Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2009–10

Sri Lanka cricket team in India
Sri Lanka India
Dates 11 November – 27 December 2009
Captains Kumar Sangakkara Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Virender Sehwag(3rd & 4th ODIs)
Test series
Result India won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs Mahela Jayawardene (373) Virender Sehwag (491)
Most wickets Rangana Herath (11) Harbhajan Singh (13)
Player of the series Virender Sehwag (Ind)
One Day International series
Result India won the 5-match series 3–1
Most runs Tillakaratne Dilshan (353) Sachin Tendulkar (216)
Most wickets Suraj Randiv (5)
Chanaka Welegedara (5)
Zaheer Khan (7)
Player of the series Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
Twenty20 series
Result 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Kumar Sangakkara (137) Virender Sehwag (90)
Most wickets Sanath Jayasuriya (2)
Angelo Mathews (2)
Yuvraj Singh (3)
Player of the series Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

The Sri Lankan team toured India from 11 November to 27 December, 2009, playing three Tests, five ODIs and two T20Is[1]. The series was called the Jaypee cup.

Contents

Tour Matches

11 – 13 November Indian Presidents XI v  Sri Lanka Match abandoned without a ball bowled [2]
Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
Umpires: Rajesh Deshpande (Ind) and Suresh Shastri(Ind)

Test series

1st Test

16 – 20 November
Scorecard
India 
426 (104.5 overs)
v  Sri Lanka
760/7d (202.4 overs)
Match drawn
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) & Tony Hill (NZ)
Player of the Match: Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
R Dravid 177 (261)
UWMBCA Welegedara 4/87 [22]
DPMD Jayawardene 275 (435)
Z Khan 2/109 [36]
412/4 (129 overs)
G Gambhir 114 (230)
HMRKB Herath 2/97 [40]
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rahul Dravid with his 177th run became the 2nd Indian & 5th overall to score 11,000 test runs
  • Mahela Jayawardene & Prasanna Jayawardene 351 is the highest score for a 6th wicket partnership
  • Sachin Tendulkar with his 45th run in 2nd innings scored 30000 international runs

2nd Test

24–28 November
Scorecard
India 
642 (154 overs)
v  Sri Lanka
229 (84 overs)
India won by an innings and 144 runs.
Green Park, Kanpur
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) & Nigel Llong (Eng)
Player of the Match: S Sreesanth
G Gambhir 167 (215)
HMRKB Herath 5/121 [33]
DPMD Jayawardene 47 (125)
S Sreesanth 5/75 [22]
269 (f/o) (65.3 overs)
TT Samaraweera 78* (123)
Harbhajan Singh 3/98 [22]
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

2–6 December
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
393 (94.4 overs)
v  India
726/9d (163.3 overs)
India won by an innings and 24 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) & Nigel Llong(Eng)
Player of the Match: V Sehwag (Ind)
TM Dilshan 109 (160)
Harbhajan Singh 4/112 [32]
V Sehwag 293 (254)
M Muralitharan 4/195 [51]
309 (100.4 overs)
KC Sangakkara 137 (261)
Z Khan 5/72 [21]
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • With this victory, India became the top team in ICC Test Rankings.
  • Virender Sehwag selected as Man of the Series for his excellent batting performances.

Twenty20 International Series

1st T20I

9 December
Scorecard
 Sri Lanka
215/5 (20 overs)
v India 
186/9 (20 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 29 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Umpires: AM Saheba (Ind) & SK Tarapore (Ind)
Player of the match: KC Sangakkara (SL)
KC Sangakkara 78 (37)
RG Sharma 1/22 [3]
G Gambhir 55 (26)
ST Jayasuriya 2/19 [4]
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

12 December
Scorecard
 Sri Lanka
206/7 (20 overs)
v India 
211/4 (19.1 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Umpires: SS Hazare (Ind) & SK Tarapore (Ind)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
KC Sangakkara 59 (31)
Yuvraj Singh 3/23 [3]
V Sehwag 64 (36)
SL Malinga 1/28 [4]
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • With 211/4, India recorded the highest successful chase in Twenty20 Internationals.

ODI series

1st ODI

15 December
Scorecard
India 
414/7 (50 overs)
v  Sri Lanka
411/8 (50 overs)
India won by 3 runs.
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
Umpires: M Erasmus (SA) & SK Tarapore (Ind)
Player of the match: V Sehwag (Ind)
V Sehwag 146 (102)
UWMBCA Welegedara 2/63 [10]
TM Dilshan 160 (124)
Harbhajan Singh 2/58 [10]
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
  • This match was only the second occasion where both teams put up totals in excess of 400
  • This is India's highest total in One Day Internationals.

2nd ODI

18 December
Scorecard
India 
301/7 (50 overs)
v  Sri Lanka
302/7 (49.1 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets.
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: M Erasmus (SA) & SK Tarapore (Ind)
Player of the match: TM Dilshan (SL)
MS Dhoni 107 (111)
S Randiv 3/51 [10]
TM Dilshan 123 (113)
Z Khan 3/63 [10]
  • India won the toss and elected to bat

3rd ODI

21 December
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
239 (44.2 overs)
v  India
242/3 (42.4 overs)
India won by 7 wickets.
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: M Erasmsu (SA) & SS Hazare (Ind)
Player of the match: RA Jadeja (Ind)
WU Tharanga 73 (81)
RA Jadeja 4/32 [10]
SR Tendulkar 96* (104)
UWMBCA Welegedara 2/35 [8]
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India was captained by Virender Sehwag in the absence of MS Dhoni, who was banned for two matches for a slow over-rate

4th ODI

24 December
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
315/6 (50 overs)
v  India
317/3 (48.1 overs)
India won by 7 wickets.
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA) & Sanjay Hazare (IND)
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir who gave the award to Virat Kohli
WU Tharanga 118 (128)
Z Khan 2/49 [10]
G Gambhir 150* (137)
RAS Lakmal 2/55 [10]
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India was captained by Virender Sehwag in the absence of MS Dhoni, who was banned for two matches for a slow over-rate
  • Gautam Gambhir was adjudged man of the match but he gave the award to Virat Kohli as it was his first century

5th ODI

27 December
Scorecard
 Sri Lanka
83/5 (23.3 overs)
v India 
Match abandoned due to unfit playing conditions
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: M Erasmus (SA) & SK Tarapore (Ind)
ST Jayasuriya 31 (51)
Z Khan 2/31 [8]
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

Media coverage

Television

References