillakaratne Dilshan   West Indies The Oval, London, England 19 June 2009  
100 Mahela Jayawardene   Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana 3 May 2010  
104* Tillakaratne Dilshan   Australia Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 6 August 2011
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[52]

Highest score against each opponentEdit

Opposition Player Score Date
  Afghanistan Tillakaratne Dilshan 83* 17 March 2016
  Australia 104* 6 August 2011
  Bangladesh Charith Asalanka 80* 24 October 2021
  Canada Mahela Jayawardene 35 12 October 2008
  England 89 27 March 2014
  India Kumar Sangakkara 78 9 December 2009
  Ireland Mahela Jayawardene 78 14 June 2009
  Kenya Sanath Jayasuriya 88 14 September 2007
  Namibia Bhanuka Rajapaksa 42 18 October 2021
  Netherlands Kusal Mendis 79 20 October 2022
  New Zealand Mahela Jayawardene 81 30 April 2010
Angelo Mathews 81* 10 January 2016
  Pakistan Kusal Perera 84 13 December 2013
  South Africa Isuru Udana 84* 22 March 2019
  United Arab Emirates Pathum Nissanka 74 18 October 2022
  West Indies Mahela Jayawardene 98* 7 May 2010
  Zimbabwe 100 3 May 2010
Last Updated: 18 October 2022[52]

Highest career averageEdit

A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed.[53]

Rank Average Player Innings Not out Runs Period
1 31.76 Mahela Jayawardene 55 8 1,493 2006-2014
2 31.40 Kumar Sangakkara 53 9 1,382 2006-2014
3 28.19 Tillakaratne Dilshan 79 12 1,889 2006-2016
4 27.66 Kusal Perera   62 2 1,660 2013-2023
5 27.45 Pathum Nissanka   41 1 1,098 2021-2023
Qualification: 15 innings. Last Updated: 8 April 2023[54]

Highest Average in each batting positionEdit

Batting position Batsman Innings Runs Average Career Span Ref
Opener Mahela Jayawardene 23 812 40.60 2010-2013 [55]
Number 3 Kusal Perera 18 655 38.52 2013-2023 [56]
Number 4 Kumar Sangakkara 25 675 35.52 2006-2014 [57]
Number 5 Angelo Mathews   30 757 34.40 2010-2021 [58]
Number 6 Thisara Perera 15 245 27.22 2012-2021 [59]
Number 7 Chamara Kapugedera 9 213 30.42 2006-2017 [60]
Number 8 Isuru Udana 7 130 32.50 2009-2020 [61]
Number 9 Nuwan Kulasekara 12 92 15.33 2008-2017 [62]
Number 10 Jeffrey Vandersay 5 15 15.00 2015-2022 [63]
Number 11 Nuwan Pradeep 5 10 10.00 2016-2019 [64]
Last Updated: 8 November 2022

Most half-centuriesEdit

A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century.

Virat Kohli of India has scored the most half-centuries in T20Is with 38. He is followed by India's Rohit Sharma on 33 & Pakistan's Babar Azam with 32, Australia's David Warner on 25. Tillakaratne Dilshan has the most half-centuries among Sri Lankan batsmen.[65]

Rank Half centuries Player Innings Runs Period
1 13 Kusal Perera  62 1,660 2012-2023
Tillakaratne Dilshan 79 1,889 2006-2016
3 12 Kusal Mendis  55 1,270 2016-2023
4 9 Pathum Nissanka  41 1,098 2021-2023
Mahela Jayawardene 55 1,493 2006-2014
5 8 Kumar Sangakkara 53 1,382
Last Updated: 8 April 2023[66]

Most centuriesEdit

A century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings.

Rohit Sharma has scored the most centuries in T20Is with 4. Dilshan and Mahela, with one such knocks, hold the Sri Lankan record.[67]

Rank Centuries Player Innings Runs Period
1 1 Mahela Jayawardene 55 1493 2006-2014
Tillakaratne Dilshan 79 1889 2006-2016
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[68]

Most SixesEdit

Rank Sixes Player Innings Runs Period
1 68 Dasun Shanaka   83 1,351 2015-2023
2 60 Kusal Mendis   55 1,270 2016-2023
3 55 Kusal Perera   62 1,660 2012-2023
4 53 Thisara Perera 70 1,047 2010-2021
5 38 Angelo Mathews   63 1,148 2009-2021
Last Updated: 8 April 2023[69]

Most FoursEdit

Rank Fours Player Innings Runs Period
1 223 Tillakaratne Dilshan 79 1,889 2006-2016
2 173 Mahela Jayawardene 55 1,493 2006-2014
3 152 Kusal Perera   61 1,660 2012-2023
4 139 Kumar Sangakkara 53 1,382 2006-2014
5 102 Pathum Nissanka   41 1,098 2021-2023
Last Updated: 8 April 2023[70]

Highest strike ratesEdit

Suryakumar Yadav of India holds the record for highest strike rate, with minimum 250 balls faced qualification, with 179.56.[71] Thisara Perera is the Sri Lankan with the highest strike rate.

