International cricket tour
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Sri Lanka's tour of India in 1986-87 | |||
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India | Sri Lanka | ||
Dates | 17 December 1986 β 17 January 1987 | ||
Captains | Kapil Dev | Duleep Mendis | |
Test series | |||
Result | India won the: 3-match series 2β0 | ||
Most runs | Dilip Vengsarkar 376 most runs | Ravi Ratnayeke 206 | |
Most wickets | Maninder Singh 18 most wickets | Ravi Ratnayeke 9 | |
Player of theββseries | Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | India won the 5-match series 4β1 | ||
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) |
Sri Lanka's cricket tour of India in the 1986β87 season comprised a three-match Test series and a five-match ODI series. India won the Test series 2-0 as well as the ODI series 4-1
Test seriesβ»
1st Testβ»
17-22 December 1986
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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
- Bharat Arun, Raman Lamba (Ind) and Graeme Labrooy (SL) all made their test debuts
2nd Testβ»
27-31 December 1986
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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 Testβ»
4-7 January 1987
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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)β»
India won the series 4β1.
1st ODIβ»
24 December 1986
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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 ODIβ»
11 January 1987
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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 ODIβ»
13 January 1987
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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 ODIβ»
15 January 1987
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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 ODIβ»
17 January 1987
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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.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Sri Lanka in India : Dec 1986/Jan 1987 (3 TESTS)". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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