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R Premdasa Stadium T20I records: List of Colombo Cricket Ground records and batting and bowling stats

Dixit Bhargav
|PublishedJun 07, 2022

R Premdasa Stadium T20I records: List of Colombo Cricket Ground records and batting and bowling stats

R Premdasa Stadium T20I records: The iconic stadium in Colombo had last hosted a T20I some nine months ago.

After facing delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia’s all-format tour of Sri Lanka will finally begin in Colombo today. In spite of these two teams playing a five-match T20I series down under earlier this year, this tour will still start with a three-match T20I series.

The iconic R Premdasa Stadium, which had last hosted a T20I some nine months ago, will be hosting Australia for the first two T20Is before the proceedings move to Pallekele for the third T20I and the first two ODIs.

Despite being the hosts, Sri Lanka have a poor T20I record at the Premdasa Stadium winning six and losing 20 out of their 26 T20Is in the last 13 years. Australia, on the other hand, have done quite well at this venue winning five and losing just two out of their seven R Premdasa T20Is.

R Premdasa Stadium T20I records (updated)

The Top Five highest T20I run-scorers at this venue are Kusal Perera (425), Shikhar Dhawan (284), Rohit Sharma (268), Virat Kohli (267) and Shane Watson (249). David Warner (226), Kusal Mendis (142), Dasun Shanaka (130), Charith Asalanka (102) and Danushka Gunathilaka (92) are among players taking part in this series and having scores some runs at this venue.

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As far as the bowlers are concerned, Lasith Malinga (17), Mitchell Starc (14) Yuzvendra Chahal (12), Shane Watson (11) and Mustafizur Rahman (11) are the Top Five highest wicket-takers in Colombo T20Is. Other than Starc, Wanindu Hasaranga (10), Dushmantha Chameera (9), Josh Hazlewood (4) and Shanaka (4) are among the bowlers who are playing this series with prior wickets here.

Highest T20I innings totals at the R Premdasa Stadium

Team	Score	Overs	Opposition	Year

Bangladesh	215/5	19.4	Sri Lanka	2018
Sri Lanka	214/6	20	Bangladesh	2018
West Indies	205/4	20	Australia	2012
England	196/5	20	Afghanistan	2012
West Indies	191/8	20	Australia	2012

About the author

Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.