Rank Strike rate Player Runs Balls Faced Period
1 146.63 Thisara Perera 1,047 714 2010-2021
2 133.72 Bhanuka Rajapaksha   678 507 2019-2023
3 133.68 Kusal Mendis   1,270 950 2016-2023
4 133.18 Mahela Jayawardene 1,493 1,121 2006-2014
5 131.14 Niroshan Dickwella   480 366 2016-2021
Qualification= 250 balls faced. Last Updated: 8 April 2023[72]

Highest strike rates in an inningEdit

Dwayne Smith of West Indies strike rate of 414.28 during his 29 off 7 balls against Bangladesh during 2007 ICC World Twenty20 is the world record for highest strike rate in an innings. Jehan Mubarak with his innings of 46* off 13 balls against Kenya in the same tournament holds the top position for a Sri Lanka player in this list.[73]

Rank Strike rate Player Runs Balls Faced Opposition Venue Date
1 353.85 Jehan Mubarak 46* 13   Kenya New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 14 September 2007  
2 284.62 Angelo Mathews   37*   West Indies Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 9 November 2015
3 272.73 Dasun Shanaka   30* 11   Bangladesh Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh 18 February 2018
4 245.00 56* 22   India Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India 5 January 2023
5 247.36 47* 19 Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, India 26 February 2022
Last Updated: 5 January 2023[74]

Most runs in a calendar yearEdit

Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan holds the record for most runs scored in a calendar year with 1,326 runs scored in 2021. Pathum Nissanka scored 713 runs in 2022, the most for a Sri Lanka batsmen in a year.[75]

Rank Runs Player Matches Innings Year
1 713 Pathum Nissanka  24 24 2022
2 521 Kusal Mendis  20 20
3 497 Dasun Shanaka  25 24
4 471 Tillakaratne Dilshan 12 12 2009
5 434 Kumar Sangakkara 12 12
Last Updated: 5 November 2022[76]

Most runs in a seriesEdit

The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh saw Virat Kohli set the record for the most runs scored in a single series scoring 319 runs. He is followed by Tillakaratne Dilshan with 317 runs scored in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.[77]

Rank Runs Player Matches Innings Series
1 317 Tillakaratne Dilshan 7 7 2009 ICC World Twenty20
2 302 Mahela Jayawardene 6 6 2010 ICC World Twenty20
3 243 7 7 2012 ICC World Twenty20
4 231 Charith Asalanka   6 6 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
5 223 Kusal Mendis  8 8 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Last Updated: 5 November 2022[78]

Most ducksEdit

A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.[79]Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka, Pakistan's Umar Akmal and Ireland's Kevin O'Brien has scored the equal highest number of ducks in T20Is with 10 such knocks.[80]

Rank Ducks Player Matches Innings Period
1 10 ♠ Dasun Shanaka  76 72 2015-2022
Tillakaratne Dilshan 80 79 2006-2016
3 8 Lasith Malinga 84 33 2006-2020
Thisara Perera 80 70 2010-2021
4 6 Chamika Karunaratne  42 34 2021-2022
5 5 Kusal Mendis  54 54 2016-2022
Last Updated: 5 April 2023[81]

Bowling recordsEdit

Most career wicketsEdit

A bowler takes the wicket of a batsman when the form of dismissal is bowled, caught, leg before wicket, stumped or hit wicket. If the batsman is dismissed by run out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit.

Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh, is the highest wicket-taker in T20Is. Lasith Malinga, former of Sri Lanka, is the highest wicket-taker in T20Is for Sri Lanka.[82]

Rank Wickets Player Matches Innings Average SR Period
1 107 Lasith Malinga 84 83 20.79 16.8 2006-2020
2 91 Wanindu Hasaranga  56 54 15.10 13.2 2019-2023
3 66 Ajantha Mendis 39 39 14.42 13.4 2008-2014
Nuwan Kulasekara 58 58 23.18 18.6 2008-2017
4 52 Dushmantha Chameera  52 52 28.98 21.5 2015-2022
5 45 Thisara Perera 80 63 35.08 22.7 2010-2021
Last Updated: 2 April 2023[83]

Best figures in an inningsEdit

Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.[84] India's Deepak Chahar holds the world record for best figures in an innings when he took 6/7 against Bangladesh in November 2019 at Nagpur. Ajantha Mendis holds the Sri Lankan record for best bowling figures.[85]

Rank Figures Player Opposition Venue Date
1 6/8 Ajantha Mendis   Zimbabwe Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 18 September 2012  
2 6/16   Australia Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 8 August 2011
3 5/3 Rangana Herath   New Zealand Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 31 March 2014  
4 5/6 Lasith Malinga Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 6 September 2019
5 5/31   England 1 October 2012  
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[86]

Best figures in an innings – progression of recordEdit

Figures Player Opposition Venue Date
2/32 Sanath Jayasuriya   England Rose Bowl, Southampton, England 15 June 2006
3/21   New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand 22 December 2006
3/19 Dilhara Fernando Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand 26 December 2006
4/15 Ajantha Mendis   Zimbabwe Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Canada 10 October 2008
6/16   Australia Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 8 August 2011
6/8   Zimbabwe Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 18 September 2012  
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[86]

Best Bowling Figure against each opponentEdit

Opposition Player Figures Date
  Afghanistan Wanindu Hasaranga 3/13 1 November 2022  
  Australia Ajantha Mendis 6/16 8 August 2011
  Bangladesh Lasith Malinga 3/20 14 February 2014
  Canada Ajantha Mendis 4/17 12 October 2008
  England Lasith Malinga 5/31 1 October 2012  
  India Wanindu Hasaranga 4/9 29 July 2021
  Ireland Maheesh Theekshana 3/17 20 October 2021  
  Kenya Tillakaratne Dilshan 2/4 14 September 2007  
  Namibia Maheesh Theekshana 3/25 18 October 2021  
  Netherlands Lahiru Kumara 3/7 22 October 2021  
  New Zealand Rangana Herath 5/3 31 March 2014  
  Pakistan Kaushalya Weeraratne 4/19 11 October 2008
  South Africa Lakshan Sandakan 4/23 22 January 2017
  United Arab Emirates Lasith Malinga 4/26 25 February 2016
  West Indies Ajantha Mendis 4/12 7 October 2012  
  Zimbabwe 6/8 18 September 2012
Last updated: 01 November 2022.[86]

Best career averageEdit

A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken. Nepalan's Sandeep Lamichhane holds the record for the best career average in T20Is with 12.56. Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer, is second behind Sandeep with an overall career average of 14.42 runs per wicket.[87]

Rank Average Player Wickets Runs Balls Period
1 14.42 Ajantha Mendis 66 952 885 2008-2014
2 15.10 Wanindu Hasaranga   91 1,375 1,210 2019-2023
3 20.79 Lasith Malinga 107 2,225 1,799 2006-2020
4 23.18 Nuwan Kulasekara 66 1,530 1,231 2008-2017
5 23.90 Lahiru Kumara   30 717 521 2019-2022
Qualification: 500 balls. Last Updated: 2 April 2023[88]

Best career economy rateEdit

A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.[79] New Zealand's Daniel Vettori, holds the T20I record for the best career economy rate with 5.70. Mendis, with a rate of 6.45 runs per over conceded over his 39-match T20I career, is the highest Sri Lankan on the list.[89]

Rank Economy rate Player Wickets Runs Balls Period
1 6.45 Ajantha Mendis 66 952 885 2008-2014
2 6.75 Maheesh Theekshana   33 934 829 2021-2023
3 6.81 Wanindu Hasaranga   91 1,375 1,210 2019-2023
4 6.99 Angelo Mathews   38 1,200 1,029 2009-2020
5 7.42 Lasith Malinga 107 2,225 1,799 2006-2020
Qualification: 500 balls. Last Updated: 2 April 2023[90]

Best career strike rateEdit

A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.[79] The top bowler with the best T20I career strike rate is Rashid Khan of Afghanistan with strike rate of 12.3 balls per wicket. Wanindu Hasaranga is the Sri Lankan bowler with the lowest strike rate.[91]

