India's eighth successive bilateral series win
Statistical highlights of how the two teams fared in 2017, India's bilateral series-winning streak and Shikhar Dhawan crossing 4000 ODI runs
India marched to their eighth successive bilateral ODI series victory by beating Sri Lanka 2-1. This winning streak began with a 3-0 victory against Zimbabwe last year and they have beaten New Zealand (twice), England, West Indies, Sri Lanka (twice) and Australia since then. Overall in ODI history, only one team has had a longer streak of bilateral series wins. West Indies had won 14 consecutive bilateral series (of two or more games) between 1980 and 1988. India's previous longest bilateral winning streak was of six series between November 2007 and June 2009.
India finish the year in ODIs with 21 wins from 29 matches and only seven defeats. Their win-loss ratio of 3:1 this year is their best in any calendar year. Their previous best year was 2008 when they had a ratio of 2.375:1 with a 19-8 win-loss record. This year, only one team has had a better win-loss ratio than India. England have a 15-4 win-loss record with a ratio of 3.750:1. Out of England's four losses, two were against India in the three-match series in India. India are also the only team to not lose a single bilateral ODI series this year, among the top 10 teams.
Shikhar Dhawan got to 4000 ODI runs with a century in his 95th innings. Among India batsmen, only Virat Kohli got there with fewer innings, 93. Overall, five batsmen have got to the milestone in fewer innings than Dhawan. He also scored his 12th century in the format. He is the fifth-quickest to 12 ODI centuries in terms of innings. Among Indian players, Kohli got there in 83 innings. Overall, Quinton de Kock is the fastest to the feat, in just 74 innings.
Bharath Seervi is stats sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @SeerviBharath