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Statistical highlight for Tendulkar during India and Sri Lanka match

There were a number of interesting features of this match

There were a number of interesting features of this match. Firstly, Sachin Tendulkar passed his own record for the most runs scored in a World Cup tournament. He had scored 523 runs (avg 87.16) in 1996.
Most runs in a World Cup tournament
Name           Team  M Inns  NO Runs   HS     Avg     SR 100 50 Year
SR Tendulkar   Ind   8    8   0  571  152   71.37  90.34   1  5 2003
SR Tendulkar   Ind   7    7   1  523  137   87.16  85.59   2  3 1996
ME Waugh       Aus   7    7   1  484  130   80.66  85.51   3  1 1996
GA Gooch       Eng   8    8   0  471  115   58.87  70.29   1  3 1987
R Dravid       Ind   8    8   1  461  145   65.85  85.52   2  3 1999
MD Crowe       NZ    9    9   5  456  100* 114.00  90.65   1  4 1992
PA de Silva    SL    6    6   1  448  145   89.60 107.69   2  2 1996
DC Boon        Aus   8    8   0  447   93   55.87  76.67   0  5 1987
Javed Miandad  Pak   9    9   2  437   89   62.42  62.33   0  5 1992
GR Marsh       Aus   8    8   1  428  126*  61.14  68.26   2  1 1987
Tendulkar was dismissed for the 8th time in the nineties in Limited Overs Internationals, passing the 7 dismissals in the nineties by Aravinda de Silva. De Silva has also made two not out scores in the nineties, making 9 scores in the nineties in total, one ahead of Tendulkar's 8.
The Sri Lankan innings included 5 ducks. This one short of the most ducks in a Limited Overs International innings. It was, however, the first time in Limited Overs Internationals that the first four batsman dismissed in an innings all made ducks.
Most ducks in a Limited Overs International innings
Ducks For             Against      Venue           Season
6 Pakistan        England      Birmingham      1987
6 Pakistan        West Indies  Cape Town       1992/93
6 South Africa    Australia    Sydney          2001/02
5 England         West Indies  Lord's          1979
5 England         Zimbabwe     Harare          1996/97
5 West Indies     Pakistan     Melbourne       1996/97
5 South Africa    Pakistan     Sharjah         1999/00
5 West Indies     Zimbabwe     Sydney          2000/01
5 New Zealand     Pakistan     Auckland        2000/01
5 Zimbabwe        Sri Lanka    Colombo-SSC     2001/02
5 Canada          Sri Lanka    Paarl           2002/03
5 Sri Lanka       India        Johannesburg    2002/03
Finally, Mohammad Kaif became the first fielder to take 4 catches in a World Cup match. For the record the following fielders all held the previous record of 3:
Name         For          Against        Venue             Season
CH Lloyd     West Indies  Sri Lanka      Manchester        1975
DA Reeve     England      Pakistan       Adelaide          1991/92
Ijaz Ahmed   Pakistan     Australia      Perth             1991/92
AR Border    Australia    Zimbabwe       Hobart            1991/92
CL Cairns    New Zealand  UAE            Faisalabad        1995/96
GP Thorpe    England      Sri Lanka      Lord's            1999
NJ Astle     New Zealand  Australia      Cardiff           1999
IL Philip    Scotland     Bangladesh     Edinburgh         1999
RT Ponting   Australia    Bangladesh     Chester-le-Street 1999
SC Williams  West Indies  Scotland       Leicester         1999
AR Whittall  Zimbabwe     South Africa   Chelmsford        1999
V Sehwag     India        Holland        Paarl             2002/03
LJ Burger    Namibia      England        Port Elizabeth    2002/03
HH Dippenaar South Africa Bangladesh     Bloemfontein      2002/03
D Mongia     India        Namibia        Pietermaritzburg  2002/03
V Sehwag     India        England        Durban            2002/03
AF Giles     England      Australia      Port Elizabeth    2002/03