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Both were high scoring matches, with the total runs scored in each match exceeding 1,400. Both matches were drawn, but a number of world records were established during the series, particularly in the first match. India played a three-day tour match before the first Test against the Sri Lanka Board President's XI, starting on 29 July.
Sri Lanka's tour of India in 1986-87 India: Sri Lanka: Dates: 17 December 1986 – 17 January 1987: Captains: Kapil Dev: Duleep Mendis: Test series; Result: India won the 3-match series 2–0: Most runs: Dilip Vengsarkar 376 most runs: Ravi Ratnayeke 206: Most wickets: Maninder Singh 18 most wickets: Ravi Ratnayeke 9: Player of the series ...
After Sri Lanka awarded Test status on 17 February 1982 as eighth Test playing nation, they had to wait until 6 September 1985, where Sri Lanka recorded their first Test win by beating India, in the second match of the series by 149 runs at the P Sara Oval, Colombo.
The Sri Lanka national cricket team played their first Test match on 17 February 1982, against England, and recorded their first victory on 6 September 1985, in a match against India. [5] Since then, they have played nearly 300 matches, against every other Test-playing nation. [ 6 ]
Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1997–98 India: Sri Lanka: Dates: 13 November – 28 December 1997: Captains: Sachin Tendulkar: Arjuna Ranatunga: Test series; Result: 3-match series drawn 0–0: Most runs: Sourav Ganguly (392) Marvan Atapattu (268) Most wickets: Javagal Srinath (9) Ravindra Pushpakumara (8), Kumar Dharmasena (8) Player of ...
Sri Lanka's tour of India in 1990-91 India: Sri Lanka: Dates: 23 November 1990 – 8 December 1990: Captains: Mohammad Azharuddin: Arjuna Ranatunga: Test series; Result: India won the 1-match series 1–0: Most runs: Ravi Shastri 88: Hashan Tillakaratne 55: Most wickets: Venkatapathy Raju 8: Rumesh Ratnayake Jayananda Warnaweera Ranjith ...
India won the second T20I by seven wickets to win the series with a match to play. [17] India won the third and final T20I match by six wickets to win the series 3–0. [18] The first Test of the series was the 300th to be played by Sri Lanka, [19] and it was also the 100th Test match for India's Virat Kohli. [20]
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. India was captained by Virender Sehwag in the absence of MS Dhoni, who was banned for two matches for a slow over-rate; Gautam Gambhir was adjudged man of the match but he gave the award to Virat Kohli as it was maiden century in ODIs. Virat Kohli (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs. [14]