The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 6 August to 1 September 2015 to play a tour match and three Test matches.[1] On 27 June 2015, Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara said he would retire from international cricket after the second Test of the series.[2] The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Sri Lanka Cricket Board confirmed the schedule of India's tour to Sri Lanka in August to September 2015. The tour started with a three-day warm-up game against Sri Lanka Board President's XI, followed by three Test matches. The Test matches were played at Galle, P Sara Oval, and SSC Colombo.[3] The Indian team arrived in Sri Lanka on 4 August 2015.[4]
India won the three-match series 2–1, with Virat Kohli winning his first Test series as captain of India, and this was the first series win by India in Sri Lanka since 1993.[6] This series win also gave India their first overseas Test series victory since the 2011 tour in the West Indies.
1Murali Vijay was ruled out of the first Test and also last Test due to a hamstring injury.[11][12] 2Stuart Binny was added to India's squad before the second Test.[13] 3Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of the last two matches after fracturing his right hand in the first Test.[14] 4Wriddhiman Saha was ruled out of the last Test due to a hamstring injury.[12] 5Naman Ojha and Karun Nair were added to India's squad before the third Test.[12]
Tour matchedit
Three day:Sri Lanka Board President's XI vs Indiansedit
Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) took his 11th five-wicket haul and first against Sri Lanka. His figures of 6/46 is the best bowling figures by an Indian against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.[16]
Rain interrupted India's innings at 15 overs on day 1 with no play was possible. Rain also interrupted play in the 96th over of India's first innings on day 2 with play being called off for the day.
On day 3 rain interrupted play in the 9th over of India's second innings with play being called off for the day.
Naman Ojha (Ind) and Kusal Perera (SL) made their Test debuts. This was 14th time that two wicket-keepers made their debuts in the same Test.[20]
Ishant Sharma (Ind) returned the best bowling figures in an innings by an Indian pace bowler in Sri Lanka (5/54). He also became the 8th Indian to reach 200 Test wickets.[5]
Dhammika Prasad (SL) returned his career-best bowling figures in a Test (8/169).[21]
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^ abc"Vijay and Saha Ruled out of the third Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
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External linksedit
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The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 6 August to 1 September 2015 to play a tour match and three Test matches 1 On 27 June 2015 Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara said he would retire from international cricket after the second Test of the series 2 The Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI and Sri Lanka Cricket Board confirmed the schedule of India s tour to Sri Lanka in August to September 2015 The tour started with a three day warm up game against Sri Lanka Board President s XI followed by three Test matches The Test matches were played at Galle P Sara Oval and SSC Colombo 3 The Indian team arrived in Sri Lanka on 4 August 2015 4 Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015 Sri LankaIndiaDates6 August 1 September 2015CaptainsAngelo MathewsVirat KohliTest seriesResultIndia won the 3 match series 2 1Most runsAngelo Mathews 339 Virat Kohli 333 Most wicketsDhammika Prasad 15 Ravichandran Ashwin 21 Player of the seriesRavichandran Ashwin Ind Three different openers for India Shikhar Dhawan 134 Lokesh Rahul 108 and Cheteshwar Pujara 145 made centuries in the series This was fifth time in Test history The last happened in 1970 Ashes by John Edrich Geoff Boycott and Brian Luckhurst for England 5 India won the three match series 2 1 with Virat Kohli winning his first Test series as captain of India and this was the first series win by India in Sri Lanka since 1993 6 This series win also gave India their first overseas Test series victory since the 2011 tour in the West Indies Contents 1 Squads 2 Tour match 2 1 Three day Sri Lanka Board President s XI vs Indians 3 Test series 3 1 1st Test 3 2 2nd Test 3 3 3rd Test 4 References 5 External linksSquads edit nbsp Sri Lanka 7 8 nbsp India 9 10 Angelo Mathews c Dushmantha Chameera Dinesh Chandimal wk Vishwa Fernando Rangana Herath Dimuth Karunaratne Tharindu Kaushal Jehan Mubarak Dilruwan Perera Kusal Perera wk Nuwan Pradeep Dhammika Prasad Kumar Sangakkara Kaushal Silva Upul Tharanga Lahiru Thirimanne Virat Kohli c Varun Aaron Ravichandran Ashwin Shikhar Dhawan3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Amit Mishra Cheteshwar Pujara Ajinkya Rahane Lokesh Rahul Wriddhiman Saha wk 4 Naman Ojha wk 5 Karun Nair5 Ishant Sharma Rohit Sharma Harbhajan Singh Murali Vijay1 Umesh Yadav Stuart Binny21 Murali Vijay was ruled out of the first Test and also last Test due to a hamstring injury 11 12 2 Stuart Binny was added to India s squad before the second Test 13 3 Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of the last two matches after fracturing his right hand in the first Test 14 4 Wriddhiman Saha was ruled out of the last Test due to a hamstring injury 12 5 Naman Ojha and Karun Nair were added to India s squad before the third Test 12 Tour match editThree day Sri Lanka Board President s XI vs Indians edit 6 8 August ScorecardIndians nbsp v Sri Lanka Board President s XI351 88 1 overs Ajinkya Rahane 109 127 Kasun Rajitha 5 68 17 overs 121 31 overs Niroshan Dickwella 41 53 Ishant Sharma 5 23 7 overs 180 58 4 overs Lokesh Rahul 47 94 Kasun Rajitha 2 38 12 overs 200 6 54 overs Kaushal