Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2021β22 | |||
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India | Sri Lanka | ||
Dates | 24 February β 16 March 2022 | ||
Captains | Rohit Sharma |
Dimuth Karunaratne (Tests) Dasun Shanaka (T20Is) | |
Test series | |||
Result | India won the 2-match series 2β0 | ||
Most runs | Ravindra Jadeja (201) | Dimuth Karunaratne (166) | |
Most wickets | Ravichandran Ashwin (12) | Lasith Embuldeniya (8) | |
Player of the series | Rishabh Pant (Ind) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | India won the 3-match series 3β0 | ||
Most runs | Shreyas Iyer (204) | Dasun Shanaka (124) | |
Most wickets | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3) | Lahiru Kumara (5) | |
Player of the series | Shreyas Iyer (Ind) |
The Sri Lankan cricket team toured India in February and March 2022 to play two Test and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] [2] The Test series formed part of the 2021β2023 ICC World Test Championship. [3] [4] In September 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the schedule for the tour. [5] [6] In January 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket made a request to play the T20I matches first, as the T20I squad would be coming straight from their tour of Australia. [7] In early February, the change was agreed by both boards, with Bangalore hosting a day/night Test match, [8] [9] with the BCCI confirming the revised tour schedule. [10]
On 2 February 2022, Sri Lankan fast bowler Suranga Lakmal announced that he would retire from all forms of international cricket following the series. [11] On 19 February 2022, India named their squads for the matches, with Rohit Sharma appointed as their new Test captain. [12] On 26 February 2022, it was announced that the first match of the Test series would be played behind closed doors, with spectators being allowed to attend the second Test match. [13] However, on 1 March 2022, the crowd capacity for the first Test was increased to 50%. [14]
In the first T20I match, India made 199/2 from their 20 overs, [15] going on to win the fixture by 62 runs. [16] India won the second T20I by seven wickets to win the series with a match to play. [17] India won the third and final T20I match by six wickets to win the series 3β0. [18]
The first Test of the series was the 300th to be played by Sri Lanka, [19] and it was also the 100th Test match for India's Virat Kohli. [20] In the Test, Ravindra Jadeja scored 175 not out and took nine wickets. [21] India went on to win the match inside three days, [22] by the margin of an innings and 222 runs. [23] The second Test also finished in three days, with India winning by 238 runs to win the series 2β0. [24]
Prior to the T20I matches, Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav were both ruled out India's squad due to a hamstring injury and a hairline fracture respectively. [29] Both players picked up their injuries during the third and final T20I match against the West Indies. [30] Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga was also ruled out of the T20I series after not recovering from COVID-19. [31]
After the first T20I match, Maheesh Theekshana and Shiran Fernando were both ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the remaining matches due to injuries. [32] Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana were replaced by Dhananjaya de Silva and Niroshan Dickwella in Sri Lanka's T20I squad. [33] In India's T20I team, Ruturaj Gaikwad was replaced by Mayank Agarwal for the remaining two matches. [34] India's Ishan Kishan was ruled out of the third T20I, after suffering a blow to the head in the second match. [35]
Ahead of the second Test, India released Kuldeep Yadav from their squad, [36] adding Axar Patel in his place. [37] Pathum Nissanka and Dushmantha Chameera were both ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the second Test due to injuries. [38]
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Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2021β22 | |||
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India | Sri Lanka | ||
Dates | 24 February β 16 March 2022 | ||
Captains | Rohit Sharma |
Dimuth Karunaratne (Tests) Dasun Shanaka (T20Is) | |
Test series | |||
Result | India won the 2-match series 2β0 | ||
Most runs | Ravindra Jadeja (201) | Dimuth Karunaratne (166) | |
Most wickets | Ravichandran Ashwin (12) | Lasith Embuldeniya (8) | |
Player of the series | Rishabh Pant (Ind) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | India won the 3-match series 3β0 | ||
Most runs | Shreyas Iyer (204) | Dasun Shanaka (124) | |
Most wickets | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3) | Lahiru Kumara (5) | |
Player of the series | Shreyas Iyer (Ind) |
The Sri Lankan cricket team toured India in February and March 2022 to play two Test and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] [2] The Test series formed part of the 2021β2023 ICC World Test Championship. [3] [4] In September 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the schedule for the tour. [5] [6] In January 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket made a request to play the T20I matches first, as the T20I squad would be coming straight from their tour of Australia. [7] In early February, the change was agreed by both boards, with Bangalore hosting a day/night Test match, [8] [9] with the BCCI confirming the revised tour schedule. [10]
On 2 February 2022, Sri Lankan fast bowler Suranga Lakmal announced that he would retire from all forms of international cricket following the series. [11] On 19 February 2022, India named their squads for the matches, with Rohit Sharma appointed as their new Test captain. [12] On 26 February 2022, it was announced that the first match of the Test series would be played behind closed doors, with spectators being allowed to attend the second Test match. [13] However, on 1 March 2022, the crowd capacity for the first Test was increased to 50%. [14]
In the first T20I match, India made 199/2 from their 20 overs, [15] going on to win the fixture by 62 runs. [16] India won the second T20I by seven wickets to win the series with a match to play. [17] India won the third and final T20I match by six wickets to win the series 3β0. [18]
The first Test of the series was the 300th to be played by Sri Lanka, [19] and it was also the 100th Test match for India's Virat Kohli. [20] In the Test, Ravindra Jadeja scored 175 not out and took nine wickets. [21] India went on to win the match inside three days, [22] by the margin of an innings and 222 runs. [23] The second Test also finished in three days, with India winning by 238 runs to win the series 2β0. [24]
Prior to the T20I matches, Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav were both ruled out India's squad due to a hamstring injury and a hairline fracture respectively. [29] Both players picked up their injuries during the third and final T20I match against the West Indies. [30] Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga was also ruled out of the T20I series after not recovering from COVID-19. [31]
After the first T20I match, Maheesh Theekshana and Shiran Fernando were both ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the remaining matches due to injuries. [32] Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana were replaced by Dhananjaya de Silva and Niroshan Dickwella in Sri Lanka's T20I squad. [33] In India's T20I team, Ruturaj Gaikwad was replaced by Mayank Agarwal for the remaining two matches. [34] India's Ishan Kishan was ruled out of the third T20I, after suffering a blow to the head in the second match. [35]
Ahead of the second Test, India released Kuldeep Yadav from their squad, [36] adding Axar Patel in his place. [37] Pathum Nissanka and Dushmantha Chameera were both ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the second Test due to injuries. [38]
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