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
Sri Lanka - India Test Series in Sri Lanka
22 Years since India last won a Test series in Sri Lanka. Their 1-0 win in 1993 was their first and only Test series victory in Sri Lanka. Since then, they've drawn 0-0 in 1997, lost by identical 2-1 margins in 2001 and 2008, and drawn 1-1 in 2010
Test Match Results at Galle
Sri Lanka's win-loss record in their last 8 Tests in Galle. They've beaten Pakistan (twice), England and New Zealand, but also lost to South Africa, Australia and Pakistan during this period (since 2011).
In their most recent Test here, Sri Lanka were beaten by Pakistan by ten wickets a couple of months ago
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 |
India Last 5 Test Series
- Vs Bangladesh(2015) -Drawn 0-0
- Vs Australia (2014-15) -Lost 2-0
- Vs England (2014) - Lost 3-1
- Vs NZ(2014) - Lost 1-0
- Vs SA (2013) - Lost 1-0
Sri Lanka Last 5 Test Series
- Vs Pakistan(Home 2015) -Lost 2-1
- Vs NZ(Away 2014-15) -Lost 2-0
- Vs Pakistan (Home 2014) - Won 2-0
- Vs SA(Home2014) - Won 1-0
- Vs England(Away 2014) - Won 1-0
- Tests Played by SL 17;Won 8 Lost 5 and Drawn 4
- Leading Run Scorers -Kumar Sangakkara 855 Runs in 11 Tests @ 50.29
- Most Centuries -Aravinda de Silva(3)
- Kumar Sangakkara,Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera - Two Each
- Most Wickets - 52 Wickets taken by Muttiah Muralitharan in 9 Tests @ 23.80
2015 3-Match Test Series Result
First Test Match @ Galle Aug 12-15,2015
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 183 and 367
India 375 and 112
Match Result - Sri Lanka won the match by 63 Runs
MOM - Dinesh Chandimal (SL)for his 162 Runs
Series Result -Sri Lanka lead the 3-Match Test Series 1-0
Second Test Match @ P Sara Oval Colombo August 20-24,2015
Scorecard
India - 393 and 325/8 Declared
Sri Lanka - 306 and 134
Match Result - India won by 278 runs
MOM - K L Rahul (India)for his 108 Runs in the 1st Innings
Series Result - The 3-match series level 1-1
Day One Thursday Aug 20,2015
India won the toss and chose to bat first
Squads
Sri Lanka
1 Dimuth Karunaratne 2 Kaushal Silva 3 Lahiru Thirimanne 4 Kumar Sangakkara 5 Angelo Mathews (capt), 6 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 7 Jehan Mubarak, 8 Dhammika Prasad, 9 Tharindu Kaushal, 10 Rangana Herath, 11Dushmantha Chameera
India
1 Murali Vijay, 2 K L Rahul, 3 Ajinkya Rahane, 4 Virat Kohli (capt), 5 Rohit Sharma, 6 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 7Stuart Binny , 8 R Ashwin, 9 Amit Mishra , 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Umesh Yadav
At Lunch,India were 97/2 in 26 Overs
Fall of Wickets(India)
Murali Vijay 00(4 Balls)
Ajinkya Rahane 04(11 Balls 4x1)
K L Rahul 39*
Virat Kohli 48*
At close of play on Day One,India were 319/6 in 111 Overs
Fall of Wickets(India)
Virat Kohli 78(107 Balls 4x8 and 6x1)-3rd Test Fifty in 13 Tests(22 Innings)
K L Rahul 108(190 Balls 4x13 and 6x1)-2nd Test Ton in 4 Tets(7 Innings)
Stuart Binny 10(40 Balls)
Rohit Sharma 79(132 Balls 4x5 and 6x3)
Virat Kohli(78) and K L Rahul (81)added 164 Runs for the 3rd wicket in 39 Overs
Day Two Friday Aug 21,2015
