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Home > Cricket > Sri Lanka's tour of India 2005 > Report


India - Sri Lanka: Head to head

Rajneesh Gupta | December 07, 2005 20:59 IST

Test series summary
SeasonHostTestsIndSLDraw
1982-83Ind1001
1985SL3012
1986-87Ind3201
1990-91Ind1100
1993SL3102
1993-94Ind3300
1997SL2002
1997-98Ind3003
1998-99SL1001
2001SL3120
in India11605
in Sri Lanka12237
TOTAL238312

Highest team totals
India
TotalVenueSeason
676-7 Kanpur 1986-87
566-6d Chennai 1982-83
541-6d Bangalore 1993-94
537-8d Colombo (RPS) 1997
518-7d Colombo (SSC) 1998-99
515-9d Mohali1997-98
512Mumbai 1997-98
511Lucknow 1993-94
485Nagpur 1997-98
451-6d Nagpur 1986-87
446Colombo (PSS) 1993
400Cuttack 1986-87

Sri Lanka
TotalVenueSeason
952-6d Colombo (RPS) 1997
610-6d Colombo (SSC) 2001
485Colombo (SSC) 1998-99
420Kanpur 1986-87
415-7d Colombo (SSC) 1997

Lowest team totals
India
TotalVenueSeason
180Galle 2001
187Galle 2001
198Colombo (PSS) 1985

Sri Lanka
TotalVenueSeason
82Chandigarh 1990-91
119Ahmedabad 1993-94
141Nagpur 1986-87
142Cuttack 1986-87
174Lucknow 1993-94
191Cuttack 1986-87
198Kandy 1985
198Chandigarh 1990-91

Highest individual innings
India
BatsmanRunsVenueSeason
M Azharuddin199Kanpur1986-87
SM Gavaskar176Kanpur1986-87
SC Ganguly173Mumbai1997-98
DB Vengsarkar166Cuttack1986-87
Kapil Dev163Kanpur1986-87
SM Gavaskar155Chennai1982-83
DB Vengsarkar153Nagpur1986-87
M Azharuddin152Ahmedabad1993-94
SR Tendulkar148Mumbai1997-98
SC Ganguly147Colombo (SSC)1997
S Ramesh143Colombo (SSC)1998-99
SR Tendulkar143Colombo (RPS)1997
SR Tendulkar142Lucknow 1993-94
SR Tendulkar139Colombo (SSC)1997
NS Sidhu131Mohali1997-98
M Amarnath131Nagpur1986-87
M Azharuddin126Colombo (RPS)1997
VG Kambli125Colombo (SSC)1993
SR Tendulkar124*Colombo (SSC)1998-99
NS Sidhu124Lucknow 1993-94
VG Kambli120Colombo (PSS)1993
M Amarnath116*Kandy1985
SM Patil114*Chennai1982-83
NS Sidhu111Colombo (RPS)1997
SC Ganguly109Mohali1997-98
M Azharuddin108*Colombo (SSC)1997
M Azharuddin108Bangalore1993-94
R Dravid107Colombo (SSC)1998-99
SR Tendulkar104*Colombo (SSC)1993
NS Sidhu104Colombo (SSC)1993

Sri Lanka
BatsmanRunsVenueSeason
ST Jayasuriya340Colombo (RPS)1997
DPM Jayawardene242Colombo (SSC)1998-99
RS Mahanama225Colombo (RPS)1997
ST Jayasuriya199Colombo (SSC)1997
RS Mahanama151Colombo (PSS)1993
PA de Silva148Colombo (PSS)1993
PA de Silva146Colombo (SSC)1997
DPM Jayawardene139Colombo (SSC)2001
HP Tillakaratne136*Colombo (SSC)2001
PA de Silva126Colombo (RPS)1997
LRD Mendis124Kandy1985
PA de Silva120Colombo (SSC)1997
ST Jayasuriya111Galle2001
SAR Silva111Colombo (PSS)1985
A Ranatunga111Colombo (SSC)1985
PA de Silva110*Mohali1997-98
MS Atapattu108Colombo (SSC)2001
MS Atapattu108Mohali1997-98
RL Dias106Kandy1985
KC Sangakkara105*Galle2001
LRD Mendis105Chennai1982-83
LRD Mendis105Chennai 1982-83
DPM Jayawardene104Kandy2001
TT Samaraweera103*Colombo (SSC)2001
RS Madugalle103Colombo (SSC)1985

Leading run-scorers
India
BatsmanTestsInnsNORunsHsAve100500
M Azharuddin17231121519955.23542
SR Tendulkar13162112414880.2963-
NS Sidhu1113093513171.9243-
SC Ganguly915188417363.14341
R Dravid914172310755.6216-
DB Vengsarkar812165516659.55241
SM Gavaskar711260017666.67231
Kapil Dev1417258816339.20131

Sri Lanka
BatsmanTestsInnsNORunsHsAve100500
PA de Silva19322125214841.7353-
ST Jayasuriya1016293834067.00321
RS Mahanama1220092422546.20221
A Ranatunga2033186711127.09152
HP Tillakaratne14212654136*34.42142
DPM Jayawardene68062724278.3831-
LRD Mendis713159612449.6733-
MS Atapattu1117157310835.81214
RL Dias713154610645.50151