Rank Strike rate Player Wickets Runs Balls Period
1 13.2 Wanindu Hasaranga   91 1,375 1,210 2019-2023
2 13.4 Ajantha Mendis 66 952 885 2008-2014
3 16.8 Lasith Malinga 107 2,225 1,799 2006-2020
4 17.3 Lahiru Kumara   30 717 521 2019-2022
5 18.6 Nuwan Kulasekara 66 1,530 1,231 2008-2017
Qualification: 500 balls. Last Updated: 2 April 2023[92]

Most four-wickets (& over) hauls in an inningsEdit

Pakistan's Umar Gul, Afghanistan's Rashid Khan & Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan has taken the most four-wickets (or over) among all the bowlers. Mendis has taken the most such hauls among Sri Lankan bowlers.[93]

Rank Four-wicket hauls Player Matches Balls Wickets Period
1 5 Ajantha Mendis 39 885 66 2008-2014
2 3 Lasith Malinga 84 1,799 107 2006-2020
3 2 Nuwan Kulasekara 58 1,231 66 2008-2017
Wanindu Hasaranga   44 1,047 71 2019-2022
4 1 Nuwan Pradeep 15 266 15 2016-2021
Rangana Herath 17 365 18 2011-2016
Lakshan Sandakan   20 460 23 2017-2021
Sachithra Senanayake 24 486 25 2012-2016
Kaushalya Weeraratne 5 90 4 2008-2009
Dushmantha Chameera   50 1,453 48 2015-2022
Pramod Madushan   2 55 6 2015-2022
Last Updated: 12 September 2022[94]

Most five-wickets (& over) hauls in an inningsEdit

A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.

Rank Five-wicket hauls Player Innings Wickets Period
1 2 Ajantha Mendis 39 66 2008-2014
Lasith Malinga   83 107 2006-2020
2 1 Rangana Herath 17 18 2011-2016

Best economy rates in an inningEdit

The best economy rate in an inning, when a minimum of 12 balls are delivered by the bowler, is Sri Lankan player Nuwan Kulasekara economy of 0.00 during his spell of 0 runs for 1 wicket in 2 overs against Netherlands at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.[95]

Rank Economy Player Overs Runs Wickets Opposition Venue Date
1 0.00 ♠ Nuwan Kulasekara 2 0 1   Netherlands Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 24 March 2014  
2 0.86 Rangana Herath 3.3 3 5   New Zealand 31 March 2014  
3 1.00 Sachithra Senanayake 3 2
4 1.33 Nuwan Kulasekara 4 3 Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, USA 23 May 2010
Angelo Mathews   0 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 30 October 2012  
Qualification: 12 balls bowled. Last Updated: 9 August 2020[96]

Best strike rates in an inningEdit

The best strike rate in an inning, when a minimum of 4 wickets are taken by the player, is by Steve Tikolo of Kenya during his spell of 4/2 in 1.2 overs against Scotland during the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier at ICC Academy, Dubai, UAE. Ajantha Mendis during both six-wicket spells in an inning also recorded the best strike rate for a Sri Lankan bowler.[97]

Rank Strike rate Player Wickets Runs Balls Opposition Venue Date
1 4.00 Ajantha Mendis 6 16 24   Australia Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 8 August 2011
8   Zimbabwe Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 18 September 2012  
3 4.2 Rangana Herath 5 3 21   New Zealand Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 31 March 2014  
4 4.8 Lasith Malinga 31 24   England Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 1 October 2012  
6   New Zealand 6 September 2019
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[98]

Worst figures in an inningsEdit

The worst figures in a T20I came in the Sri Lanka's tour of Australia when Kasun Rajitha of Sri Lanka had figures of 0/75 off his four overs at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.[99][100][101]

Rank Figures Player Overs Opposition Venue Date
1 0/75 ♠ Kasun Rajitha   4   Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 27 October 2019
2 0/64 Sanath Jayasuriya   Pakistan New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 17 September 2007  
3 0/54 Lasith Malinga   West Indies Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 7 October 2012  
4 0/53 Akila Dananjaya   West Indies Coolidge Cricket Ground, Saint George, Antigua 7 March 2021
5 0/52 Ajantha Mendis   England Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 27 March 2014  
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[101]

Most runs conceded in a matchEdit

Kasun Rajitha also holds the dubious distinction of most runs conceded in a T20I during the aforementioned match.[102]

