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India v Sri Lanka - A Test survey (Part 1)

Summary of matches
Start date End date Test No Venue Result
17th Sep 1982 22nd Sep 1982 1 Madras (MAC) drawn
30th Aug 1985 4th Sep 1985 1 Colombo (SSC) drawn
6th Sep 1985 11th Sep 1985 2 Colombo (PSS) SL 149 runs
14th Sep 1985 19th Sep 1985 3 Kandy drawn
17th Dec 1986 22nd Dec 1986 1 Kanpur drawn
27th Dec 1986 31st Dec 1986 2 Nagpur Ind inn & 106
4th Jan 1987 7th Jan 1987 3 Cuttack Ind inn & 67
23rd Nov 1990 27th Nov 1990 1 Chandigarh Ind inn & 8
17th Jul 1993 22nd Jul 1993 1 Kandy drawn
27th Jul 1993 1st Aug 1993 2 Colombo (SSC) Ind 235 runs
4th Aug 1993 9th Aug 1993 3 Colombo (PSS) drawn
18th Jan 1994 22nd Jan 1994 1 Lucknow (KDS) Ind inn & 119
26th Jan 1994 30th Jan 1994 2 Bangalore Ind inn & 95
8th Feb 1994 12th Feb 1994 3 Ahmedabad Ind inn & 17
2nd Aug 1997 6th Aug 1997 1 Colombo (RPS) drawn
9th Aug 1997 13th Aug 1997 2 Colombo (SSC) drawn
19th Nov 1997 23rd Nov 1997 1 Mohali drawn
26th Nov 1997 30th Nov 1997 2 Nagpur drawn
3rd Dec 1997 7th Dec 1997 3 Mumbai (WS) drawn
24th Feb 1999 28th Feb 1999 1 Colombo (SSC) drawn


Place Played Ind won SL won Draw
In Sri Lanka 9 1 1 7
In India 11 6 - 5
Total 20 7 1 12

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Highest team totals
Lowest team totals
Highest individual scores
Top run-getters
Record wicket partnerships
Best individual bowling (In an innings)
Best individual bowling (In a match)
Top wicket-takers



Highest team totals
For India:
Total Inn Tst Series Venue
676-7d 1st 1st 1986-87 Kanpur
566-6d 1st 1st 1982-83 Madras (MAC)
541-6d 1st 2nd 1993-94 Bangalore
537-8d 1st 1st 1997-98 Colombo (RPS)
518-7d 1st 1st 1998-99 Colombo (SSC)
515-9d 1st 1st 1997-98 Mohali
512 1st 3rd 1997-98 Mumbai (WS)
511 1st 1st 1993-94 Lucknow (KDS)

For Sri Lanka:
Total Inn Tst Series Venue
952-6d 1st 1st 1997-98 Colombo (RPS)
485 1st 1st 1998-99 Colombo (SSC)


Lowest team totals
For India:
Total Inn Tst Series Venue
198 2nd 2nd 1985-86 Colombo (PSS)

For Sri Lanka:
Total Inn Tst Series Venue
82 1st 1st 1990-91 Chandigarh
Note: Sri Lanka's lowest at home: 198 at Kandy 1985-86


Highest individual scores
For India (30 hundreds):
Player Runs Inn Test Series Venue
M Azharuddin 199 1st 1st 1986-87 Kanpur
SM Gavaskar 176 1st 1st 1986-87 Kanpur
SC Ganguly 173 1st 3rd 1997-98 Mumbai (WS)
DB Vengsarkar 166 1st 3rd 1986-87 Cuttack
Kapil Dev 163 1st 1st 1986-87 Kanpur
SM Gavaskar 155 1st 1st 1982-83 Madras (MAC)
DB Vengsarkar 153 1st 2nd 1986-87 Nagpur
M Azharuddin 152 1st 3rd 1993-94 Ahmedabad
SR Tendulkar 148 1st 3rd 1997-98 Mumbai (WS)
SC Ganguly 147 1st 2nd 1997-98 Colombo (SSC)
S Ramesh 143 1st 1st 1998-99 Colombo (SSC)
SR Tendulkar 143 1st 1st 1997-98 Colombo (RPS)
SR Tendulkar 142 1st 1st 1993-94 Lucknow (KDS)
SR Tendulkar 139 1st 2nd 1997-98 Colombo (SSC)
NS Sidhu 131 1st 1st 1997-98 Mohali
M Amarnath 131 1st 2nd 1986-87 Nagpur
M Azharuddin 126 1st 1st 1997-98 Colombo (RPS)
VG Kambli 125 1st 2nd 1993-94 Colombo (SSC)
SR Tendulkar 124* 2nd 1st 1998-99 Colombo (SSC)
NS Sidhu 124 1st 1st 1993-94 Lucknow (KDS)
VG Kambli 120 1st 3rd 1993-94 Colombo (PSS)
M Amarnath 116* 2nd 3rd 1985-86 Kandy
SM Patil 114* 1st 1st 1982-83 Madras (MAC)
NS Sidhu 111 1st 1st 1997-98 Colombo (RPS)
SC Ganguly 109 1st 1st 1997-98 Mohali
M Azharuddin 108* 2nd 2nd 1997-98 Colombo (SSC)
M Azharuddin 108 1st 2nd 1993-94 Bangalore
RS Dravid 107 1st 1st 1998-99 Colombo (SSC)
SR Tendulkar 104* 2nd 2nd 1993-94 Colombo (SSC)
NS Sidhu 104 2nd 2nd 1993-94 Colombo (SSC)

