Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1986–87

Sri Lanka's tour of India in 1986-87
 
  India Sri Lanka
Dates 17 December 1986–17 January 1987
Captains Kapil Dev Sidath Wettimuny
Test series
Result India won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs Dilip Vengsarkar 376 most runs Ravi Ratnayeke 206
Most wickets Mahinder Singh 18 most wickets Ravi Ratnayeke 9
Player of the series Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind)
One Day International series
Results India won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs Sunil Gavaskar 202 most runs Asanka Gurusinha 173
Most wickets Raju Kulkarni and Kapil Dev 6 Arjuna Ranatunga 8 most wickets
Player of the series Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)

Sri Lanka's cricket tour of India in the 1986-87 season comprised a three-match Test series and a five-match ODI series. [1] India won the Test series 2-0 as well as the ODI series 4-1

Test series

1st Test

17-22 December 1986
scorecard
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420 (138 overs)
Ravi Ratnayeke 93
Bharat Arun 3/76 (27 overs)
676/7 (167.1 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 199
Ravi Ratnayeke 4/132 (37.1 overs)
Match drawn
Green Park Stadium
Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and V.K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

2nd Test

27-31 December 1986
scorecard
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204 (59.1 overs)
Arjuna Ranatunga 59 (77)
Shivlal Yadav 5/76 (19.1 overs)
451/6 dec (129.5 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 153
Asanka Gurusinha 2/25 (1.5 overs)
141 (48.1 overs)
Ravi Ratnayeke 54
Maninder Singh 7/71 (17.4 overs)
India won by an innings and 106 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground Nagpur
Umpires: Rajan Mehra (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
Player of the match: Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind) and Maninder Singh (Ind)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

3rd Test

4-7 January 1987
scorecard
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400 (127.3 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 166 (279)
Ravi Ratnayeke 5/85 (27.3 overs)
191 (76.1 overs)
Roy Dias 49
Maninder Singh 4/41 (17.1 overs)
142 (59 overs)
Duleep Mendis 27
Ravi Shastri 4/11 (11 overs)
India won by an innings and 67 runs
Barabati Stadium Cuttack
Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and V.K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: Kapil Dev (Ind)
  • India won the toss and chose to bat

ODI Series

1st ODI

24 December 1986 (D/N)
Scorecard
 Sri Lanka
195/8 (46 overs)
v
 India
78 (24.1 overs)
Asanka Gurusinha 35 (58)
Maninder Singh 3/24 (10 overs)
Kris Srikkanth 17 (42)
Arjuna Ranatunga 4/14 (6 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 117 runs
Green Park, Kanpur
Umpires: Suren Phookan (Ind) and Dara Dotiwalla (Ind)
Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga (SL)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match reduced for 46 overs a side due to rain.
  • Asoka de Silva (SL) and Bharat Arun (Ind) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

11 January 1987
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
145/8 (46 overs)
v
 India
146/2 (27.3 overs)
Duleep Mendis 31 (48)
Shivlal Yadav 2/18 (9 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 70* (83)
Rumesh Ratnayake 1/26 (6 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: Padmakar Pandit (Ind) and Ram Babu Gupta (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match reduced to reduced for 46 overs a side because of a damp pitch.[2]

3rd ODI

13 January 1987
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
208/6 (44 overs)
v
 India
209/4 (41.3 overs)
Asanka Gurusinha 54 (64)
Raju Kulkarni 3/42 (9 overs)
Raman Lamba 57 (56)
Arjuna Ranatunga 2/42 (6 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: Sunit Ghosh (Ind) and Ram Babu Gupta (Ind)
Player of the match: Raman Lamba (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match reduced to reduced for 46 overs a side because of a rain.

References

  1. ↑ "Sri Lanka in India : Dec 1986/Jan 1987 (3 TESTS)". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  2. ↑ "Second One-day International, India v Sri Lanka 1986–87". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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