Record partnership for each wicket
India
WktRunsBatsmenVenueSeason
1st 171M Prabhakar & NS Sidhu Colombo (SSC) 1993
2nd 232S Ramesh & R Dravid Colombo (SSC) 1998-99
3rd 173M Amarnath & DB Vengsarkar Nagpur 1986-87
4th 256SC Ganguly & SR Tendulkar Mumbai 1997-98
5th 150SR Tendulkar & SC Ganguly Colombo (SSC) 1997
6th 272N Kapil Dev & M Azharuddin Kanpur 1986-87
7th 78* SM Patil & S Madan Lal Chennai 1982-83
8th 70L Sivaramakrishnan & N Kapil Dev Colombo (PSS) 1985
9th 89SC Ganguly & A Kuruvilla Mohali 1997-98
10th 30Zaheer Khan & BKV Prasad Colombo (SSC) 2001

Sri Lanka
WktRunsBatsmenVenueSeason
1st 159S Wettimuny & JR Ratnayeke Kanpur 1986-87
2nd 576RS Mahanama & ST Jayasuriya Colombo (RPS) 1997
3rd 218ST Jayasuriya & PA de Silva Colombo (SSC) 1997
4th 216RL Dias & LRD Mendis Kandy 1985
5th 144RS Madugalle & A Ranatunga Colombo (SSC) 1985
6th 103HDPK Dharmasena & PA de Silva Mohali1997-98
7th 194*HP Tillakaratne & TT Samaraweera Colombo (SSC) 2001
8th 48PA de Silva & M Muralitharan Colombo (SSC) 1997
9th 60MAWR Madurasinghe & HP Tillakaratne Chandigarh 1990-91
10th64M Muralitharan & PDRL Perera Kandy 2001

Best innings bowling
India
BowlerFiguresVenueSeason
Maninder Singh7-51Nagpur1986-87
A Kumble7-59Lucknow 1993-94
SLV Raju6-12Chandigarh1990-91
SLV Raju6-87Ahmedabad1993-94
SLV Raju5-38Ahmedabad1993-94
BKV Prasad5-72Kandy2001
NS Yadav5-76Nagpur1986-87
DR Doshi5-85Chennai1982-83
A Kumble5-87Colombo (SSC)1993
Kapil Dev5-110Chennai1982-83
J Srinath5-114Galle2001
C Sharma5-118Colombo (PSS)1985

Sri Lanka
BowlerFiguresVenueSeason
M Muralitharan8-87Colombo (SSC)2001
RJ Ratnayake6-85Colombo (SSC)1985
CRD Fernando5-42Galle2001
RJ Ratnayake5-49Colombo (PSS)1985
M Muralitharan5-49Galle2001
FS Ahangama5-52Kandy1985
HDPK Dharmasena5-57Mumbai1997-98
ALF de Mel5-64Colombo (SSC)1985
ALF de Mel5-68Chennai1982-83
JR Ratnayeke5-85Cuttack1986-87
KR Pushpakumara5-122Nagpur1997-98
M Muralitharan5-162Lucknow 1993-94

Best match bowling
India
BowlerFiguresVenueSeries1st2nd
SLV Raju11-125Ahmedabad1993-945-386-87
A Kumble11-128Lucknow 1993-944-697-59
Maninder Singh10-107Nagpur1986-873-567-51

Sri Lanka
BowlerFiguresVenueSeason1st2nd
M Muralitharan11-196Colombo (SSC)2001-028-873-109
RJ Ratnayake9-125Colombo (PSS)1985-864-765-49

Leading wicket-takers
India
BowlerTestsBallsMdnsRunsWktsAve.Best5WI10WMSR
A Kumble12353314415354633.377-592176.80
Kapil Dev14271512811954526.565-1101-60.33
SLV Raju51273813862614.856-123148.96
Maninder Singh51142604912420.467-511147.58
M Prabhakar71089514922420.504-82--45.38
RK Chauhan1021481088182335.574-48--93.39
C Sharma5900165451732.065-1181-52.94
J Srinath6909304911728.885-1141-53.47
BKV Prasad71320457191547.935-721-88.00
A Kuruvilla5733254121234.334-88--61.08
RJ Shastri7999433841134.914-11--90.82
NS Yadav2367191501113.645-761-33.36
Zaheer Khan3593163671036.704-76--59.30

Sri Lanka
BowlerTestsBallsMdnsRunsWktsAve.Best5WI10WMSR
M Muralitharan12382215416805132.948-873174.94
RJ Ratnayake61498477562629.086-852-57.62
ALF de Mel51347367582037.905-642-67.35
FS Ahangama3801323481819.335-521-44.50
WPUJ Vaas92073799611853.394-65--115.17
GP Wickramasinghe61195406221347.853-83--91.92
ST Jayasuriya10948463801134.553-45--86.18
KR Pushpakumara4705144841144.005-1221-64.09
JR Ratnayeke4700104171041.705-851-70.00

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