The Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) on Thursday July 23,2015 announced the squad for India's upcoming Test series with Sri Lanka.
15-Member Test Squad
India will play Sri Lanka in a 3-match Test series from August 12,2015
3-Match Test Series Schedule
First Test @ Galle International Stadium,Galle Aug 12 - 16,2015
Second Test @ P Sara Oval,Colombo Aug 20-24,2015
Third Test @ Sinhalese Sports Club,Colombo Aug 28 - SEp 01,2015
India - Sri Lanka Head-to-Head in Test Matches
Total tests = 35 (upto July 2015)
India won 14, Sri Lanka won 6, Draw 14.
In India = 17 = India won 10. Sri Lanka won 0, Draw 7.
In Sri Lanka = 18, Sri Lanka won 6. India won 4, Draw = 7
Highest Individual Scores
Sanath reached his 100 from 138 balls, 200 from 327 balls and then 300 from 518 balls. In total, Sanath Jayasuriya scored 340 runs from 578 balls which still rests as second highest individual score by a Sri Lankan batsman in test cricket.
201 from only 231 balls with 22 fours and 4 fours by Virendra Sehwag is the highest score by an Indian batsman against Sri Lanka in tests
Sanath Jayasuriya was the main architech of that mamoth score, along with his partner Roshan Mahanama. Together, this left and right hand combination put on 576 runs which was also the then highest partnership in all tests. Sanath Jayasuriya made 340 from 578 balls with 36 fours and 2 sixes while Roshan Mahanama contributed 225 runs batting at number 3 from 561 balls with 27 fours
676/7 dec is India's highest total in a test match against Sri Lanka, which they made at Green Park stadium in Kanpur. Sri Lanka had scored healthy 420 batting first to which Indians replied with three individual centuries. Opener Sunil Gawaskar made 176, Kapil Dev made 163 while Mohammad Azharuddin became the then 2nd only batsman to get out on 199 (after Muddasar Nazar of Pakistan
15-Member Test Squad
Virat Kohli (capt)
Ajinkya Rahane
Cheteshwar Pujara
Shikhar Dhawan
Wriddhiman Saha
R Ashwin
Harbhajan Singh
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Varun Aaron
Ishant Sharma
Karn Sharma
Rohit Sharma
M Vijay
Umesh Yadav
KL RahuIndia will play Sri Lanka in a 3-match Test series from August 12,2015
3-Match Test Series Schedule
First Test @ Galle International Stadium,Galle Aug 12 - 16,2015
Second Test @ P Sara Oval,Colombo Aug 20-24,2015
Third Test @ Sinhalese Sports Club,Colombo Aug 28 - SEp 01,2015
India - Sri Lanka Head-to-Head in Test Matches
Total tests = 35 (upto July 2015)
India won 14, Sri Lanka won 6, Draw 14.
In India = 17 = India won 10. Sri Lanka won 0, Draw 7.
In Sri Lanka = 18, Sri Lanka won 6. India won 4, Draw = 7
| India vs Sri Lanka, test match head to head. | ||||
| Match | Winner | Margin | Venue | Date |
| 35th India v Sri Lanka test | India | 5 wkts | Colombo | 3 Aug 2010 |
| 34th India v Sri Lanka test | draw | Colombo | 26 Jul 2010 | |
| 33rd India v Sri Lanka test | Sri Lanka | 10 wkts | Galle | 18 Jul 2010 |
| 32nd India v Sri Lanka test | India | inns + 24 runs | Mumbai | 2 Dec 2009 |
| 31nd India v Sri Lanka test | India | inns + 144 runs | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 30th India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Ahmedabad | 16 Nov 2009 | |
| 29th India v Sri Lanka test | Sri Lanka | 8 wickets | Colombo | 8 Aug 2008 |
| 28th India v Sri Lanka test | India | 170 runs | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 |
| 27th India v Sri Lanka test | Sri Lanka | inns + 239 runs | Colombo | 23 Jul 2008 |
| 26th India v Sri Lanka test | India | 259 runs | Ahmedabad | 18 Dec 2005 |
| 25th India v Sri Lanka test | India | 188 runs | Delhi | 10 Dec 2005 |
