| Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Sri Lanka | India | ||
| Dates | 18 – 29 July 2021 | ||
| Captains | Dasun Shanaka | Shikhar Dhawan | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Avishka Fernando (159) | Shikhar Dhawan (128) | |
| Most wickets | Akila Dananjaya (3) Praveen Jayawickrama (3) Wanindu Hasaranga (3) | Yuzvendra Chahal (5) | |
| Player of the series | Suryakumar Yadav (Ind) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Dhananjaya de Silva (72) | Shikhar Dhawan (136) | |
| Most wickets | Wanindu Hasaranga (7) | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (5) | |
| Player of the series | Wanindu Hasaranga (SL) | ||
TheIndia cricket team toured Sri Lanka in July 2021 to play threeOne Day International (ODI) and threeTwenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1] The ODI series formed part of the inaugural2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[2][3] All the matches took place at theR. Premadasa Stadium inColombo.[4] Originally, the tour was scheduled to take place in June 2020, but was moved back to August 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic,[5] before being postponed.[6] On 9 July 2021, following an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the Sri Lankan camp,[7] the series was postponed from 13 to 18 July.[8][9]
The tour overlapped with India's participation in the2021 ICC World Test Championship Final and aTest seriesagainst England.[10] Therefore, theBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) namedShikhar Dhawan andBhuvneshwar Kumar as India's captain and vice-captain respectively for the matches against Sri Lanka.[11]Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) namedDasun Shanaka as the captain for tour, with their selectors releasingKusal Perera from his captaincy role.[12]
India won the first ODI by seven wickets,[13] and then won the second ODI by three wickets, to take an unassailable lead in the series.[14] Sri Lanka won the third ODI by three wickets, with India winning the series 2–1.[15] India won the first T20I by 38 runs.[16] The second T20I was postponed by one day, after India'sKrunal Pandya tested positive forCOVID-19.[17] All eight of Pandya'sclose contacts tested negative for COVID-19, but were not allowed to travel to the ground for the final two matches.[18] Sri Lanka won the second T20I by four wickets to level the series.[19] Sri Lanka won the third T20I by seven wickets and won the series 2–1.[20] It was the first time that Sri Lanka had won a T20I series against India.[21] It was also Sri Lanka's first bilateral series win against India across all formats of international cricketsince August 2008.[22]
In May 2020,Sri Lanka Cricket sent an email to the BCCI requesting for the series to be played in July 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[23] It also suggest the possibility of playing the matchesbehind closed doors.[24] The BCCI responded saying they were open to travelling to Sri Lanka, as long as there is no compromise to the wellbeing of their cricketers.[25] However, they also stated that the tour was "close to impossible at present", and they would have to wait to see how the pandemic unfolds.[26] On 18 May 2020,Ashley de Silva, the CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket, confirmed that the tour had not yet been postponed.[27] At the end of May, Sri Lanka Cricket named a 13-man squad to begin training at theColombo Cricket Club.[28] In June 2020, the BCCI agreed to tour Sri Lanka in August 2020, subject to government permission.[29][30] On 12 June 2020, the BCCI confirmed that it had called off the tour due to the pandemic.[31]
In May 2021, BCCI PresidentSourav Ganguly confirmed that India would tour Sri Lanka to play five T20Is, although later the BCCI wanted to reduce it to a three-match series.[32] However, as the tour may ease the financial loses faced due toCOVID-19 pandemic by boosting Sri Lanka Cricket's revenue,[33] the board asked the BCCI to play five T20Is instead of three.[34] On 20 May 2021, the BCCI considered the request, and agreed to play five T20Is.[35] However, on 10 June 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed the tour itinerary with only three T20Is.[36][37] On 8 June 2021,Rahul Dravid was named as the head coach of India's team for the tour.[38]
