Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001

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Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001
  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Flag of India.svg
  Sri Lanka India
Dates 18 July – 2 September 2001
Captains Sanath Jayasuriya Sourav Ganguly
Test series
Result Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Mahela Jayawardene (296) Rahul Dravid (235)
Most wickets Muttiah Muralitharan (23) Venkatesh Prasad (11)
Player of the series Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

The India cricket team toured Sri Lanka between 18 July and 2 September 2001. The two sides played a triangular ODI series also involving New Zealand, following which they played a three-match Test series. India's tour also included a one-day and a three-day fixture ahead of the ODI and Test series respectively.

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Sri Lanka won the ODI series defeating India in the final. In the Test series that followed, they beat India by a 2–1 margin, winning the first and final Tests, while India won the second. It was Sri Lanka's second series win against India and first at home after three losses that followed the win against Australia in September 1999. [1] Mahela Jayawardene made 296 runs and was the top-scorer for either sides, while Muttiah Muralitharan, who picked 23 wickets, was named the player of the series.

Squads

Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka [2] Flag of India.svg  India [3]

Sachin Tendulkar pulled out of the tour after a scan of his injured right toe, from hairline fracture, revealed to not have healed. With that, he missed a Test for the first time since his debut in 1989 after playing 84 consecutive games. [4]

Tour match

8–10 August
Scorecard
Sri Lanka Board XI
v
326 (86.5 overs)
Michael Vandort 116 (159)
Javagal Srinath 3/68 (16 overs)
281/5d
Sourav Ganguly 74* (112)
Dinusha Fernando 2/68 (17 overs)
  • Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sri Lanka Board XI played with 11 players and Indians with 15, both with 11 batting and 11 fielding.
  • Indians declared their innings after one over on the morning of the last day after the pitch turned out to be a "dangerous" one for batting. [5]

Test Series

1st Test

14–17 August
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v
187 (95.3 overs)
Sadagoppan Ramesh 42 (127)
Dilhara Fernando 5/42 (25 overs)
362 (107.5 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 111 (138)
Javagal Srinath 5/114 (24.5 overs)
180 (74.5 overs)
Rahul Dravid 61* (172)
Muttiah Muralitharan 5/49 (26.5 overs)
6/0 (1.5 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 6* (5)
Javagal Srinath 0/0 (1 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Asoka de Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

2nd Test

22–25 August
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India
274 (78.3 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 104
Zaheer Khan 3/62 (22 overs)
232 (64.1 overs)
Sadagoppan Ramesh 47
Chaminda Vaas 4/65 (21 overs)
221 (66.3 overs)
Muttiah Muralitharan 67
Venkatesh Prasad 5/72 (21 overs)
264/3 (78.4 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 98
Muttiah Muralitharan 2/96 (25 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)

3rd Test

29 August–2 September
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v
234 (81.1 overs)
Shiv Sunder Das 59 (111)
Muttiah Muralitharan 8/87 (34.1 overs)
610/6d (171 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 139 (216)
Venkatesh Prasad 3/101 (34 overs)
299 (124.5 overs)
Shiv Sunder Das 68 (162)
Muttiah Muralitharan 3/109 (46.5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 77 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Dave Orchard (SA)
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Thilan Samaraweera (SL) made his Test debut.
  • Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) returned the best bowling figures in an innings in Sri Lanka (8/87). [8]
  • Rahul Dravid (Ind) passed 4,000 runs in Tests.
  • India's innings defeat was its first against Sri Lanka.

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