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By runs
Winner Margin Target Ground Match Date Scorecard
India 1 run 213 Colombo (RPS) 25 Jul 1993 ODI # 833
Sri Lanka 2 runs 303 Colombo (RPS) 17 Aug 1997 ODI # 1223
India 3 runs 415 Rajkot 15 Dec 2009 ODI # 2932
India 4 runs 272 Colombo (RPS) 27 Jul 2004 ODI # 2153
Sri Lanka 5 runs 258 Rajkot 11 Feb 2007 ODI # 2520
India 6 runs 228 Ahmedabad 22 Oct 1989 ODI # 580
India 6 runs 308 Colombo (RPS) 7 Jul 1998 ODI # 1344
Sri Lanka 6 runs 222 Colombo (RPS) 22 Jul 2001 ODI # 1737
Sri Lanka 8 runs 205 Colombo (RPS) 12 Aug 1993 ODI # 834
India 8 runs 247 Rajkot 15 Feb 1994 ODI # 879
Sri Lanka 8 runs 172 Colombo (SSC) 1 Jul 1998 ODI # 1341
Sri Lanka 9 runs 265 Colombo (SSC) 24 Aug 1997 ODI # 1226
India 10 runs 300 Mumbai 17 Jan 1987 ODI # 419
India 12 runs 200 Singapore 3 Apr 1996 ODI # 1089
Sri Lanka 12 runs 283 Dambulla 18 Jul 2004 ODI # 2148
Sri Lanka 14 runs 172 Colombo (PSS) 21 Sep 1985 ODI # 333
India 15 runs 257 Colombo (RPS) 31 Jan 2009 ODI # 2810
Sri Lanka 17 runs 272 Dhaka 29 Oct 1988 ODI # 530
India 18 runs 220 Sharjah 25 Mar 1988 ODI # 512
Sri Lanka 18 runs 282 Colombo (RPS) 9 Aug 2005 ODI # 2268
India 19 runs 246 Nagpur 1 Dec 1990 ODI # 644
India 20 runs 295 Pallekele 4 Aug 2012 ODI # 3295
India 21 runs 315 Hambantota 21 Jul 2012 ODI # 3291
India 23 runs 271 Colombo (SSC) 29 Aug 1999 ODI # 1490
Sri Lanka 25 runs 229 Colombo (RPS) 1 Aug 2004 ODI # 2155
India 33 runs 238 Colombo (RPS) 24 Aug 2008 ODI # 2750
Sri Lanka 36 runs 215 Cuttack 28 Dec 1990 ODI # 658
India 46 runs 228 Colombo (SSC) 1 Aug 2001 ODI # 1742
India 46 runs 259 Colombo (RPS) 27 Aug 2008 ODI # 2755
India 46 runs 320 Colombo (RPS) 14 Sep 2009 ODI # 2889
Sri Lanka 47 runs 239 Manchester 16 Jun 1979 ODI # 68
India 50 runs 305 Dhaka 13 Mar 2012 ODI # 3259
India 51 runs 287 Pune 30 Mar 1999 ODI # 1426
Sri Lanka 51 runs 290 Brisbane 21 Feb 2012 ODI # 3246
India 63 runs 305 Bristol 11 Jul 2002 ODI # 1855
India 67 runs 333 Colombo (RPS) 5 Feb 2009 ODI # 2815
Sri Lanka 68 runs 295 Sharjah 27 Oct 2000 ODI # 1650
Sri Lanka 68 runs 321 Colombo (RPS) 8 Feb 2009 ODI # 2818
Sri Lanka 69 runs 255 Port of Spain 23 Mar 2007 ODI # 2550
Sri Lanka 71 runs 277 Dhaka 1 Jun 2000 ODI # 1598
By wickets
Winner Margin Balls Rem Target Overs Ground Match Date Scorecard
India 2 wickets 3 242 44.3 Colombo (SSC) 25 Aug 1985 ODI # 332
India 2 wickets 5 239 49.1 Adelaide 19 Feb 2008 ODI # 2681
India 3 wickets 5 206 49.1 Sharjah 13 Apr 1986 ODI # 383
Sri Lanka 3 wickets 4 242 49.2 Sharjah 25 Apr 1990 ODI # 623
India 3 wickets 5 246 49.1 Sharjah 6 Nov 1998 ODI # 1366
Sri Lanka 3 wickets 10 206 48.2 Dambulla 30 Jul 2005 ODI # 2262
India 3 wickets 62 143 39.4 Dambulla 20 Aug 2008 ODI # 2745
Sri Lanka 3 wickets 5 302 49.1 Nagpur 18 Dec 2009 ODI # 2933
