# With a no-result game, India have played 31, winning 17 and losing 10 this year. Four games involving India could not produce results - the most by any country in 2009. India's winning percentage is 62.96.
# Sri Lanka have won 12 and lost 14 out of the 27 contested with only one no-result game this year. Sri Lanka's winning percentage is 46.15.
# Sanath Jayasuriya (20 years 1 day) has become the third player after Javed Miandad (20 years 272 days) and Sachin Tendulkar (20 years 6 days) to have played ODIs for 20 years.
# Appearing in his 85th ODI on Indian soil, Harbhajan Singh, with Jayasuriya's wicket, has become the fifth bowler to take 100 wickets in India, joining Anil Kumble (126), Ajit Agarkar (109), Javagal Srinath (103) and Kapil Dev (100).
# Dilshan's tally of 353 (avg 70.60) is a record in Sri Lanka-India ODIs, outstripping Mahendra Singh Dhoni's tally of 346 in five innings at an average of 115.33, in 2005-06 in India.
# Both Gordon Greenidge (353 in 1983-84) and Dilshan share a record for most runs in five-ODI series against India.
# Zaheer Khan is the top wicket-taker in the series - 7 wickets - at an average of 40.00.
# Tillakaratne Dilshan has completed 1,000 runs in 2009 at an average of 55.55 in 19 matches - the only one to perform the feat in Tests as well as ODIs this year.
# In the history of ODIs, only two games have been abandoned due to the condition of the pitch - both involving India and Sri Lanka played in India - the first being at Nehru Stadium, Indore on Dec 25 1997.