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Sri Lanka have an excellent record at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo: they've won 45 ODIs and lost 19 with a win-loss ratio of 2.36.
India's record at the venue is modest: they've won 12 and lost 16. Against Sri Lanka, they've won seven and lost 13.
Jayasuriya is the highest run-scorer at the Premadasa, and averages 40.10 at the venue. Sachin Tendulkar tops the list for India, with 872 runs at 48.44.
In 24 matches since 2004, a 300-plus total has been achieved only once at the Premadasa Stadium. On average, teams have managed 25.46 per wicket at a rate of 4.49.
During the same period, Sri Lanka averaged 26.88 at 4.64, while India have been a shade better with 28.27 at 4.88.
Fast bowlers have taken more wickets at the Premadasa since 2004 - 210 out of 334 at an average of 25.28. Spinners have managed 119 wickets at 31.96 apiece.
Since 2004, the team winning the toss has batted first on 18 out of 24 occasions. In the last five ODIs, teams chose to bat every time and the result went their way on four occasions.
Quotes
"We have a lot of talented players in our team, but they need to capitalise after getting set as Sri Lanka have good spinners in their side." Mahendra Singh Dhoni calls for his batsmen to spend more time at the crease.
"It's not like Mendis and Murali bowled badly in the last match; the Indians were never under pressure and we dropped a few catches. We played well in our last few ODIs (in Pakistan) and hopefully we can carry that form into tomorrow." Mahela Jayawardene is confident despite the blip in Dambulla