| 24th India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Chennai | 2 Dec 2005 | |
| 23rd India v Sri Lanka test | Sri Lanka | inns + 77 runs | Colombo (SSC) | 29 Aug 2001 |
| 22nd India v Sri Lanka test | India | 7 wickets | Kandy | 22 Aug 2001 |
| 21st India v Sri Lanka test | Sri Lanka | 10 wickets | Galle | 14 Aug 2001 |
| 20th India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Feb 1999 | |
| 19th India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Mumbai | 3 Dec 1997 | |
| 18th India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Nagpur | 27 Nov 1997 | |
| 17th India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Mohali | 19 Nov 1997 | |
| 16th India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Colombo (SSC) | 9 Aug 1997 | |
| 15th India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Colombo (RPS) | 2 Aug 1997 | |
| 14th India v Sri Lanka test | India | inns + 17 runs | Ahmedabad | 8 Feb 1994 |
| 13th India v Sri Lanka test | India | inns + 95 runs | Bengaluru | 26 Jan 1994 |
| 12th India v Sri Lanka test | India | inns + 119 runs | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 |
| 11th India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Colombo (PSS) | 4 Aug 1993 | |
| 10th India v Sri Lanka test | India | 235 runs | Colombo (SSC) | 27 Jul 1993 |
| 9th India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Kandy | 17 Jul 1993 | |
| 8th India v Sri Lanka test | India | inns + 8 runs | Chandigrah | 23 Nov 1990 |
| 7th India v Sri Lanka test | India | inns + 67 runs | Cuttack | 4 Jan 1987 |
| 6th India v Sri Lanka test | India | inns + 106 runs | Nagpur | 27 Dec 1986 |
| 5th India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Kanpur | 17 Dec 1986 | |
| 4th India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Kandy | 14 Sep 1985 | |
| 3rd India v Sri Lanka test | Sri Lanka | 149 runs | Colombo (PSS) | 6 Sep 1985 |
| 2nd India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Colombo (SSC) | 20 Aug 1985 | |
| 1st India v Sri Lanka test | Draw | Chennai | 17 Sep 1982 | |
Highest Individual Scores
| Batsman (Country) | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Venue | Date |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | 340 | 578 | 36 | 2 | Colombo (RPS) | 2-Aug-1997 |
| Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 242 | 465 | 30 | 2 | Colombo (SSC) | 24-Feb-1999 |
| Roshan Mahanama (SL) | 225 | 561 | 27 | 0 | Colombo (RPS) | 2-Aug-1997 |
| Virendra Sehwag (India) | 201* | 231 | 22 | 4 | Galle | 31-Jul-2008 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) | 199 | N/R | 16 | 1 | Kanpur | 17-Dec-1986 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | 199 | 226 | 21 | 2 | Colombo (SSC) | 9-Aug-1997 |
| Sunil Gawaskar (India) | 176 | 302 | 22 | 0 | Kanpur | 17-Dec-1986 |
| Saurav Ganguly (India) | 173 | 361 | 25 | 2 | Mumbai | 3-Dec-1997 |
| Dulip Vengsarkar (India) | 166 | 279 | 14 | 0 | Cuttack | 4-Jan-1987 |
| Kapil Dev (India) | 163 | 165 | 19 | 1 | Kanpur | 17-Dec-1986 |
| Sunil Gawaskar (India) | 155 | 293 | 24 | 1 | Chennai | 17-Sep-1982 |
| Dulip Vengsarkar (India) | 153 | N/R | N/R | 0 | Nagpur | 27-Dec-1986 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) | 152 | 260 | 16 | 1 | Ahmedabad | 8-Feb-1994 |
| Roshan Mahanama (SL) | 151 | 362 | 19 | 0 | Colombo (PSS) | 4-Aug-1993 |
Sanath reached his 100 from 138 balls, 200 from 327 balls and then 300 from 518 balls. In total, Sanath Jayasuriya scored 340 runs from 578 balls which still rests as second highest individual score by a Sri Lankan batsman in test cricket.
