Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2021–22
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The Sri Lankan cricket team toured India in February and March 2022 to play two Test and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] The Test series formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship.[3][4] In September 2021, the Board 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 their tour of Australia.[7] In early February, the change was agreed by both boards, with Bangalore hosting a day/night Test match,[8][9] with the BCCI confirming the revised tour schedule.[10]
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) |
On 2 February 2022, Sri Lankan fast bowler Suranga 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, with Rohit 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 played behind 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's Virat Kohli.[20] In the Test, Ravindra Jadeja scored 175 not 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]