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

Click for:
• 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