India did not name individual squads for the ODI and T20I matches, opting instead to name a combined squad of 20 players for the tour.[41]Ishan Porel,Sandeep Warrier,Arshdeep Singh,Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, andSimarjeet Singh were also named as net bowlers.[42] Prior to the second T20I match, all five net bowlers were added to India's squad, following the COVID-19 cases that resulted in the match being postponed.[43]Krunal Pandya,Hardik Pandya,Suryakumar Yadav,Prithvi Shaw,Deepak Chahar,Krishnappa Gowtham,Ishan Kishan, andYuzvendra Chahal were all placed into isolation and were ruled out of the final two matches of the tour.[44]
Ahead of the series, Sri Lanka'sAngelo Mathews requested not to take part in the tour for personal reasons.[45] On 9 July 2021, Sri Lanka named a preliminary squad of 25 players for the tour.[46] As per India, Sri Lanka also did not name individual squads for each format,[47] naming a combined squad of 24 players for the tour.[48]Suminda Lakshan was added to Sri Lanka's T20I squad as cover forWanindu Hasaranga, who suffered an injury in the third ODI.[49] Prior to the second T20I match,Sadeera Samarawickrama was added to Sri Lanka's squad.[50]
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India won by 7 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Kumar Dharmasena (SL) andRaveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match:Prithvi Shaw (Ind) |
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India won by 3 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Kumar Dharmasena (SL) andLyndon Hannibal (SL) Player of the match:Deepak Chahar (Ind) |
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Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets (DLS method) R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Kumar Dharmasena (SL) andRuchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match:Avishka Fernando (SL) |
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India won by 38 runs R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Kumar Dharmasena (SL) andRaveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match:Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Ind) |
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Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) andPrageeth Rambukwella (SL) Player of the match:Dhananjaya de Silva (SL) |
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Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:Kumar Dharmasena (SL) andRuchira Palliyaguruge (SL) Player of the match:Wanindu Hasaranga (SL) |
| Rank | Runs | Player | Teams | Innings | Average | High Score | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 159 | Avishka Fernando |  | 3 | 53.00 | 76 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 128 | Shikhar Dhawan |  | 3 | 64.00 | 86* | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 127 | Charith Asalanka | | 42.33 | 65 | |||
| 4 | 124 | Suryakumar Yadav | | 62.00 | 53 | |||
| 5 | 105 | Prithvi Shaw | 35.00 | 49 | 0 | |||
| Last Updated: 1 August 2021 | ||||||||
| Rank | Wickets | Player | Teams | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Yuzvendra Chahal | | 2 | 3/50 | 20.40 | 5.10 | |
| 2 | 4 | Deepak Chahar | | 2 | 2/37 | 22.50 | 6.00 | |
| 3 | 3 | Akila Dhananjaya | | 1 | 3/44 | 14.66 | 4.40 | |
| Rahul Chahar | | 3/54 | 18.00 | 5.40 | ||||
| Praveen Jayawickrama | | 3/59 | 19.66 | 5.90 | ||||
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 2 | 3/37 | 27.33 | 4.31 | ||||
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | | 3/54 | 39.00 | 6.15 | ||||
| Last Updated: 1 August 2021 | ||||||||
| Rank | Runs | Player | Teams | Innings | Average | High Score | Strike Rate | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 86 | Shikhar Dhawan | | 3 | 28.66 | 46 | 108.86 | 0 |
| 2 | 72 | Dhananjaya de Silva | | 3 | 72.00 | 40* | 112.50 | 0 |
| 3 | 64 | Minod Bhanuka | 21.33 | 36 | 98.46 | |||
| 4 | 50 | Suryakumar Yadav | | 1 | 50.00 | 50 | 147.05 | 1 |
| 5 | 49 | Avishka Fernando | | 3 | 16.33 | 26 | 90.74 | 0 |
| Last Updated: 1 August 2021 | ||||||||
| Rank | Wickets | Player | Teams | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Wanindu Hasaranga | | 3 | 4/9 | 9.57 | 5.58 | |
| 2 | 5 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | | 3 | 4/22 | 10.40 | 5.47 | |
| 3 | 4 | Rahul Chahar | 2 | 3/15 | 10.50 | 5.25 | ||
| Dushmantha Chameera | | 3 | 2/24 | 15.75 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | Dasun Shanaka | 2/20 | 12.66 | 5.42 | |||
| Last Updated: 1 August 2021 | ||||||||