Rediff.com

« Back to article

Print this article

India - Sri Lanka: Head to head

December 07, 2005 20:59 IST

Test series summary

Season	Host	Tests	Ind	SL	Draw
1982-83	Ind	1	0	0	1
1985	SL	3	0	1	2
1986-87	Ind	3	2	0	1
1990-91	Ind	1	1	0	0
1993	SL	3	1	0	2
1993-94	Ind	3	3	0	0
1997	SL	2	0	0	2
1997-98	Ind	3	0	0	3
1998-99	SL	1	0	0	1
2001	SL	3	1	2	0
in India		11	6	0	5
in Sri Lanka		12	2	3	7
TOTAL		23	8	3	12

Highest team totals
India

Total	Venue	Season
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	Mohali	1997-98
512	Mumbai	1997-98
511	Lucknow	1993-94
485	Nagpur	1997-98
451-6d	Nagpur	1986-87
446	Colombo (PSS)	1993
400	Cuttack	1986-87

Sri Lanka

Total	Venue	Season
952-6d	Colombo (RPS)	1997
610-6d	Colombo (SSC)	2001
485	Colombo (SSC)	1998-99
420	Kanpur	1986-87
415-7d	Colombo (SSC)	1997

Lowest team totals
India

Total	Venue	Season
180	Galle	2001
187	Galle	2001
198	Colombo (PSS)	1985

Sri Lanka

Total	Venue	Season
82	Chandigarh	1990-91
119	Ahmedabad	1993-94
141	Nagpur	1986-87
142	Cuttack	1986-87
174	Lucknow	1993-94
191	Cuttack	1986-87
198	Kandy	1985
198	Chandigarh	1990-91

Highest individual innings
India

Batsman	Runs	Venue	Season
M Azharuddin	199	Kanpur	1986-87
SM Gavaskar	176	Kanpur	1986-87
SC Ganguly	173	Mumbai	1997-98
DB Vengsarkar	166	Cuttack	1986-87
Kapil Dev	163	Kanpur	1986-87
SM Gavaskar	155	Chennai	1982-83
DB Vengsarkar	153	Nagpur	1986-87
M Azharuddin	152	Ahmedabad	1993-94
SR Tendulkar	148	Mumbai	1997-98
SC Ganguly	147	Colombo (SSC)	1997
S Ramesh	143	Colombo (SSC)	1998-99
SR Tendulkar	143	Colombo (RPS)	1997
SR Tendulkar	142	Lucknow	1993-94
SR Tendulkar	139	Colombo (SSC)	1997
NS Sidhu	131	Mohali	1997-98
M Amarnath	131	Nagpur	1986-87
M Azharuddin	126	Colombo (RPS)	1997
VG Kambli	125	Colombo (SSC)	1993
SR Tendulkar	124*	Colombo (SSC)	1998-99
NS Sidhu	124	Lucknow	1993-94
VG Kambli	120	Colombo (PSS)	1993
M Amarnath	116*	Kandy	1985
SM Patil	114*	Chennai	1982-83
NS Sidhu	111	Colombo (RPS)	1997
SC Ganguly	109	Mohali	1997-98
M Azharuddin	108*	Colombo (SSC)	1997
M Azharuddin	108	Bangalore	1993-94
R Dravid	107	Colombo (SSC)	1998-99
SR Tendulkar	104*	Colombo (SSC)	1993
NS Sidhu	104	Colombo (SSC)	1993

Sri Lanka

Batsman	Runs	Venue	Season
ST Jayasuriya	340	Colombo (RPS)	1997
DPM Jayawardene	242	Colombo (SSC)	1998-99
RS Mahanama	225	Colombo (RPS)	1997
ST Jayasuriya	199	Colombo (SSC)	1997
RS Mahanama	151	Colombo (PSS)	1993
PA de Silva	148	Colombo (PSS)	1993
PA de Silva	146	Colombo (SSC)	1997
DPM Jayawardene	139	Colombo (SSC)	2001
HP Tillakaratne	136*	Colombo (SSC)	2001
PA de Silva	126	Colombo (RPS)	1997
LRD Mendis	124	Kandy	1985
PA de Silva	120	Colombo (SSC)	1997
ST Jayasuriya	111	Galle	2001
SAR Silva	111	Colombo (PSS)	1985
A Ranatunga	111	Colombo (SSC)	1985
PA de Silva	110*	Mohali	1997-98
MS Atapattu	108	Colombo (SSC)	2001
MS Atapattu	108	Mohali	1997-98
RL Dias	106	Kandy	1985
KC Sangakkara	105*	Galle	2001
LRD Mendis	105	Chennai	1982-83
LRD Mendis	105	Chennai	1982-83
DPM Jayawardene	104	Kandy	2001
TT Samaraweera	103*	Colombo (SSC)	2001
RS Madugalle	103	Colombo (SSC)	1985

Leading run-scorers
India

Batsman	Tests	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Ave	100	50	0
M Azharuddin	17	23	1	1215	199	55.23	5	4	2
SR Tendulkar	13	16	2	1124	148	80.29	6	3	-
NS Sidhu	11	13	0	935	131	71.92	4	3	-
SC Ganguly	9	15	1	884	173	63.14	3	4	1
R Dravid	9	14	1	723	107	55.62	1	6	-
DB Vengsarkar	8	12	1	655	166	59.55	2	4	1
SM Gavaskar	7	11	2	600	176	66.67	2	3	1
Kapil Dev	14	17	2	588	163	39.20	1	3	1