Rank Figures Player Overs Opposition Venue Date
1 0/75 ♠ Kasun Rajitha   4   Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 27 October 2019
2 0/64 Sanath Jayasuriya   Pakistan New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 17 September 2007  
3 2/62 Akila Dananjaya     West Indies Coolidge Cricket Ground, Saint George, Antigua 3 March 2021
4 2/61 Nuwan Pradeep   India Holkar Stadium, Indore, India 22 December 2017
5 1/58 Thisara Perera   Australia Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 6 September 2016
Last updated:3 March 2021[103]

Most wickets in a calendar yearEdit

Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga holds the record for most wickets taken in a year when he took 36 wickets in 2021 in 20 T20Is. Dushmantha Chameera with 22 wickets in 2021 and Lasith Malinga in 2009 jointly hold the Sri Lankan record for most wickets in a year.[104]

Rank Wickets Player Matches Year
1 36 Wanindu Hasaranga 20 2021
2 34 19 2022
3 22 Maheesh Theekshana 21
Dushmantha Chameera 20 2021
4 17 Lasith Malinga 13 2009
Last Updated: 5 November 2022[105]

Most wickets in a seriesEdit

2019 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier at UAE saw records set for the most wickets taken by a bowler in a T20I series when Oman's pacer Bilal Khan tool 18 wickets during the series. Hasaranga in the 2021 ICC World Twenty20 took 16 wickets, the most for a Sri Lankan bowler in a series.[106]

Rank Wickets Player Matches Series
1 16 Wanindu Hasaranga 8 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
2 15 Ajantha Mendis 6 2012 ICC World Twenty20
Wanindu Hasaranga 8 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
3 12 Ajantha Mendis 7 2009 ICC World Twenty20
Lasith Malinga  
4 11 Ajantha Mendis 3 2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada
Last Updated: 1 November 2022[107]

Hat-trickEdit

In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Only wickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count. In T20Is history there have been just 13 hat-tricks, the first achieved by Brett Lee for Australia against Bangladesh in 2007 ICC World Twenty20.[108]

S. No Bowler Against Wickets Venue Date Ref.
1 Thisara Perera   India   JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi 12 February 2016 [109]
2 Lasith Malinga   Bangladesh   R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 6 April 2017 [110]
3   New Zealand   Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy 6 September 2019 [111]
4 Akila Dananjaya   West Indies Template:Country data ATG Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua 3 March 2021 [112]
5 Wanindu Hasaranga   South Africa   Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 30 October 2021   [113]
Last Updated: 30 October 2021[108]

Wicket-keeping recordsEdit

The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.[114]

Most career dismissalsEdit

A wicket-keeper can be credited with the dismissal of a batsman in two ways, caught or stumped. A fair catch is taken when the ball is caught fully within the field of play without it bouncing after the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat,[115][116] Laws 5.6.2.2 and 5.6.2.3 state that the hand or the glove holding the bat shall be regarded as the ball striking or touching the bat while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run.[117]Kumar Sangakkara is the highest ranked Sri Lankan wicket keeper in the all-time list of taking most dismissals in T20Is as a designated wicket-keeper, which is headed by India's MS Dhoni and West Indian Denesh Ramdin.[118]

Rank Dismissals Player Matches Innings Period
1 45 Kumar Sangakkara 56 56 2006-2014
2 24 Dinesh Chandimal  68 32 2012-2022
3 16 Kusal Perera  60 31 2015-2021
4 13 Kusal Mendis   51 21 2016-2023
5 12 Niroshan Dickwella  28 20 2016-2021
Last updated: 5 January 2023[119]

Most career catchesEdit

Sangakkara has taken the most catches in T20Is as a designated wicket-keeper with Dhoni and Ramdin leading the all-time list.[120]

Rank Catches Player Matches Innings Period
1 25 Kumar Sangakkara 56 56 2006-2014
2 15 Dinesh Chandimal   61 25 2012-2021
3 11 Niroshan Dickwella   28 20 2016-2021
4 10 Kusal Perera   60 31 2015-2021
Kusal Mendis   51 21 2016-2023
Last Updated: 5 January 2023[121]

Most career stumpingsEdit

Sangakkara has made the most stumpings in T20Is as a designated wicket-keeper among Sri Lankan wicket-keepers with Dhoni and Kamran Akmal of Pakistan heading this all-time list.[122]

Rank Stumpings Player Matches Innings Period
1 20 Kumar Sangakkara 56 56 2006-2014
2 6 Kusal Perera   60 31 2015-2021
3 5 Dinesh Chandimal   61 25 2012-2021
4 3 Kusal Mendis   50 20 2016-2023
5 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan 80 5 2008-2009
Sadeera Samarawickrama   9 4 2017-2021
Last Updated: 3 January 2023[123]

