Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1986–87

Sri Lanka's cricket tour of India in the 1986-87 season comprised a three-match Test series and a five-match ODI series.[1] India won the Test series 2-0 as well as the ODI series 4-1

Sri Lanka's tour of India in 1986-87
 
  India Sri Lanka
Dates 17 December 1986 – 17 January 1987
Captains Kapil Dev Sidath Wettimuny
Test series
Result India won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs Dilip Vengsarkar 376 most runs Ravi Ratnayeke 206
Most wickets Maninder Singh 18 most wickets Ravi Ratnayeke 9
Player of the series Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind)
One Day International series
Results India won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs Sunil Gavaskar 202 most runs Asanka Gurusinha 173
Most wickets Raju Kulkarni and Kapil Dev 6 Arjuna Ranatunga 8 most wickets
Player of the series Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)

Test series

1st Test
17-22 December 1986
scorecard
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420 (138 overs)
Ravi Ratnayeke 93
Bharat Arun 3/76 (27 overs)
676/7 (167.1 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 199
Ravi Ratnayeke 4/132 (37.1 overs)
Match drawn
Green Park Stadium
Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and V.K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

2nd Test
27-31 December 1986
scorecard
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204 (59.1 overs)
Arjuna Ranatunga 59 (77)
Shivlal Yadav 5/76 (19.1 overs)
451/6 dec (129.5 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 153
Asanka Gurusinha 2/25 (1.5 overs)
141 (48.1 overs)
Ravi Ratnayeke 54
Maninder Singh 7/71 (17.4 overs)
India won by an innings and 106 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground Nagpur
Umpires: Rajan Mehra (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
Player of the match: Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind) and Maninder Singh (Ind)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

3rd Test
4-7 January 1987
scorecard
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400 (127.3 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 166 (279)
Ravi Ratnayeke 5/85 (27.3 overs)
191 (76.1 overs)
Roy Dias 49
Maninder Singh 4/41 (17.1 overs)
142 (59 overs)
Duleep Mendis 27
Ravi Shastri 4/11 (11 overs)
India won by an innings and 67 runs
Barabati Stadium Cuttack
Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and V.K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: Kapil Dev (Ind)
  • India won the toss and chose to bat

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

India won the series 4-1.

1st ODI
24 December 1986
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
195/8 (46 overs)
v
 India
78 (24.1 overs)
AP Gurusinha 35 (58)
Maninder Singh 3/24 (10 overs)
K Srikkanth 17 (42)
A Ranatunga 4/14 (6 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 117 runs
Modi Park, Kanpur
Umpires: DN Dotiwalla and SR Phookan
Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
  • B Arun (IND) and EAR de Silva (SL) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI
11 January 1987
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
145/8 (46 overs)
v
 India
146/2 (27.3 overs)
LRD Mendis 31 (48)
NS Yadav 2/18 (9 overs)
SM Gavaskar 70* (83)
RJ Ratnayake 1/26 (6 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: RB Gupta and PG Pandit
Player of the match: SM Gavaskar (IND)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.

3rd ODI
13 January 1987
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
208/6 (44 overs)
v
 India
209/4 (41.3 overs)
AP Gurusinha 54 (64)
RR Kulkarni 3/42 (10 overs)
R Lamba 57* (56)
A Ranatunga 2/42 (10 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: SK Ghosh and RR Kadam
Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 44 overs per side.

4th ODI
15 January 1987
Scorecard
India 
235/8 (43 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
141 (36.3 overs)
SM Gavaskar 69 (94)
GF Labrooy 5/57 (10 overs)
AP Gurusinha 26 (62)
RJ Shastri 3/24 (5 overs)
India won by 94 runs
Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Umpires: PG Pandit and SR Ramchandra Rao
Player of the match: SM Gavaskar (IND)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 43 overs per side.

5th ODI
17 January 1987
Scorecard
India 
299/4 (40 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
289/7 (40 overs)
M Azharuddin 108* (94)
A Ranatunga 2/59 (10 overs)
RS Mahanama 98 (91)
RR Kulkarni 2/57 (9 overs)
India won by 10 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: DN Dotiwalla and RR Kadam
Player of the match: RS Mahanama (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 40 overs per side.
  • Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.

References
  1. "Sri Lanka in India : Dec 1986/Jan 1987 (3 TESTS)". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
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