The Colombo R Premadasa Stadium will serve as one of the venues in the upcoming Asia Cup 2023, check out the stadium’s ODI stats and records, stadium details, pitch report today, and more below
The Asia Cup 2023 is all set to begin with the first round group stage match on Wednesday, August 30 featuring a Pakistan vs Nepal opener clash.
Colombo R Premadasa Stadium pitch report today, weather, ODI records, stats, capacity, average score Asia Cup 2023
2023 – Venues at Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Stadium : R. Premadasa Stadium
Location : Colombo
Capacity : 35,000
Matches : 6(7/n) – #AsiaCup #AsiaCup23 pic.twitter.com/jwsexHfKbg
— Sayantan Pandit (@codziac) August 29, 2023
PAK has never lost after scoring 250+ at R.Premadasa Stadium#PAKvsAFG #AFGvsPAK #AfgvsPak2023 pic.twitter.com/NauaHHtLzG
— Zubair Shakeel Wani (@ZubiTalks) August 26, 2023
Up until now, the venue has previously hosted 141 One Day Internationals, 44 T20Is and 9 Tests so far.
Colombo R Premadasa Stadium Asia Cup 2023 matches
The R Premadasa Stadium will host a total of six matches in the Asia Cup 2023 including final match on September 17. All the participating teams are set to play at least one match at the venue.
R Premadasa Stadium pitch report
The pitch at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo generally favors spinners. The pitch usually becomes sluggish as the game progresses, which makes it difficult for batters to score runs. Meanwhile, fast bowlers also have a hard time getting wickets on this ground. However, batters in the middle order will have a better luck scoring runs. The last ODI match hosted at the venue was the third match of the recently concluded three-match series between Pakistan and Afghanistan this month.
R Premadasa stadium details
- Year established – 1986
- Total seating capacity – 35,000 seats
- Ends – The Khettarama End and the Maligawatte End
- International matches hosted so far – 9 Tests, 44 T20Is and 141 ODIs
Colombo R Premadasa Stadium ODI stats and records
| Stats | Records |
| Matches | 141 |
| Home Side (Sri Lanka) Won | 74 |
| Visiting Team Won | 39 |
| Neutral Team Won | 18 |
| No Result | 8 |
| Won Batting First | 76 |
| Won Chasing | 55 |
| Highest match total | 375/5 by India vs Sri Lanka in 2017 |
| Highest Successful Chase | 292/4 by Sri Lanka vs Australia in 2022 |
| Average First Innings Score | 225 |
| Lowest match total | 86 All Out by Netherlands vs Sri Lanka in 2002 |
| Lowest Total Defended | 184 by Pakistan vs Canada in 2011 |
| Highest Score by a single player | Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – 169 vs South Africa in 2013 |
| Best Bowling Innings by a single player | Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka) – 6 for 20 vs India in 2009 |
| Most Runs by a single player | Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 2514 runs in 70 innings |
| Most Wickets by a single player | Mutiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 75 wickets in 57 matches |
| Total Sixes | 476 sixes |
| Most Sixes by a single player | 30 sixes |
| Total Fours | 4511 fours |
| Most Fours by a single player | Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 274 fours |
| Total Fifties | 320 Fifties |
| Most 50s by a single player | Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 19 fifties |
| Total 100s | 52 Hundreds |
| Most 100s by a single player | Sachin Tendulkar (India) & Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 4 Hundreds each |
| Highest Partnership | 252 by Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly (India) vs Sri Lanka in 1998 |
| Most Dismissals | Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – 83 Dismissals (65 catches & 18 stumpings) |
| Most Catches (Fielder) | Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) – 39 catches |
Sri Lanka ODI Record in R Premadasa Stadium
| Stats | Record |
| Matches | 120 |
| Won | 74 |
| Lost | 39 |
| No Result | 7 |
| Won Batting First | 39 |
| Won Chasing | 33 |
| Highest Total | 366 |
| Lowest Total | 98 |
India ODI Record in R Premadasa Stadium
| Stats | Record |
| Matches | 46 |
| Won | 23 |
| Lost | 19 |
| No Result | 4 |
| Won Batting First | 14 |
| Won Chasing | 9 |
| Highest Total | 375 |
| Lowest Total | 103 |
Pakistan ODI record in R Premadasa Stadium
| Stats | Record |
| Matches | 24 |
| Won | 14 |
| Lost | 8 |
| No Result | 2 |
| Won Batting First | 9 |
| Won Chasing | 5 |
| Highest Total | 321 |
| Lowest Total | 122 |
Bangladesh ODI Record in R Premadasa Stadium
| Stats | Record |
| Matches | 11 |
| Won | 0 |
| Lost | 11 |
| Won Batting First | 0 |
| Won Chasing | 0 |
| Highest Total | 238 |
| Lowest Total | 108 |
Afghanistan ODI Record in R Premadasa Stadium
| Stats | Record |
| Matches | 1 |
| Won | 0 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Won Batting First | 0 |
| Won Chasing | 1 |
| Highest Total | 209 |
| Lowest Total | NA |