Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1993–94

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Sri Lanka cricket team in India in 1993-94
  Flag of India.svg Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
  India Sri Lanka
Dates 22 January – 20 February 1994
Captains Mohammed Azharuddin Arjuna Ranatunga
Test series
Result India won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Mohammed Azharuddin (307) Roshan Mahanama (282)
Most wickets Anil Kumble (21) Muttiah Muralitharan (12)
Player of the series Mohammed Azharuddin (Ind)
One Day International series
Results India won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Navjot Singh Sidhu (233) Arjuna Ranatunga (106)
Most wickets Manoj Prabhakar (5) Muttiah Muralitharan (3)
Player of the series Navjot Singh Sidhu (Ind)

The Sri Lanka national cricket team are toured India in January and February 1994 to play three Test matches and three One Day Internationals (ODIs). [1]

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The tour followed the Sri Lankan's participation in the 1993 Hero Cup, where they reached the semi-final and was surrounded by controversy.

Sri Lanka only toured India after the Pakistan national cricket team pulled out citing security concerns. The Sri Lankan team manager, Bandula Warnapura, as was the case a few months earlier at the Hero Cup, blamed the batting failures of the first two test matches on poor umpiring decisions.

The series was played on spin-friendly pitches on which India had built up a formidable record. India won their eighth straight home win since the defeat of Sri Lanka in 1990-91 and their second successive series whitewash after beating England in 1992-93. Contrary to popular beliefs of the time that test matches in India produced boring draws, this series meant that the last 12 tests, from Madras in 1987-88 had produced a result- 11 wins for India. Azharuddin joined Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sunil Gavaskar as India's most successful captains, with 9 wins each.

Further cause for celebration for India came when Kapil Dev became test cricket's highest wicket-taker, surpassing Richard Hadlee's tally of 431, which had stood for three and a half years. [2]

Squads

TestsODIs
Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka

Test series

1st Test

18–22 January 1994
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v
511 (161.5 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 142 (224)
Muttiah Muralitharan 5/162 (41.5 overs)
218 (106.4 overs)
Roshan Mahanama 73 (167)
Anil Kumble 4/69 (37 overs)
174 (73.3 overs)
Hashan Tillakaratne 47 (87)
Anil Kumble 7/59 (27.3 overs)
India won by an innings and 119 runs
K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Raman Sharma (Ind) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Anil Kumble (Ind)
  • India won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Nayan Mongia (Ind) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

26–30 January 1994
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v
541/6d (161 overs)
Mohammed Azharuddin 108 (217)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/179 (65 overs)
231 (58.1 overs)
Ruwan Kalpage 63 (99)
Manoj Prabhakar 4/82 (20 overs)
215 (55.3 overs)
Hashan Tillakaratne 80 (118)
Anil Kumble 3/64 (16 overs)
India won by an innings and 95 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Shyam Bansal (Ind) and K. Parthasarathy (Ind)
Player of the match: Mohammed Azharuddin (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

8–12 February 1994
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
v
358 (138.3 overs)
Mohammed Azharuddin 152 (260)
Aravinda de Silva 3/50 (23 overs)
119 (63.5 overs)
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 22 (28)
Venkatapathy Raju 5/38 (23.5 overs)
222 (104.3 overs)
Roshan Mahanama 63 (125)
Venkatapathy Raju 6/86 (32.3 overs)
India won by an innings and 17 runs
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: A. L. Narasimhan (Ind) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: Mohammed Azharuddin (Ind)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

15 February 1994
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
246/5 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
238/8 (50 overs)
Navjot Singh Sidhu 108 (132)
Ruwan Kalpage 1/37 (10 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 67 (85)
Anil Kumble 3/43 (10 overs)
India won by 8 runs
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
Umpires: Jose Kurushinkal (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
Player of the match: Navjot Singh Sidhu (Ind)

2nd ODI

18 February 1994
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
226/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
227/3 (48.2 overs)
Arjuna Ranatunga 98 (115)
Manoj Prabhakar 5/35 (10 overs)
Navjot Singh Sidhu 79 (113)
Muttiah Muralitharan 1/39 (10 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: S. Choudhary (Ind) and S. K. Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Manoj Prabhakar (Ind)

3rd ODI

20 February 1994
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
213/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
141/6 (32.5 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 52 (63)
Ruwan Kalpage 2/36 (10 overs)
Dulip Samaraweera 49 (65)
Venkatapathy Raju 3/19 (8 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (Revised target)
Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar
Umpires: K. S. Giridharan (Ind) and M. R. Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sri Lanka were set 141 runs to win in 33 overs.

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References

  1. "Results | Global | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. "The Sri Lankans in India, 1993-94". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2016.