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Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001

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Field	Value
series_name	Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001
team1_image	Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
team1_name	Sri Lanka
team2_image	Flag of India.svg
team2_name	India
from_date	18 July
to_date	2 September 2001
team1_captain	Sanath Jayasuriya
team2_captain	Sourav Ganguly
no_of_tests	3
team1_tests_won	2
team2_tests_won	1
team1_tests_most_runs	Mahela Jayawardene (296)
team2_tests_most_runs	Rahul Dravid (235)
team1_tests_most_wickets	Muttiah Muralitharan (23)
team2_tests_most_wickets	Venkatesh Prasad (11)
player_of_test_series	Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

The India cricket team toured Sri Lanka between 18 July and 2 September 2001. The two sides played a triangular ODI series also involving New Zealand, following which they played a three-match Test series. India's tour also included a one-day and a three-day fixture ahead of the ODI and Test series respectively.

Sri Lanka won the ODI series defeating India in the final. In the Test series that followed, they beat India by a 2–1 margin, winning the first and final Tests, while India won the second. It was Sri Lanka's second series win against India and first at home after three losses that followed the win against Australia in September 1999. Mahela Jayawardene made 296 runs and was the top-scorer for either sides, while Muttiah Muralitharan, who picked 23 wickets, was named the player of the series.

Squads

Sachin Tendulkar pulled out of the tour after a scan of his injured right toe, from hairline fracture, revealed to not have healed. With that, he missed a Test for the first time since his debut in 1989 after playing 84 consecutive games.

Tour match

| score-team1-inns1 = 326 (86.5 overs) | runs-team1-inns1 = Michael Vandort 116 (159) | wickets-team1-inns1 = Javagal Srinath 3/68 (16 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 281/5d | runs-team2-inns1 = Sourav Ganguly 74* (112) | wickets-team2-inns1 = Dinusha Fernando 2/68 (17 overs)

Indians declared their innings after one over on the morning of the last day after the pitch turned out to be a "dangerous" one for batting.

Test Series

1st Test

| score-team1-inns1 =187 (95.3 overs) | runs-team1-inns1 =Sadagoppan Ramesh 42 (127) | wickets-team1-inns1 =Dilhara Fernando 5/42 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =362 (107.5 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 =Sanath Jayasuriya 111 (138) | wickets-team2-inns1 =Javagal Srinath 5/114 (24.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =180 (74.5 overs) | runs-team1-inns2 =Rahul Dravid 61* (172) |wickets-team1-inns2 =Muttiah Muralitharan 5/49 (26.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =6/0 (1.5 overs) | runs-team2-inns2 =Sanath Jayasuriya 6* (5) | wickets-team2-inns2 =Javagal Srinath 0/0 (1 overs)

Kumar Sangakkara (SL) scored his first century in Tests.

2nd Test

| score-team1-inns1 =274 (78.3 overs) | runs-team1-inns1 =Mahela Jayawardene 104 | wickets-team1-inns1 =Zaheer Khan 3/62 (22 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =232 (64.1 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 =Sadagoppan Ramesh 47 | wickets-team2-inns1 =Chaminda Vaas 4/65 (21 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =221 (66.3 overs) | runs-team1-inns2 =Muttiah Muralitharan 67 | wickets-team1-inns2 =Venkatesh Prasad 5/72 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =264/3 (78.4 overs) | runs-team2-inns2 =Sourav Ganguly 98 | wickets-team2-inns2 =Muttiah Muralitharan 2/96 (25 overs)

Chaminda Vaas (SL) played his 50th Test.
Hashan Tillakaratne (SL) passed 3,000 runs in Tests.

3rd Test

| score-team1-inns1 =234 (81.1 overs) | runs-team1-inns1 =Shiv Sunder Das 59 (111) | wickets-team1-inns1 =Muttiah Muralitharan 8/87 (34.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =610/6d (171 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 =Mahela Jayawardene 139 (216) | wickets-team2-inns1 =Venkatesh Prasad 3/101 (34 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =299 (124.5 overs) | runs-team1-inns2 =Shiv Sunder Das 68 (162) | wickets-team1-inns2 =Muttiah Muralitharan 3/109 (46.5 overs)

Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) returned the best bowling figures in an innings in Sri Lanka (8/87).
Rahul Dravid (Ind) passed 4,000 runs in Tests.
India's innings defeat was its first against Sri Lanka.

References

"Tour report, The Indians in Sri Lanka, 2001". ESPNcricinfo.
(10 August 2001). "Sri Lankan selectors recall Hashan Tillakaratne for Test series". ESPNcricinfo.
(2 August 2001). "Venkatesh Prasad back in Indian team". ESPNcricinfo.
(10 August 2001). "Tendulkar pulls out of Test series in Lanka". ESPNcricinfo.
"Practice match abandoned because of dangerous wicket". ESPNcricinfo.
"1st Test, India v Sri Lanka, Statistical Highlights". ESPNcricinfo.
"August 26, 2001 2nd Test, India v Sri Lanka, Statistical Highlights". ESPNcricinfo.
"3rd Test, India v Sri Lanka, Statistical Highlights". ESPNcricinfo.

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