Ashwin produces India's best T20 bowling figures

0 Bilateral series wins for Sri Lanka in India, across all formats. This was their 18th bilateral series in India - India have won 14 and four were drawn. This was only Sri Lanka's second bilateral T20I series in India. The first was drawn 1-1.

82 Sri Lanka's total in this match - their lowest in T20Is. Their previous lowest total was 87 against Australia in Bridgetown in the 2010 World T20. This is the second-lowest total by any team against India in T20Is; the lowest is 80 by England in Colombo in the 2012 World T20.

1 Bilateral T20 series, where there were two instances of teams getting all-out in the first innings in T20Is: this is the first such series. India were bowled out for 101 in the first match and Sri Lanka 82 in the third match.

9 Wickets by R Ashwin in this series - the joint second highest in a bilateral T20I series. Only Ahsan Malik had taken more - 11 for Netherlands against Nepal in 2015 in four matches. David Wiese also took nine wickets for South Africa against West Indies in 2014-15. Ashwin took 2 for 13 in the first match, 3 for 14 in the second and 4 for 8 in the third. His economy rate of 3.18 is the best by any bowler, bowling 10 or more overs in any series or tournament.

0 Instances of India winning a T20I by nine wickets. This was their first such win in T20Is. They had won by eight wickets four times in the past. This is Sri Lanka's third defeat by nine wickets in T20Is.

4 for 8 Ashwin's figures in this innings - best for India in T20Is. The previous best were also by Ashwin - 4 for 11 against Australia in Dhaka in the 2014 World T20. These are the best figures against Sri Lanka as well. These are also the second-best figures by a spinner in the first innings. Benn had taken 4 for 6 against Zimbabwe in Port of Spain in 2009-10.

3 Man-of-the-Match awards for Ashwin in T20Is. Only Yuvraj Singh (7) and Virat Kohli (5) have more for India. He also got his first Man-of-the-Series award in T20Is.

4 Wickets taken by Ashwin in the Powerplays - the joint highest by a spinner in a T20I. Suleiman Benn had taken 4 for 3 in the Powerplay against Zimbabwe in Port of Spain in 2009-10. Ashwin took 4 for 5 in this match. Both bowled three overs each.

6 Wickets lost by Sri Lanka in the first ten overs of the innings - their second-most in T20Is. They had lost seven wickets against Australia in Cape Town in the 2007 World T20. They were all-out for 101 in that match after being 43 for 7 at the end of 10 overs.

0 Instances of Sri Lanka losing two wickets in the first over in T20Is, before this match. Ashwin dismissed Niroshan Dickwella and Tillakaratne Dilshan in the first over. Ashwin is only the second spinner to take two wickets in the first over in T20Is. The first was Zulfiqar Babar against Australia in Dhaka in the 2014 World T20.

20 Dot balls bowled by Ravindra Jadeja in this innings, the most for India in a T20I innings. The previous highest was 19, by two bowlers: RP Singh against South Africa in Durban in the 2007 World T20, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar against Pakistan in Bangalore in 2012-13. Only two others have bowled more than 20 dot balls in a T20I innings - 21 by Christopher Mpofu for Zimbabwe against Canada in King City in 2008-09, and Mudassar Bukhari for Netherlands against UAE in Dubai (ICCA) February 2016.