| Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2021–22 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| India | Sri Lanka | ||
| Dates | 24 February – 16 March 2022 | ||
| Captains | Rohit Sharma | Dimuth Karunaratne(Tests) Dasun Shanaka(T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| 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 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Shreyas Iyer (204) | Dasun Shanaka (124) | |
| Most wickets | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3) | Lahiru Kumara (5) | |
| Player of the series | Shreyas Iyer (Ind) | ||
TheSri Lankan cricket team toured India in February and March 2022 to play twoTest and threeTwenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] The Test series formed part of the2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship.[3][4] In September 2021, theBoard 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 theirtour of Australia.[7] In early February, the change was agreed by both boards, withBangalore hosting aday/night Test match,[8][9] with the BCCI confirming the revised tour schedule.[10]
On 2 February 2022, Sri Lankan fast bowlerSuranga 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, withRohit 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 playedbehind 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 3–0.[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'sVirat Kohli.[20] In the Test,Ravindra Jadeja scored 175not 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 2–0.[24]
Prior to the T20I matches,Deepak Chahar andSuryakumar 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 matchagainst the West Indies.[30] Sri Lanka'sWanindu Hasaranga was also ruled out of the T20I series after not recovering fromCOVID-19.[31]
After the first T20I match,Maheesh Theekshana andShiran 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 byDhananjaya de Silva andNiroshan Dickwella in Sri Lanka's T20I squad.[33] In India's T20I team,Ruturaj Gaikwad was replaced byMayank Agarwal for the remaining two matches.[34] India'sIshan 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 releasedKuldeep Yadav from their squad,[36] addingAxar Patel in his place.[37]Pathum Nissanka andDushmantha Chameera were both ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the second Test due to injuries.[38]
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India won by 62 runs Ekana Cricket Stadium,Lucknow Umpires:Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) andVirender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match:Ishan Kishan (Ind) |
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India won by 7 wickets Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium,Dharamshala Umpires:K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) andJayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match:Shreyas Iyer (Ind) |
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India won by 6 wickets Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium,Dharamshala Umpires:K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) andVirender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match:Shreyas Iyer (Ind) |
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India won by an innings and 222 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium,Mohali Umpires:Nitin Menon (Ind) andVirender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match:Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) |
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India won by 238 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (Ind) andNitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match:Shreyas Iyer (Ind) |
