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The India cricket team toured Sri Lanka between July and September 2017 to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and a Twenty20 International match. [1] [2] [3] Ahead of the Test series, the teams played a two-day warm-up match in Colombo.
[5] [6] Ahead of the Test series, a two-day tour match was played between the India Board President XI and Sri Lanka. [7] In August 2017, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary mentioned that the Tests would be played in Kolkata, Nagpur and Delhi.
Mahela Jayawardene holds several batting and fielding test cricket records for Sri Lanka. Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. [1] A Test match takes place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing Full Member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
India's first Test series as an independent country was against Australia. [3] They secured their first Test win against England in 1952 at Madras Cricket Club Ground. [4] [A] As of 11 April 2024, India have played 579 Test matches; they have won 181 matches, lost 181 matches, and 222 matches were drawn with one being tied. [5]
The day/night Test match between South Africa and Zimbabwe was scheduled to last for only four days in duration, with the last such four-day Test match being played in 1973. The season started with India leading the Test cricket rankings , South Africa leading the ODI rankings , New Zealand leading the Twenty20 rankings , and England women ...
1998–99 Asian Test Championship; I. ... Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2017; ... Maharajkumar of Vizianagram's cricket team in India and Ceylon in 1930–31; N.
The Sri Lanka national cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. [1] Sri Lanka first competed in international cricket in 1975, when they played against West Indies during 1975 Cricket World Cup ; West Indies won ...
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] In the Test, Ravindra Jadeja scored 175 not out and took nine wickets. [21] India went on to win the match inside three days, [22] by the margin of an innings and 222 runs. [23]