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# India, with a well-earned victory by an innings, registered a 2-0 series triumph -- their fifth against Sri Lanka at home.
# India's aforesaid win is their fifth at Brabourne Stadium.
# India's win by an innings and 24 runs is their second by an innings margin at Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium their only previous win by an innings margin was against New Zealand in 1955-56 -- by an innings and 27 runs, their biggest at this venue.
# Harbhajan Singh is the leading wicket-taker in the series -- 13 (ave 41.00) with a strike rate of 73.00. He is followed by Sri Lanka's Herath (11 at 48.81) and Zaheer Khan (10 at 36.50).
# Kumar Sangakkara, with his 137 off 261 balls, has set a record for the highest individual innings as captain for Sri Lanka against India, surpassing the 136 by Mahela Jayawardene at Colombo SSC last year.
# Zaheer Khan's excellent figures (5/72) have ensured a 2-0 series win and the number one spot in the ICC rankings.
# Zaheer's eight occasions of five wickets in an innings, includes two on Indian soil, his best in India being 5 for 72 against Sri Lanka at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, surpassing the 5 for 91 against Australia at Bangalore in 2008-09.
# With two consecutive Test wins against Sri Lanka, India have won 10 out of 17 played in India winning per cent 58.82.
# Under Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the aforesaid win was India's seventh in ten Tests three drawn winning per cent 70.00.
# Being India's most successful skipper, Dhoni is one of the two captains in the history of Test Cricket not to have lost a Test match apart from enjoying a winning per cent of 70.00, winning seven out of ten. Australia's Warwick Armstrong had won out of ten Tests.
# Virender Sehwag has received his second Player of the series award against Sri Lanka - his fourth overall.
# Sehwag got the aforesaid award for becoming the top run-getter in the series - 491 (ave 122.75), including two centuries.
# Rahul Dravid is second in terms of run-aggregate in the series with 433 runs at an average of 108.25, followed by Mahela Jayawardene - 373 at an average of 74.60.
# Sehwag has now won eight man-of-the-match awards in Tests.
# Harbhajan Singh became the second Indian bowler after Anil Kumble (74) to complete his 50 wickets at an average of 34.28 in 13 Tests against Sri Lanka.