Resuming from 319/6,India scored 393/10 in 114 Overs
Fall of Wickets(India)
Ravichandran Ashwin 02(7 Balls)
Amit Mishra 24(50 Balls 4x3)
Wridhhiman Saha 56(117 Balls 4x6)
Ishant Sharma 02(21 Balls)
Umesh Yadav 02*(8 Balls)
Wicket Takers(SL)
Rangana Herath 4/81(25 Overs)
Angelo Mathews 2/24(15 Overs)
Dushmantha Chameera 2/72(20 Overs)
Dhammika Prasad 2/84(24 Overs)
At close of play on Day Two,Sri Lanka scored 140/3 in 53 Overs
Fall of Wickets(SL)
Dimuth Karunanratne 01(5 Balls)
Kumar Sangakkara 32(87 Balls 4x4)
Kausal Silva 51(118 Balls 4x8)
Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara (L) is given a guard of honour by Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and teammates as he arrives to bat during the second day of the second Test match, Sangakkara's last, against India at the P Sara Oval Cricket Stadium in Colombo
Day Three Saturday Aug 22,2015
Resuming from 140/3,SL scored 306/10 in 108 Overs
Fall of Wickets(SL)
Lahiru Thirimanne 62(168 Balls 4x5)
Dinesh Chandimal 11(23 Balls 4x1)
Angelo Mathews 102(167 Balls 4x12)
Dhammika Prasad 05(4 Balls)
Jehan Mubarak 22(46 Balls 4x2)
Rangana Herath 01(16 Balls)
Tharindu Kausal 06(14 Balls 4x1)
Dushmantha Chameera 00*(5 Balls)
WicketTakers(India)
Amit Mishra 4/43(21 Overs)
Ishant Sharma 2/68(21 Overs)
Ravichandran Ashwin 2/76(29 Overs)
Stuart Binny 1/44(18 Overs)
Umesh Yadav 1/67(19 Overs)
India 2nd Innings 70/1 in 29.2 Overs
Fall of Wickets(India)
K L Rahul 02(3 Balls)
Murali Vijay 39*
Ajinkya Rahane 28*
At close of play on Day Three,India lead by 157 runs with 9 wickets remaining
Day Four Sunday Aug 23,2015
Resuming from 70/1 India scored 325/8 Declared setting SL the target of 413 Runs to win the test match
Fall of Wickets(India)
Murali Vijay 82(133 Balls 4x4 and 6x2)
Virat Kohli 10(19 Balls)
Rohit Sharma 34(55 Balls 4x2)
Ajinkya Rahane 126(243 Balls 4x10)
Wriddhiman Saha 13(21 Balls 4x1)-Retired Hurt
Stuart Binny 17(19 Balls 4x3)
Ravichandran Ashwin 19(21 Balls 4x2 and 6x1)
Amit Mishra 10(26 Balls 4x1)
Umesh Yadav 04*(7 Balls)
Wicket Takers(SL)
Dhammika Prasad 4/43(15 Overs)
Tharindu ausal 4/118(31 Overs)
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings(Target 413 Runs)scored 72/2 in 21 Overs at close of play on Day Four
Fall of Wickets(SL)
Kausal Silva 01(9 Balls)
Kumar Sagakkara 18(18 Balls 4x3)
Dimuth Karunaratne25*
Angelo Mathews 23*
Day Five Monday Aug 24,2015
Resuming from 72/2 SL scored 134/10 in 43.4 Overs
Fall of Wickets(SL)
Angelo Mathews 23(39 Balls 4x3)
Dinesh Chandimal 15(30 Balls 4x1 and 6x1)
Lahiru Thirimanne 11(26 Balls 6x1)
Jehan Mubarak 00(1 Ball)
Dhammika Prasad 00(4 Balls)
Dimuth Karunaratne 46(103 Balls 4x6)
Tharindu Kausal 05(12 Balls 4x1)
Dushmantha Chameera 04(5 Balls 4x1)
Rangana Herath 04*(17 Balls)
Wicket Takers(India)
Ravichandran Ashwin 5/42(16 Overs)
Amit Mishra 3/29(9.4 Overs)
Umesh Yadav 1/18(7 Overs)
Ishant Sharma 1/41(11 Overs)
Scorecard
India - 393 and 325/8 Declared
Sri Lanka - 306 and 134
Match Result - India won by 278 runs
MOM - K L Rahul (India)for his 108 Runs in the 1st Innings
Series Result - The 3-match series level 1-1
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