Most dismissals in an inningsEdit

Four wicket-keepers on four occasions have taken five dismissals in a single innings in a T20I.[124]

The feat of taking 4 dismissals in an innings has been achieved by 19 wicket-keepers on 26 occasions with Dinesh Chandimal being the only Sri Lankan wicket-keeper.[125]

Rank Dismissals Player Opposition Venue Date
1 4 Dinesh Chandimal     South Africa New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 22 January 2017
2 3 Kumar Sangakkara   Ireland Lord's, London, England 14 June 2009
  Australia WACA Ground, Perth, Australia 31 October 2010
  Pakistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 13 December 2013
Kusal Perera     Bangladesh Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 16 March 2018
Dinesh Chandimal     South Africa 14 August 2018
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[126]

Most dismissals in a seriesEdit

Netherlands wicket-keeper Scott Edwards holds the T20Is record for the most dismissals taken by a wicket-keeper in a series. He made 13 dismissals during the 2019 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. Sri Lankan record is held by Sangakkara when he made 9 dismissals during the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.[127]

Rank Dismissals Player Matches Innings Series
1 9 Kumar Sangakkara 7 7 2009 ICC World Twenty20
2 7 2012 ICC World Twenty20
3 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan 4 4 2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series in Canada
Kusal Mendis 8 8 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
4 5 Dinesh Chandimal   3 3 Sri Lanka in South Africa in 2016-17
5 4 Kumar Sangakkara 5 5 2007 ICC World Twenty20
Dinesh Chandimal   4 3 2016 Asia Cup
Minod Bhanuka 3 India in Sri Lanka in 2021
Kusal Perera 8 8 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Last Updated: 3 January 2022[128]

Fielding recordsEdit

Most career catchesEdit

Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket.[lower-alpha 1] The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field. Most slip fielders are top order batsmen.[130][131]

South Africa's David Miller holds the record for the most catches in T20Is by a non-wicket-keeper with 62, followed by New Zealand's Martin Guptill with 58 and Shoaib Malik of Pakistan on 50. Thisara Perera is the leading catcher for Sri Lanka.[132]

Rank Catches Player Matches Period
1 29 Thisara Perera 80 2010-2021
Dasun Shanaka 82 2015-2022
2 26 Tillakaratne Dilshan 75 2006-2016
3 24 Angelo Mathews  78 2009-2021
4 21 Lasith Malinga 84 2006-2020
Danushka Gunathilaka  45 2016-2022
Wanindu Hasaranga  56 2019-2023
Last Updated: 2 April 2023[133]

Most catches in an inningsEdit

The feat of taking 4 catches in an innings has been achieved by 14 fielders on 14 occasions with Chandimal being the only Sri Lankan fielder.[134][135]

Rank Dismissals Player Opposition Venue Date
1 4 ♠ Dinesh Chandimal     Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 14 February 2014
2 3 Chamara Kapugedera   Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 22 February 2017
Danushka Gunathilaka    Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 5 October 2019
  England The Rose Bowl, Southampton, England 26 June 2021
Pathum Nissanka     India Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 6 September 2022
4 2 23 Sri Lankan fielders on 46 occasions took 2 catches in an inning.
Last Updated: 9 September 2022[136]

Most catches in a seriesEdit

The 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, which saw Netherlands retain their title,[137] saw the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in a T20I series. Jersey's Ben Stevens and Namibia's JJ Smit took 10 catches in the series. Thisara Perera with 6 catches in the 2018 Nidahas Trophy is the leading Sri Lankan fielder on this list.[138]

Rank Catches Player Matches Innings Series
1 9 Dasun Shanaka 8 8 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
2 6 Thisara Perera 4 4 2018 Nidahas Trophy
3 5 Pathum Nissanka  6 6 2022 Asia Cup
4 4 Wanindu Hasaranga  
Lasith Malinga 5 5 2007 ICC World Twenty20
Jehan Mubarak 7 7 2009 ICC World Twenty20
Tillakaratne Dilshan 2 2 Pakistan in Sri Lanka in 2012
7 7 2012 ICC World Twenty20
Dinesh Chandimal   2 2 Sri Lanka in Bangladesh in 2013-14
Dushmantha Chameera   3 3 Sri Lanka in India in 2015-16
Angelo Mathews   2016 Asia Cup
Chamara Kapugedera 4 4
3 3 Sri Lanka in Australia in 2016-17
Danushka Gunathilaka Sri Lanka in Pakistan in 2019-20
Dasun Shanaka Sri Lanka in England in 2021
Bhanuka Rajapaksha 8 8 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Dananjaya de Silva
3 3 Sri Lanka in India in 2022-23
Last Updated: 8 November 2022[139]