Sri Lanka 4 wickets 3 228 49.3 Moratuwa 14 Aug 1993 ODI # 835
Sri Lanka 4 wickets 1 141 32.5 Jalandhar 20 Feb 1994 ODI # 883
India 4 wickets 28 203 45.2 The Oval 30 Jun 2002 ODI # 1849
India 4 wickets 11 188 48.1 Birmingham 6 Jul 2002 ODI # 1852
Sri Lanka 4 wickets 12 221 48.0 Dambulla 3 Aug 2005 ODI # 2265
India 4 wickets 26 262 45.4 Pune 3 Nov 2005 ODI # 2291
Sri Lanka 4 wickets 9 246 48.3 Dhaka 13 Jan 2010 ODI # 2943
India 4 wickets 20 234 46.4 Perth 8 Feb 2012 ODI # 3233
Sri Lanka 5 wickets 55 226 40.5 Mumbai 17 May 1997 ODI # 1207
Sri Lanka 5 wickets 10 229 48.2 Margao 28 Dec 1997 ODI # 1269
Sri Lanka 5 wickets 37 225 43.5 Sharjah 20 Oct 2000 ODI # 1640
Sri Lanka 5 wickets 14 286 47.4 Ahmedabad 6 Nov 2005 ODI # 2294
India 5 wickets 63 245 39.3 Vadodara 12 Nov 2005 ODI # 2296
India 5 wickets 21 231 46.3 Margao 14 Feb 2007 ODI # 2522
Sri Lanka 5 wickets 12 280 48.0 Dhaka 5 Jan 2010 ODI # 2938
India 5 wickets 2 287 49.4 Colombo (RPS) 28 Jul 2012 ODI # 3293
India 6 wickets 55 278 40.5 Delhi 15 Sep 1982 ODI # 157
India 6 wickets 64 234 39.2 Bangalore 26 Sep 1982 ODI # 159
India 6 wickets 15 209 41.3 Delhi 13 Jan 1987 ODI # 416
India 6 wickets 47 177 37.1 Dhaka 4 Nov 1988 ODI # 534
India 6 wickets 21 228 45.3 Pune 5 Dec 1990 ODI # 646
India 6 wickets 8 99 23.4 Colombo (SSC) 17 Sep 1994 ODI # 927
Sri Lanka 6 wickets 8 272 48.4 Delhi 2 Mar 1996 ODI # 1070
Sri Lanka 6 wickets 32 228 44.4 Colombo (RPS) 18 Jul 1997 ODI # 1218
India 6 wickets 23 299 46.1 Jaipur 31 Oct 2005 ODI # 2290
India 6 wickets 19 309 46.5 Karachi 3 Jul 2008 ODI # 2732
India 6 wickets 11 247 48.1 Dambulla 28 Jan 2009 ODI # 2806
Sri Lanka 6 wickets 10 269 48.2 Harare 5 Jun 2010 ODI # 2988
India 6 wickets 93 171 34.3 Dambulla 16 Aug 2010 ODI # 3032
India 6 wickets 10 275 48.2 Mumbai 2 Apr 2011 ODI # 3148
India 6 wickets 46 252 42.2 Colombo (RPS) 31 Jul 2012 ODI # 3294
By balls remaining in the second innings
Winner Margin Balls Rem Target Overs Max Ground Match Date Scorecard
Sri Lanka 4 wickets 1 141 32.5 33.0 Jalandhar 20 Feb 1994 ODI # 883
India 5 wickets 2 287 49.4 50.0 Colombo (RPS) 28 Jul 2012 ODI # 3293
India 2 wickets 3 242 44.3 45.0 Colombo (SSC) 25 Aug 1985 ODI # 332
Sri Lanka 4 wickets 3 228 49.3 50.0 Moratuwa 14 Aug 1993 ODI # 835
Sri Lanka 3 wickets 4 242 49.2 50.0 Sharjah 25 Apr 1990 ODI # 623
Sri Lanka 7 wickets 4 126 24.2 25.0 Colombo (RPS) 5 Sep 1994 ODI # 922
India 3 wickets 5 206 49.1 50.0 Sharjah 13 Apr 1986 ODI # 383
India 3 wickets 5 246 49.1 50.0 Sharjah 6 Nov 1998 ODI # 1366
India 2 wickets 5 239 49.1 50.0 Adelaide 19 Feb 2008 ODI # 2681
Sri Lanka 3 wickets 5 302 49.1 50.0 Nagpur 18 Dec 2009 ODI # 2933
India 6 wickets 8 99 23.4 25.0 Colombo (SSC) 17 Sep 1994 ODI # 927
Sri Lanka 6 wickets 8 272 48.4 50.0 Delhi 2 Mar 1996 ODI # 1070
Sri Lanka 4 wickets 9 246 48.3 50.0 Dhaka 13 Jan 2010 ODI # 2943
