Shahid Afridi became the 11th bowler to reach the mark of 300 ODI wickets and only the second player after Sanath Jayasuriya to reach the double of 6000 runs and 300 wickets in ODIs.
Muttiah Muralitharan surpassed Wasim Akram's tally of 55 wickets to become the second-highest wicket taker in World Cups. His tally of 56 wickets is only behind Glenn McGrath's 71 wickets.
Pakistan maintained their 100-percent record against Sri Lanka in World Cups by winning their seventh match.
Sri Lanka lost their first home game in World Cups. In 1996, they won against Australia and West Indies by forfeit and defeated Kenya and Zimbabwe.