Other recordsEdit

Most career matchesEdit

India's Rohit Sharma holds the record for the most T20I matches played with 148, followed by Shoaib Malik of Pakistan with 124 and Martin Guptil of New Zealand with 122 games. Dasun is the most experienced Sri Lankan player having represented the team on 88 occasions.[140]

Rank Matches Player Runs Wkts Period
1 88 Dasun Shanaka  1,351 25 2015-2023
2 84 Lasith Malinga 136 107 2006-2020
3 80 Tillakaratne Dilshan 1,889 9 2006-2016
Thisara Perera 1,047 45 2010-2021
5 78 Angelo Mathews  1,148 38 2009-2021
Last Updated: 8 April 2023[141]

Most consecutive career matchesEdit

Afghanistan's Mohammad Shahzad and Asghar Afghan hold the record for the most consecutive T20I matches played with 58. Angelo Mathews holds the Sri Lankan record.[142]

Rank Matches Player Period
1 55 Angelo Mathews 2009-2015
2 48* Dasun Shanaka 2020-2023
3 37 Chamika Karunaratne 2021-2022
4 31 Dushmantha Chameera 2020-2022
5 28 Thisara Perera 2011-2014
Last updated: 8 April 2023[142]

Most matches as captainEdit

MS Dhoni, who led the Indian cricket team from 2007 to 2016, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in T20Is with 72. Dasun Shanaka has led Sri Lanka in 46 matches, the most for any player from his country.[143]

Rank Matches Player Won Lost Tied NR Win % Period
1 46 Dasun Shanaka   22 22 2 0 50.00 2019-2023
2 26 Dinesh Chandimal 13 13 0 50.00 2013-2018
3 24 Lasith Malinga 7 15 1 1 32.61 2014-2020
4 22 Kumar Sangakkara 13 9 0 0 59.09 2009-2012
5 19 Mahela Jayawardene 12 6 1 65.79 2006-2012
Last Updated: 2 April 2023[144]

Youngest players on DebutEdit

The youngest player to play in a T20I match is Marian Gherasim at the age of 14 years and 16 days. Making his debut for Romania against the Bulgaria on 16 October 2020 in the first T20I of the 2020 Balkan Cup[145] thus becoming the youngest to play in a men's T20I match.[146][147][148]

Rank Age Player Opposition Venue Date
1 18 years and 359 days Akila Dananjaya   New Zealand Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 27 September 2012
2 19 years and 111 days Chamara Kapugedera   England Rose Bowl, Southampton, England 15 June 2006
3 19 years and 252 days Matheesha Pathirana   Afghanistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, Dubai 27 August 2022
4 20 years and 18 days Binura Fernando   Pakistan R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 30 July 2015
5 20 years and 27 days Kamindu Mendis   England R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 27 October 2018
Last Updated: 12 September 2022[148][149]

Oldest Players on DebutEdit

The Turkish batsmen Osman Göker is the oldest player to make their debut a T20I match. Playing in the 2019 Continental Cup against Romania at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei he was aged 59 years and 181 days.[150][151]

Rank Age Player Opposition Venue Date
1 36 years and 350 days Sanath Jayasuriya   England Rose Bowl, Southampton, England 15 June 2006
2 36 years and 30 days Marvan Atapattu   New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand 22 December 2006
3 35 years and 161 days Indika de Saram   India Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 10 February 2009
4 34 years and 343 days Jeevantha Kulatunga   Zimbabwe Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Canada 10 October 2008
5 34 years and 249 days Muttiah Muralitharan   New Zealand Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand 22 December 2006
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[151][152]

Oldest PlayersEdit

The Turkish batsmen Osman Göker is the oldest player to appear in a T20I match during the same above mentioned match.[153]

Rank Age Player Opposition Venue Date
1 41 years and 360 days Sanath Jayasuriya   England Bristol County Ground, Bristol, England 25 June 2011
2 39 years and 331 days Tillakaratne Dilshan   Australia Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 9 September 2016
3 38 years and 197 days Muttiah Muralitharan WACA Ground, Perth, Australia 31 October 2010
4 38 years and 9 days Rangana Herath   South Africa Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India 28 March 2016
5 36 years and 314 days Mahela Jayawardene   India Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 6 April 2014
Last Updated: 9 August 2020[153][154]

Partnership recordsEdit

In cricket, two batsmen are always present at the crease batting together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them is dismissed, retires or the innings comes to a close.