India 7 wickets 10 227 48.2 50.0 Hyderabad (Deccan) 18 Feb 1994 ODI # 881
Sri Lanka 5 wickets 10 229 48.2 50.0 Margao 28 Dec 1997 ODI # 1269
Sri Lanka 3 wickets 10 206 48.2 50.0 Dambulla 30 Jul 2005 ODI # 2262
Sri Lanka 6 wickets 10 269 48.2 50.0 Harare 5 Jun 2010 ODI # 2988
India 6 wickets 10 275 48.2 50.0 Mumbai 2 Apr 2011 ODI # 3148
India 4 wickets 11 188 48.1 50.0 Birmingham 6 Jul 2002 ODI # 1852
India 6 wickets 11 247 48.1 50.0 Dambulla 28 Jan 2009 ODI # 2806
India 7 wickets 11 316 48.1 50.0 Kolkata 24 Dec 2009 ODI # 2935
Sri Lanka 4 wickets 12 221 48.0 50.0 Dambulla 3 Aug 2005 ODI # 2265
Sri Lanka 8 wickets 12 154 19.0 21.0 Canberra 12 Feb 2008 ODI # 2676
Sri Lanka 5 wickets 12 280 48.0 50.0 Dhaka 5 Jan 2010 ODI # 2938
Sri Lanka 5 wickets 14 286 47.4 50.0 Ahmedabad 6 Nov 2005 ODI # 2294
India 6 wickets 15 209 41.3 44.0 Delhi 13 Jan 1987 ODI # 416
India 7 wickets 17 205 42.1 45.0 Kolkata 4 Jan 1991 ODI # 661
India 6 wickets 19 309 46.5 50.0 Karachi 3 Jul 2008 ODI # 2732
Sri Lanka 7 wickets 20 206 46.4 50.0 Colombo (RPS) 25 Aug 1999 ODI # 1487
India 4 wickets 20 234 46.4 50.0 Perth 8 Feb 2012 ODI # 3233
India 7 wickets 21 215 41.3 45.0 Sharjah 27 Nov 1986 ODI # 401
India 6 wickets 21 228 45.3 49.0 Pune 5 Dec 1990 ODI # 646
India 5 wickets 21 231 46.3 50.0 Margao 14 Feb 2007 ODI # 2522
India 6 wickets 23 299 46.1 50.0 Jaipur 31 Oct 2005 ODI # 2290
India 7 wickets 26 184 45.4 50.0 Colombo (RPS) 28 Jul 2001 ODI # 1740
India 4 wickets 26 262 45.4 50.0 Pune 3 Nov 2005 ODI # 2291
India 4 wickets 28 203 45.2 50.0 The Oval 30 Jun 2002 ODI # 1849
India 7 wickets 31 173 37.5 43.0 Guwahati 22 Dec 1997 ODI # 1267
India 7 wickets 32 204 44.4 50.0 Kanpur 7 Nov 1993 ODI # 846
Sri Lanka 6 wickets 32 228 44.4 50.0 Colombo (RPS) 18 Jul 1997 ODI # 1218
Tied matches
Team 1 Team 2 Ground Match Date Scorecard
India West Indies W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth 6 Dec 1991 ODI # 692
India Zimbabwe Nehru Stadium, Indore 18 Nov 1993 ODI # 852
New Zealand Sri Lanka Sharjah Cricket Stadium 11 Nov 1996 ODI # 1142
India Zimbabwe Boland Park, Paarl 27 Jan 1997 ODI # 1169
Pakistan Sri Lanka Sharjah Cricket Stadium 15 Oct 1999 ODI # 1514
South Africa Sri Lanka Kingsmead, Durban 3 Mar 2003 ODI # 1979
India England M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 27 Feb 2011 ODI # 3110
England India Lord's, London 11 Sep 2011 ODI # 3191
India Sri Lanka Adelaide Oval 14 Feb 2012 ODI # 3239
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Sri Lanka v India at Pallekele, 5th ODI, Aug 4, 2012 [ODI # 3295]
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), 4th ODI, Jul 31, 2012 [ODI # 3294]
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), 3rd ODI, Jul 28, 2012 [ODI # 3293]
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