Silva 83 163 Ravichandran Ashwin 3 38 8 overs Match drawnR Premadasa Stadium Colombo Umpires Lyndon Hannibal SL and Asanga Jayasooriya SL Sri Lanka Board President s XI won the toss and elected to field Players per side 15 11 batting 11 fielding Test series edit1st Test edit 12 16 August ScorecardSri Lanka nbsp v nbsp India183 49 3 overs Angelo Mathews 64 92 Ravichandran Ashwin 6 46 13 4 overs 375 147 4 overs Shikhar Dhawan 134 271 Tharindu Kaushal 5 134 32 4 overs 367 82 2 overs Dinesh Chandimal 162 169 Ravichandran Ashwin 4 114 28 2 overs 112 49 5 overs Ajinkya Rahane 36 76 Rangana Herath 7 48 21 overs Sri Lanka won by 63 runsGalle International Stadium Galle Umpires Nigel Llong Eng and Bruce Oxenford Aus Player of the match Dinesh Chandimal SL Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat Angelo Mathews SL made his 50th Test appearance 15 Ravichandran Ashwin Ind took his 11th five wicket haul and first against Sri Lanka His figures of 6 46 is the best bowling figures by an Indian against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka 16 2nd Test edit 20 24 August ScorecardIndia nbsp v nbsp Sri Lanka393 114 overs KL Rahul 108 190 Rangana Herath 4 81 25 overs 306 108 overs Angelo Mathews 102 167 Amit Mishra 4 43 21 overs 325 8d 91 overs Ajinkya Rahane 126 243 Dhammika Prasad 4 43 15 overs 134 43 4 overs Dimuth Karunaratne 46 103 Ravichandran Ashwin 5 42 16 overs India won by 278 runsP Sara Oval Colombo Umpires Bruce Oxenford Aus and Rod Tucker Aus Player of the match KL Rahul Ind India won the toss and elected to bat Rain interrupted play twice during Sri Lanka s first innings on Day 3 and in the second innings on Day 5 17 Kumar Sangakkara SL played his final international match 2 Amit Mishra Ind took his 50th Test wicket when he dismissed Dhammika Prasad in the first innings 18 19 3rd Test edit 28 August 1 September ScorecardIndia nbsp v nbsp Sri Lanka312 100 1 overs Cheteshwar Pujara 145 289 Dhammika Prasad 4 100 26 overs 201 52 2 overs Kusal Perera 55 56 Ishant Sharma 5 54 15 overs 274 76 overs Ravichandran Ashwin 58 87 Nuwan Pradeep 4 62 17 overs 268 85 overs Angelo Mathews 110 237 Ravichandran Ashwin 4 69 20 overs India won by 117 runsSinhalese Sports Club Ground Colombo Umpires Nigel Llong Eng and Rod Tucker Aus Player of the match Cheteshwar Pujara Ind Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field Rain interrupted India s innings at 15 overs on day 1 with no play was possible Rain also interrupted play in the 96th over of India s first innings on day 2 with play being called off for the day On day 3 rain interrupted play in the 9th over of India s second innings with play being called off for the day Naman Ojha Ind and Kusal Perera SL made their Test debuts This was 14th time that two wicket keepers made their debuts in the same Test 20 Ishant Sharma Ind returned the best bowling figures in an innings by an Indian pace bowler in Sri Lanka 5 54 He also became the 8th Indian to reach 200 Test wickets 5 Dhammika Prasad SL returned his career best bowling figures in a Test 8 169 21 References edit India build up to World T20 with plenty of matches ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 20 May 2015 a b Sangakkara confirms international retirement ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 27 June 2015 India s tour of Sri Lanka schedule announced BCCI Archived from the original on 11 July 2015 Retrieved 9 July 2015 Indian team arrive for three Test series Sri Lanka Cricket Archived from the original on 5 August 2015 Retrieved 4 August 2015 a b Best figures by an India pacer in SL ESPN Retrieved 30 August 2015 Sri Lanka v India Tourists secure series with victory in Colombo BBC Sport Retrieved 1 September 2015 Uncapped Vishwa Fernando in SL Test squad ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media 7 August 2015 Retrieved 7 August 2015 SL Test squad ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media 7 August 2015 Retrieved 7 August 2015 India s Test squad ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media 23 July 2015 Retrieved 23 July 2015 Amit Mishra returns to India s Test squad ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media 23 July 2015 Retrieved 23 July 2015 Vijay ruled out of first Test ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media 10 August 2015 Retrieved 10 August 2015 a b c Vijay and Saha Ruled out of the third Test ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 23 August 2015 Binny added to India Test squad ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media 16 August 2015 Retrieved 16 August 2015 Dhawan ruled out of Sri Lanka tour ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media 17 August 2015 Retrieved 17 August 2015 Sri Lanka gear up for India s five bowler challenge Stats and trivia ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media 11 August 2015 Retrieved 11 August 2015 Ashwin six for puts India in charge ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media 12 August 2015 Retrieved 12 August 2015 Report SL vs Ind 2nd Test Day 3 bcci tv BCCI Sports Media 22 August 2015 Archived from the original on 23 September 2015 Retrieved 22 August 2015 Mishra pleased with reward for flight and guile ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media 22 August 2015 Retrieved 22 August 2015 Mathews rescue act and Binny s 288 ball wait ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media 22 August 2015 Retrieved 22 August 2015 Series at stake as Sri Lanka begin life after Sangakkara Stats and Trivia ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media Retrieved 27 August 2015 Opening lows and Prasad s best ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media Retrieved 31 August 2015 External links editSeries home at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015 amp oldid 1190207057, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