Sri Lanka

Batsman	Tests	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Ave	100	50	0
PA de Silva	19	32	2	1252	148	41.73	5	3	-
ST Jayasuriya	10	16	2	938	340	67.00	3	2	1
RS Mahanama	12	20	0	924	225	46.20	2	2	1
A Ranatunga	20	33	1	867	111	27.09	1	5	2
HP Tillakaratne	14	21	2	654	136*	34.42	1	4	2
DPM Jayawardene	6	8	0	627	242	78.38	3	1	-
LRD Mendis	7	13	1	596	124	49.67	3	3	-
MS Atapattu	11	17	1	573	108	35.81	2	1	4
RL Dias	7	13	1	546	106	45.50	1	5	1

Record partnership for each wicket
India

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

Sri Lanka

Wkt	Runs	Batsmen	Venue	Season
1st	159	S Wettimuny & JR Ratnayeke	Kanpur	1986-87
2nd	576	RS Mahanama & ST Jayasuriya	Colombo (RPS)	1997
3rd	218	ST Jayasuriya & PA de Silva	Colombo (SSC)	1997
4th	216	RL Dias & LRD Mendis	Kandy	1985
5th	144	RS Madugalle & A Ranatunga	Colombo (SSC)	1985
6th	103	HDPK Dharmasena & PA de Silva	Mohali	1997-98
7th	194*	HP Tillakaratne & TT Samaraweera	Colombo (SSC)	2001
8th	48	PA de Silva & M Muralitharan	Colombo (SSC)	1997
9th	60	MAWR Madurasinghe & HP Tillakaratne	Chandigarh	1990-91
10th	64	M Muralitharan & PDRL Perera	Kandy	2001

Best innings bowling
India

Bowler	Figures	Venue	Season
Maninder Singh	7-51	Nagpur	1986-87
A Kumble	7-59	Lucknow	1993-94
SLV Raju	6-12	Chandigarh	1990-91
SLV Raju	6-87	Ahmedabad	1993-94
SLV Raju	5-38	Ahmedabad	1993-94
BKV Prasad	5-72	Kandy	2001
NS Yadav	5-76	Nagpur	1986-87
DR Doshi	5-85	Chennai	1982-83
A Kumble	5-87	Colombo (SSC)	1993
Kapil Dev	5-110	Chennai	1982-83
J Srinath	5-114	Galle	2001
C Sharma	5-118	Colombo (PSS)	1985

Sri Lanka

Bowler	Figures	Venue	Season
M Muralitharan	8-87	Colombo (SSC)	2001
RJ Ratnayake	6-85	Colombo (SSC)	1985
CRD Fernando	5-42	Galle	2001
RJ Ratnayake	5-49	Colombo (PSS)	1985
M Muralitharan	5-49	Galle	2001
FS Ahangama	5-52	Kandy	1985
HDPK Dharmasena	5-57	Mumbai	1997-98
ALF de Mel	5-64	Colombo (SSC)	1985
ALF de Mel	5-68	Chennai	1982-83
JR Ratnayeke	5-85	Cuttack	1986-87
KR Pushpakumara	5-122	Nagpur	1997-98
M Muralitharan	5-162	Lucknow	1993-94

Best match bowling
India

Bowler	Figures	Venue	Series	1st	2nd
SLV Raju	11-125	Ahmedabad	1993-94	5-38	6-87
A Kumble	11-128	Lucknow	1993-94	4-69	7-59
Maninder Singh	10-107	Nagpur	1986-87	3-56	7-51

Sri Lanka

Bowler	Figures	Venue	Season	1st	2nd
M Muralitharan	11-196	Colombo (SSC)	2001-02	8-87	3-109
RJ Ratnayake	9-125	Colombo (PSS)	1985-86	4-76	5-49

Leading wicket-takers
India

Bowler	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave.	Best	5WI	10WM	SR
A Kumble	12	3533	144	1535	46	33.37	7-59	2	1	76.80
Kapil Dev	14	2715	128	1195	45	26.56	5-110	1	-	60.33
SLV Raju	5	1273	81	386	26	14.85	6-12	3	1	48.96
Maninder Singh	5	1142	60	491	24	20.46	7-51	1	1	47.58
M Prabhakar	7	1089	51	492	24	20.50	4-82	-	-	45.38
RK Chauhan	10	2148	108	818	23	35.57	4-48	-	-	93.39
C Sharma	5	900	16	545	17	32.06	5-118	1	-	52.94
J Srinath	6	909	30	491	17	28.88	5-114	1	-	53.47
BKV Prasad	7	1320	45	719	15	47.93	5-72	1	-	88.00
A Kuruvilla	5	733	25	412	12	34.33	4-88	-	-	61.08
RJ Shastri	7	999	43	384	11	34.91	4-11	-	-	90.82
NS Yadav	2	367	19	150	11	13.64	5-76	1	-	33.36
Zaheer Khan	3	593	16	367	10	36.70	4-76	-	-	59.30

Sri Lanka

Bowler	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave.	Best	5WI	10WM	SR
M Muralitharan	12	3822	154	1680	51	32.94	8-87	3	1	74.94
RJ Ratnayake	6	1498	47	756	26	29.08	6-85	2	-	57.62
ALF de Mel	5	1347	36	758	20	37.90	5-64	2	-	67.35
FS Ahangama	3	801	32	348	18	19.33	5-52	1	-	44.50
WPUJ Vaas	9	2073	79	961	18	53.39	4-65	-	-	115.17
GP Wickramasinghe	6	1195	40	622	13	47.85	3-83	-	-	91.92
ST Jayasuriya	10	948	46	380	11	34.55	3-45	-	-	86.18
KR Pushpakumara	4	705	14	484	11	44.00	5-122	1	-	64.09
JR Ratnayeke	4	700	10	417	10	41.70	5-85	1	-	70.00

Rajneesh Gupta