201 from only 231 balls with 22 fours and 4 fours by Virendra Sehwag is the highest score by an Indian batsman against Sri Lanka in tests
| Highest team totals in India vs Srilanka test matches. | |||||
| Team | Total | Overs | Inns | Venue | Date |
| Sri Lanka | 952/6d | 271.0 | 2 | Colombo (RPS) | 2-Aug-1997 |
| Sri Lanka | 760/7 | 202.4 | 2 | Ahmedabad | 16-Nov-2009 |
| India | 726/9 | 163.3 | 2 | Mumbai | 4-Dec-2009 |
| India | 676/7 | 167.1 | 2 | Kanpur | 17-Dec-1986 |
| Sri Lanka | 610/6d | 171.0 | 2 | Colombo (SSC) | 29-Aug-2001 |
| Sri Lanka | 600/6d | 162.0 | 1 | Colombo (SSC) | 23-Jul-2008 |
| India | 566/6d | 131.0 | 2 | Chennai | 17-Sep-1982 |
| India | 541/6d | 161.0 | 1 | Bangalore | 26-Jan-1994 |
| India | 537/8d | 167.3 | 1 | Colombo (RPS) | 2-Aug-1997 |
| India | 518/7d | 142.5 | 1 | Colombo (SSC) | 24-Feb-1999 |
| India | 515/9d | 206.5 | 2 | Mohali | 19-Nov-1997 |
| India | 512/10 | 162.1 | 1 | Mumbai | 3-Dec-1997 |
| India | 511/10 | 161.5 | 1 | Lucknow | 18-Jan-1994 |
Sanath Jayasuriya was the main architech of that mamoth score, along with his partner Roshan Mahanama. Together, this left and right hand combination put on 576 runs which was also the then highest partnership in all tests. Sanath Jayasuriya made 340 from 578 balls with 36 fours and 2 sixes while Roshan Mahanama contributed 225 runs batting at number 3 from 561 balls with 27 fours
676/7 dec is India's highest total in a test match against Sri Lanka, which they made at Green Park stadium in Kanpur. Sri Lanka had scored healthy 420 batting first to which Indians replied with three individual centuries. Opener Sunil Gawaskar made 176, Kapil Dev made 163 while Mohammad Azharuddin became the then 2nd only batsman to get out on 199 (after Muddasar Nazar of Pakistan
| Best Bowling figures in an innings in India vs Sri Lanka test match. | ||||||
| Bowler (Country) | O | M | R | W | Venue | Date |
| Muthiah Muralitharan (SL) | 34.1 | 9 | 87 | 8 | Colombo (SSC) | 29-Aug-2001 |
| Maninder Singh (India) | 17.4 | 4 | 51 | 7 | Nagpur | 27-Dec-1986 |
| Anil Kumble (India) | 27.3 | 9 | 59 | 7 | Lucknow | 18-Jan-1994 |
| Harbhajan Singh (India) | 22.2 | 3 | 62 | 7 | Ahmedabad | 18-Dec-2005 |
| Muthiah Muralitharan (SL) | 38.4 | 8 | 100 | 7 | Delhi | 10-Dec-2005 |
| Venkatpathi Raju (India) | 17.5 | 13 | 12 | 6 | Mohali | 23-Nov-1990 |
| Muthiah Muralitharan (SL) | 13.0 | 3 | 26 | 6 | Colombo (SSC) | 23-Jul-2008 |
| Anil Kumble (India) | 28.0 | 6 | 72 | 6 | Delhi | 10-Dec-2005 |
| Ranil Ratnayake (SL) | 41.0 | 10 | 85 | 6 | Colombo (SSC) | 30-Aug-1985 |
| Venkatpathi Raju (India) | 32.3 | 9 | 87 | 6 | Ahmedabad | 8-Feb-1994 |
| Harbhajan Singh (India) | 40.3 | 8 | 102 | 6 | Galle | 31-Jul-2008 |
| Ajantha Mendis (SL) | 28.0 | 1 | 117 | 6 | Galle | 31-Jul-2008 |
| Best Bowling figures in a match (2 Inns) in India vs Srilanka test match | ||||||
| Bowler (Country) | O | M | R | W | Venue | Date |
| Muthiah Muralitharan (SL) | 42.0 | 7 | 110 | 11 | Colombo (SSC) | 23-Jul-2008 |
| Venkatpathi Raju (India) | 56.2 | 16 | 125 | 11 | Ahmedabad | 8-Feb-1994 |
| Anil Kumble (India) | 64.3 | 19 | 128 | 11 | Lucknow | 18-Jan-1994 |
| Muthiah Muralitharan (SL) | 81.0 | 26 | 196 | 11 | Colombo (SSC) | 29-Aug-2001 |
| Maninder Singh (India) | 37.4 | 10 | 107 | 10 | Nagpur | 27-Dec-1986 |
| Harbhajan Singh (India) | 53.2 | 10 | 141 | 10 | Ahmedabad | 18-Dec-1986 |
| Harbhajan Singh (India) | 54.3 | 9 | 153 | 10 | Galle | 31-Jul-2008 |
| Anil Kumble (India) | 64.0 | 13 | 157 | 10 | Delhi | 10-Dec-2005 |
| Ajantha Mendis (SL) | 55.2 | 5 | 209 | 10 | Galle | 31-Jul-2008 |
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