# With his 41 off 32 balls, Gautam Gambhir became the first batsman to complete 600 runs for India in Twenty20 Internationals, amassing 621 at an average of 28.22 in 23 matches.
# Suresh Raina tallies 219 runs (avg .43.80) in the tournament. His aggregate is bettered only by Mahela Jayawardene - 292 at an average of 73.00, including one hundred and two fifties.
# Raina's 63 off 47 balls is his second fifty and the second best in Twenty20 Internationals, next only to the 101 against South Africa at Gros Islet, St Lucia.
# Kumar Sangakkara's aggregate of 557 runs (avg 37.13) in 17 matches is the second best as captain in Twenty20 Internationals. Graeme Smith (South Africa) is the only one to make 700 runs as captain - 751 at an average of 32.65 in 25 games.
# Sangakkara (404) became the third batsman to complete 400 runs or more for Sri Lanka in the ICC World Twenty20, joining Mahela Jayawardene (605) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (444).
# Ashish Nehra, with 10 wickets at an average of 15.60 (strike rate 12.00) in five games, is the top wicket-taker for India in the present competition.
# Before the semi-final games, the four top wicket-takers in the 2010 tournament of ICC World Twenty20 are - Dirk Nannes (13), Charl Langeveldt (11), Saeed Ajmal (10) and Ashish Nehra (10).
# Sri Lanka, with their deserving five-wicket win, have become the second team after Pakistan to post 12 victories out of 17 in ICC World Twenty20.
# Sri Lanka's first win against India in the ICC World Twenty20 is their second in Twenty20 Internationals.
# Harbhajan Singh could not claim a single wicket in the present competition, conceding 123 runs in five games. For the first time, Harbhajan has failed to take a wicket in five games in a row.
# With his fourth duck, Sanath Jayasuriya has earned a dubious feat of recording most ducks in ICC World Twenty20.
# Ajantha Mendis and Lasith Malinga, with 29 wickets each, share a record for most wickets for Sri Lanka in Twenty20 Internationals.
# With 24 wickets (avg.17.20), Malinga holds a Sri Lankan record in ICC World Twenty20.
# Angelo Matthews' excellent knock of 46 off 37 balls is his highest ever innings in Twenty20 Internationals.
# Matthews, for the first time, has been adjudged the Man of the Match in Twenty20 Internationals.
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