Stats from India’s record win: Shami makes history as Kohli climbs all-time list
India piled on 357/8 then tore through Sri Lanka for only 55 to record a 302-run win that is now the hosts' biggest margin of victory by runs ever at an ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
It is also the second-biggest such margin by any team in the history of the tournament, falling seven runs short of the 309-run record set by Australia against Netherlands a week ago.
Only three times in the history of Men’s ODIs has there been a bigger margin of victory by runs: Zimbabwe's 304-run triumph over USA in June this year, Australia's 309-run win over Netherlands earlier in this tournament, and India’s record 317-run hammering of Sri Lanka in January 2023.
That means that the four biggest wins by runs in Men’s ODIs have all come in 2023.
Mohammed Shami is now India’s leading wicket-taker at Men’s Cricket World Cups with 45 wickets, which has come in just 14 matches and at an eye-watering average of 12.91.
Mohammed Shami picked two wickets in his very first over.
India’s previous highest wicket-taker in the tournament’s history was shared between Zaheer Khan and Javagal Srinath with 44 wickets.
Only seven bowlers have taken more Cricket World Cup wickets than Shami, with none doing so in as few matches and none coming close to the average the India quick has struck with.
Match Highlights of the India-Sri Lanka game. India won their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 encounter against Sri Lanka by 302 runs, a World Cup record win for them.
Shami has also taken more hauls of four wickets or more in World Cups than any other bowler, with his record of seven such feats surpassing Mitchell Starc (6) and Imran Tahir (5).
The right-armer has also equalled the record for the most five-wicket hauls in World Cups with three alongside Australia's left-armer Starc.
Shami has also surpassed Harbhajan Singh and Srinath to have the most five-fors in ODIs for India with four.
Virat Kohli has risen up a spot in the list of the Men’s Cricket World Cup’s greatest-ever run-scorers.
The top-order batter's latest effort saw Kohli move to 1472 career runs in the tournament, and helped him leapfrog Australia's David Warner into fourth in the all-time list.
Highlights of the Virat Kohli knock which powered India after an early loss. The knock included 11 fours.
Only Sachin Tendulkar (2278), Ricky Ponting (1743) and Kumar Sangakkara (1532) have scored more in their careers at the tournament.
With 88 against Sri Lanka, Kohli brought up his 13th 50-plus score in World Cups – the second-most by a player across all editions of the tournament and only behind former teammate Sachin Tendulkar on 21.
The right-hander now has 118 scores of 50-plus in ODIs to be equal-second for the most in the format with Sangakkara, while Tendulkar also holds that record with 145.
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Kohli’s tally for the current tournament moved to 442 runs in seven innings, just one run shy of his effort from the 2019 tournament where he averaged 55.37 across nine matches.
The 34-year-old has now scored 1000-plus ODI runs in a calendar year eight times – the most by any player in the format’s history.
It wasn’t just the India team making waves at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Dilshan Madushanka’s five-wicket haul means he is now the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 18 scalps.
Dilshan Madushanka dismissed the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill in a good outing in Mumbai.
Shaheen Shah Afridi, Marco Jansen and Adam Zampa are closest to the Sri Lanka quick with 16 apiece, while Jasprit Bumrah (15) and Mohammed Shami (14) are not much further behind.
Madushanka's 5/80 is now the best bowling figures for Sri Lanka against India in World Cup matches, though it is also the most expensive five-wicket haul from any bowler in World Cup history and the second-most expensive five-for in ODIs.