The wicket of Thilan Samaraweera in Sri Lanka's second innings of the Ahmedabad Test gave Anil Kumble a world record.
This was Kumble's 64th wicket in his 15th Test against Sri Lanka and he became the highest wicket-taking bowler against Sri Lanka.
Kumble surpassed Pakistan's Wasim Akram's tally of 63 wickets (from 19 Tests).
The following table gives details of the most successful bowlers against Sri Lanka:
| Wkts | Bowler | For | Tests | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Best | 5WI | 10WM | Ave |
| 64 | A Kumble | Ind | 15 | 4277 | 168 | 1871 | 7-59 | 3 | 2 | 29.23 |
| 63 | Wasim Akram | Pak | 19 | 3274 | 152 | 1340 | 5-43 | 3 | 0 | 21.27 |
| 59 | SK Warne | Aus | 13 | 3167 | 132 | 1507 | 5-43 | 5 | 2 | 25.54 |
| 56 | Waqar Younis | Pak | 13 | 2163 | 53 | 1273 | 6-34 | 4 | 1 | 22.73 |
| 47 | SM Pollock | SAf | 12 | 2271 | 114 | 960 | 6-30 | 1 | 0 | 20.43 |
| 46 | Imran Khan | Pak | 10 | 1788 | 76 | 673 | 8-58 | 3 | 1 | 14.63 |
| 45 | Kapil Dev | Ind | 14 | 2715 | 128 | 1195 | 5-110 | 1 | 0 | 26.56 |
| 37 | RJ Hadlee | NZ | 6 | 1405 | 85 | 473 | 5-29 | 2 | 1 | 12.78 |
| 37 | GD McGrath | Aus | 8 | 1828 | 84 | 823 | 5-37 | 2 | 0 | 22.24 |
