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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