For Sri Lanka (18 hundreds):
Player Runs Inn Test Series Venue
ST Jayasuriya 340 1st 1st 1997-98 Colombo (RPS)
DPM Jayawardene 242 1st 1st 1998-99 Colombo (SSC)
RS Mahanama 225 1st 1st 1997-98 Colombo (RPS)
ST Jayasuriya 199 2nd 2nd 1997-98 Colombo (SSC)
RS Mahanama 151 2nd 3rd 1993-94 Colombo (PSS)
PA de Silva 148 1st 3rd 1993-94 Colombo (PSS)
PA de Silva 146 1st 2nd 1997-98 Colombo (SSC)
PA de Silva 126 1st 1st 1997-98 Colombo (RPS)
LRD Mendis 124 2nd 3rd 1985-86 Kandy
PA de Silva 120 2nd 2nd 1997-98 Colombo (SSC)
SAR Silva 111 1st 2nd 1985-86 Colombo (PSS)
A Ranatunga 111 1st 1st 1985-86 Colombo (SSC)
PA de Silva 110* 2nd 1st 1997-98 Mohali
MS Atapattu 108 1st 1st 1997-98 Mohali
RL Dias 106 2nd 3rd 1985-86 Kandy
LRD Mendis 105 1st 1st 1982-83 Madras (MAC)
LRD Mendis 105 2nd 1st 1982-83 Madras (MAC)
RS Madugalle 103 1st 1st 1985-86 Colombo (SSC)


Top run-getters
For India:
Player M Inn 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 6 9 0 718 173 79.78 3 3 1
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

For Sri Lanka:
Player M Inn NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
PA de Silva 19 32 2 1252 148 41.73 5 3 -
RS Mahanama 12 20 0 924 225 46.20 2 2 1
A Ranatunga 20 33 1 867 111 27.09 1 5 2
ST Jayasuriya 7 11 1 782 340 78.20 2 2 1
LRD Mendis 7 13 1 596 124 49.67 3 3 -
RL Dias 7 13 1 546 106 45.50 1 5 1


Record wicket partnerships
For India:
Wkt Runs Batsmen Inns Test Series Venue
1st 171 M Prabhakar & NS Sidhu 2nd 2nd 1993-94 Colombo (SSC)
2nd 232 S Ramesh & RS Dravid 1st 1st 1998-99 Colombo (SSC)
3rd 173 M Amarnath & DB Vengsarkar 1st 2nd 1986-87 Nagpur
4th 256 SC Ganguly & SR Tendulkar 1st 3rd 1997-98 Mumbai (WS)
5th 150 SR Tendulkar & SC Ganguly 1st 2nd 1997-98 Colombo (SSC)
6th 272 M Azharuddin & Kapil Dev 1st 1st 1986-87 Kanpur
7th 78* SM Patil & Madan Lal 1st 1st 1982-83 Madras (MAC)
8th 70 Kapil Dev & L Sivaramakrishnan 2nd 2nd 1985-86 Colombo (PSS)
9th 89 SC Ganguly & A Kuruvilla 1st 1st 1997-98 Mohali
10th 29 Kapil Dev & C Sharma 2nd 2nd 1985-86 Colombo (PSS)

For Sri Lanka:
Wkt Runs Batsmen Inns Test Series Venue
1st 159 S Wettimuny & JR Ratnayeke 1st 1st 1986-87 Kanpur
2nd 576 ST Jayasuriya & RS Mahanama 1st 1st 1997-98 Colombo (RPS)
3rd 218 ST Jayasuriya & PA de Silva 2nd 2nd 1997-98 Colombo (SSC)
4th 216 RL Dias & LRD Mendis 2nd 3rd 1985-86 Kandy
5th 144 RS Madugalle & A Ranatunga 1st 1st 1985-86 Colombo (SSC)
6th 103 PA de Silva & HDPK Dharmasena 2nd 1st 1997-98 Mohali
7th 77 RS Madugalle & DS de Silva 1st 1st 1982-83 Madras (MAC)
8th 48 PA de Silva & M Muralitharan 1st 2nd 1997-98 Colombo (SSC)
9th 60 HP Tillakaratne & AWR Madurasinghe 2nd 1st 1990-91 Chandigarh
10th 44 RJ Ratnayake & EAR de Silva 1st 2nd 1986-87 Nagpur

Compiled by: Mohandas Menon

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