Highest partnerships by wicketEdit

A wicket partnership describes the number of runs scored before each wicket falls. The first wicket partnership is between the opening batsmen and continues until the first wicket falls. The second wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the number three batsman. This partnership continues until the second wicket falls. The third wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the new batsman. This continues down to the tenth wicket partnership. When the tenth wicket has fallen, there is no batsman left to partner so the innings is closed.

Wicket Runs First batsman Second batsman Opposition Venue Date
1st Wicket 124 Sanath Jayasuriya Tillakaratne Dilshan   West Indies Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 10 June 2009  
2nd Wicket 166 ♠ Kumar Sangakkara Mahela Jayawardene Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados 7 May 2010  
3rd Wicket 94 Bhanuka Rajapaksa Shehan Jayasuriya   Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 7 October 2019
4th Wicket 123 Pathum Nissanka Wanindu Hasaranga   Ireland Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 20 October 2021  
5th Wicket 86 Charith Asalanka Bhanuka Rajapaksa   Bangladesh Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 24 October 2021  
6th Wicket 97 Kusal Perera Thisara Perera Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 16 March 2018
7th Wicket 69* Dasun Shanaka Chamika Karunaratne   Australia Pallekele, Kandy, Sri Lanka 11 June 2022
8th Wicket 46 Akila Dananjaya Isuru Udana   South Africa Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa 22 March 2019
9th Wicket 44 Dilhara Fernando Lasith Malinga   New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand 26 December 2006
10th Wicket 30 Chamika Karunaratne Dilshan Madushanka   Afghanistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, Dubai 27 August 2022
Last Updated: 27 August 2022[155]

Highest partnerships by runsEdit

The highest T20I partnership by runs for any wicket is held by the Afghan pairing of Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani who put together an opening wicket partnership of 236 runs during the Ireland v Afghanistan series in India in 2019[156]

Wicket Runs First batsman Second batsman Opposition Venue Date
2nd Wicket 166 Mahela Jayawardene Kumar Sangakkara   West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados 7 May 2010
145 Tillakaratne Dilshan   England Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 27 March 2014
1st Wicket 124 Sanath Jayasuriya   West Indies Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 10 June 2009
4th Wicket 123 Pathum Nissanka Wanindu Hasaranga   Ireland Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 20 October 2021  
1st Wicket 110 Tillakaratne Dilshan Dinesh Chandimal   Pakistan Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 4 March 2016
Last Updated: 4 November 2021[157]

Highest overall partnership runs by a pairEdit

Rank Runs Innings Players Highest Average 100/50 T20I career span
1 822 22 Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakkara 166 41.1 2/3 2007–2014
2 766 31 Tillakaratne Dilshan & Mahela Jayawardene 145 26.41 1/3
3 666 22 Pathum Nissanka & Kusal Mendis   97 30.27 0/4 2022–2023
4 626 Tillakaratne Dilshan & Kumar Sangakkara 74 29.8 0/5 2006–2014
5 606 Tillakaratne Dilshan & Kusal Perera 100 27.54 1/2 2013–2016
An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached). Last updated: 8 April 2023[158]

Umpiring recordsEdit

Most matches umpiredEdit

An umpire in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to the Laws of Cricket. Two umpires adjudicate the match on the field, whilst a third umpire has access to video replays, and a fourth umpire looks after the match balls and other duties. The records below are only for on-field umpires.

Ahsan Raza of Pakistan holds the record for the most T20I matches umpired with 64. The most experienced Sri Lankan umpire is Ruchira Palliyaguruge with 40 matches officiated so far.[159]

Rank Matches Umpire Period
1 40 Ruchira Palliyaguruge   2011-2022
2 36 Kumar Dharmasena 2009-2022
3 33 Raveendra Wimalasiri   2013-2022
4 29 Ranmore Martinesz 2010-2018
5 14 Lyndon Hannibal   2018-2022
Last Updated: 9 September 2022[159]

See alsoEdit

NotesEdit

  1. ↑ In 2017, The Laws of Cricket were amended, reducing the methods of dismissals from ten to nine, with handled the ball now covered as part of obstructing the field.[129]

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