Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008–09

Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009
	Sri Lanka	India
Dates	28 January – 10 February 2009
Captains	Mahela Jayawardene Tillakaratne Dilshan (T20I)	MS Dhoni
One Day International series
Results	India won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs	Kumar Sangakkara (271)	Yuvraj Singh (284)
Most wickets	Nuwan Kulasekara (7)	Ishant Sharma (10)
Player of the series	Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
Twenty20 International series
Results	India won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Tillakaratne Dilshan (81)	Suresh Raina (105)
Most wickets	Malinga Bandara (3)	Yusuf Pathan (2)

The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 28 January to 10 February 2009. The tour included five ODIs and one T20I.^[1][2] India won the ODI series 4-1 and also the T20I.

Squad[]

India's squad for the ODI series was announced on 18 January. The squad included: Sachin Tendulkar, Ishant Sharma, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Yusuf Pathan, Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was both the captain and the wicketkeeper. It was Ravindra Jadeja's maiden call up to the national Indian squad. Praveen Kumar also returned after being dropped for the home ODI series against England. Kumar and Jadeja replaced Harbhajan Singh who was injured and Virat Kohli who was dropped in favour of the all rounder Jadeja.^[3] After the first ODI Munaf Patel sustained a groin injury and Lakshmipathy Balaji was called up to the squad after a four-year hiatus having last played for India in 2005.^[4]

Sri Lanka announced their squad for the first three ODI's on 26 January. The squad included: Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Kapugedera, Jehan Mubarak, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Thilina Kandamby, Muthiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Farveez Maharoof, Dilhara Fernando, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Angelo Mathews. Kumar Sangakkara was the designated wicket keeper and Mahela Jayawardene who led the side. The squad was unchanged from the one that toured Pakistan.^[5]

ODI series[]

1st ODI[]

28 January Scorecard

Sri Lanka  246/7 (50 overs)	v	India 247/4 (48.1 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 107 (114) Ishant Sharma 3/52 (10 overs)		Gautam Gambhir 62 (68) Farveez Maharoof 1/35 (8 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI[]

31 January (D/N) Scorecard

India  256/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 241 (49.2 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 66 (88) Farveez Maharoof 2/40 (10 overs)		Thilina Kandamby 103* (129) Ishant Sharma 4/57 (10 overs)

India won by 15 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Gamini Silva (SL) Player of the match: Ishant Sharma (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI[]

3 February (D/N) Scorecard

India  363/5 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 216 (41.4 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 117 (95) Muttiah Muralitharan 1/60 (10 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 83 (82) Pragyan Ojha 4/38 (10 overs)

India won by 147 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Gamini Silva (SL) Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI[]

5 February (D/N) Scorecard

India  332/5 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 265 (48 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 150 (147) Nuwan Kulasekara 3/63 (10 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 56 (74) Irfan Pathan 3/58 (7 overs)

India won by 67 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) became the highest wicket-taker in ODIs (503).^[6]

5th ODI[]

8 February Scorecard

Sri Lanka  320/5 (50 Overs)	v	India 252 (48.5 Overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 157 (117) Ishant Sharma 3/60 (10 overs)		Yuvraj Singh 73 (62) Muttiah Muralidaran 2/41 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 68 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) made his ODI debut.

T20I series[]

Only T20I[]

10 February 19:00 SLST (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  201/4 (20 overs)	v	India 204/4 (19.2 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 81 (47) Yusuf Pathan 2/23 (4 overs)		Suresh Raina 105 (57) Malinga Bandara 3/32 (4 overs)

India won by 6 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Tyron Wijewardene (SL) and Gamini Silva (SL) Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Ind)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Indika de Saram (SL) and Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) both made their T20I debuts.

References[]

External links[]

• Tour home at ESPN Cricinfo