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The Pallekele Stadium was inaugurated during the 2011 International Cricket Council One Day International Cricket World Cup (ICC ODI CWC). The first game was between New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Pakistan was comprehensively defeated by 110 runs on the back of a 124-ball-131 by Ross Taylor. Pakistan has played 4 other games in the stadium. They have won only 2 of them. One of them was against Zimbabwe in the 2011 ICC ODI CWC. They have played Sri Lanka thrice as part of bilateral series and managed to win only one game amongst them.
India have played only 3 games in the stadium. This was against Sri Lanka as part of a bilateral series. They have managed to secure a win on all instances.
Jasprit Bumrah has picked up 4 wickets and 5 wickets on the 2 occasions he has played in the stadium. Rohit Sharma has scored a half century and a century on 2 of the 3 occasions he has played in the stadium.
The records of the past 5 matches suggests that an even contest between the bat and the ball. The pitch also offers equal opportunity to spin bowlers and pace bowlers.
In the last 3 India vs Pakistan matches that took place in Sri Lanka, both teams have managed to win one game each with one game being abandoned.
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