| Sri Lanka cricket team in India in 1993-94 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| 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) | ||
TheSri Lanka national cricket team are toured India in January and February 1994 to play threeTest matches and threeOne Day Internationals (ODIs).[1]
The tour followed the Sri Lankan's participation in the1993 Hero Cup, where they reached the semi-final and was surrounded by controversy.
Sri Lanka only toured India after thePakistan 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 joinedMansoor Ali Khan Pataudi andSunil Gavaskar as India's most successful captains, with 9 wins each.
Further cause for celebration for India came whenKapil Dev became test cricket's highest wicket-taker, surpassingRichard Hadlee's tally of 431, which had stood for three and a half years.[2]
| Tests | ODIs | ||
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 India |  Sri Lanka | India | Sri Lanka |
18–22 January 1994 Scorecard |
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India won by an innings and 119 runs K. D. Singh Babu Stadium,Lucknow Umpires:Raman Sharma (Ind) andSrinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match:Anil Kumble (Ind) |
26–30 January 1994 Scorecard |
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India won by an innings and 95 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:Shyam Bansal (Ind) andK. Parthasarathy (Ind) Player of the match:Mohammed Azharuddin (Ind) |
8–12 February 1994 Scorecard |
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India won by an innings and 17 runs Sardar Patel Stadium,Ahmedabad Umpires:A. L. Narasimhan (Ind) andV. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) Player of the match:Mohammed Azharuddin (Ind) |
15 February 1994 Scorecard |
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India won by 8 runs Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground,Rajkot Umpires:Jose Kurushinkal (Ind) andPiloo Reporter (Ind) Player of the match:Navjot Singh Sidhu (Ind) |
18 February 1994 Scorecard |
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India won by 7 wickets Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium,Hyderabad Umpires:S. Choudhary (Ind) andS. K. Sharma (Ind) Player of the match:Manoj Prabhakar (Ind) |
20 February 1994 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (Revised target) Gandhi Stadium,Jalandhar Umpires:K. S. Giridharan (Ind) andM. R. Singh (Ind) Player of the match:Aravinda de Silva (SL) |