Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2010

Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2010

	India	Sri Lanka
Dates	18 July 2010 – 7 August 2010
Captains	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Kumar Sangakkara
Test series
Result	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	SR Tendulkar (390)	K Sangakkara (467)
Most wickets	P Ojha (8)	S Randiv (11)
Player of the series	V Sehwag (India)

The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka, playing three Test matches from 18 July to 7 August 2010.

Squads

The squads of the four teams participating in the tournament were announced in early June by the respective cricket boards.

Squads^[1]
India	Sri Lanka
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) (wk)	Kumar Sangakkara (c) (wk)
Dinesh Karthik (vc)	Muttiah Muralitharan (vc)
Ravichandran Ashwin	Rangana Herath
Ashok Dinda	Mahela Jayawardene
Gautam Gambhir	Suraj Randiv
Harbhajan Singh	Thilina Kandamby
Ravindra Jadeja	Chamara Kapugedera
Zaheer Khan	Nuwan Kulasekara
Virat Kohli	Farveez Maharoof
Praveen Kumar	Lasith Malinga
Ashish Nehra	Angelo Mathews
Pragyan Ojha	Thilan Samaraweera
Suresh Raina	Upul Tharanga
Rohit Sharma	Chanaka Welegedara
Saurabh Tiwary

Test Series

1st Test

18–22 July
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	India
520/8d (124 overs) Tharanga Paranavitana 111 (289) Abhimanyu Mithun 4/105 (28 overs)		276 (65 overs) Virender Sehwag 109 (175) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/63 (17 overs)
96/0 (14.1 overs) Tillakaratne Dilshan 68* (47) Pragyan Ojha 0/11 (3 overs)		338 (115.4 overs) (f/o) Sachin Tendulkar 84 (168) Lasith Malinga 5/50 (17 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) & Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
Bad light ended play after 68 overs on Day 1.
Rain prevented play on Day 2.
Abhimanyu Mithun (Ind) made his Test cricket debut.
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) announced that he would retire from Test cricket following this match. On the last day of the match, and on the last wicket of the match, he earned his 800th career Test wicket.

2nd Test

26–30 July
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	India
642/4d (159.4 overs) Kumar Sangakkara 219 (335) Virender Sehwag 1/71 (20 overs)		707 (225.2 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 203 (347) Ajantha Mendis 4/172 (63 overs)
129/3 (45 overs) Kumar Sangakkara 42* (114) Abhimanyu Mithun 1/17 (6 overs)

Match drawn
Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
Suresh Raina (Ind) and Suraj Randiv (SL) made their Test cricket debuts.

3rd Test

3–7 August
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	India
425 (138 overs) Thilan Samaraweera 137* (288) Pragyan Ojha 4/115 (46 overs)		436 (106.1 overs) Virender Sehwag 109 (105) Suraj Randiv 4/80 (25.1 overs)
267 (85.2 overs) Thilan Samaraweera 83 (139) Amit Mishra 3/47 (17.2 overs)		258/5 (68.3 overs) VVS Laxman 103* (149) Suraj Randiv 5/82 (29 overs)

India won by 5 wickets
P. Sara Oval, Colombo
Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: VVS Laxman (India)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
Bad light ended play after 86.5 overs on Day 1, and 86.1 overs on Day 2.
VVS Laxman scored his first century in Sri Lanka and in the 4th innings of a test match.

Tour Match

Sri Lanka Board President's XI vs Indians

13–15 July
Scorecard

Sri Lanka Board President's XI	v	Indians
514/9d (104.3 overs) Upul Tharanga 110 (116) Pragyan Ojha 5/153 (27.3 overs)		291 (64.2 overs) Yuvraj Singh 118 (146) Ajantha Mendis 6/67 (17.2 overs)
260/6 (61.1 overs) Lahiru Thirimanne 102 (142) Pragyan Ojha 3/85(22 overs)

Match drawn
Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Lyndon Hannibal

Sri Lanka Board President's XI won the toss and elelcted to bat.

Media Coverage

Television

Ten Sports : India, Pakistan, Middle East, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore
Zee cafe : England and Wales
SuperSport (TV channel) : South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe
Setanta Sports Australia : Australia
Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation : Sri Lanka
Sky Network Television : New Zealand

Internet

http://www.srilankacricket.lk – Online commentary only

References

↑ Cricinfo Asia Cup page Cricinfo. Retrieved on 10 June 2010

International cricket in 2010

Preceding season: International cricket in 2009–10

April 2010	Sri Lanka women in the West Indies Pakistan women in the West Indies 2010 ICC World Twenty20

May 2010	2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 South Africa in the West Indies New Zealand vs Sri Lanka in USA Bangladesh in England Tri-Nation Series in Zimbabwe

June 2010	India in Zimbabwe Scotland in the Netherlands Asia Cup Australia in Ireland England in Scotland Australia in England New Zealand women in England

July 2010	WCL Division One New Zealand women vs Ireland in England Ireland women in England Australia vs Pakistan in England Bangladesh in Ireland India in Sri Lanka Bangladesh in Scotland Pakistan in England

August 2010	Sri Lanka Triangular Series WCL Division Four Afghanistan in Scotland Netherlands in Ireland

Following season: International cricket in 2010–11

International cricket tours of Sri Lanka

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1982–83 1992 1999 2003–04 2011 2016

Bangladesh	2002 2005–06 2007 2012–13

England	1981–82 1992–93 2000–01 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15

India	1985 1993 1997 2001 2006 2008 2008–09 2010 2012 2015

New Zealand	1983–84 1984–85 1986–87 1992–93 1998 2003 2009 2012–13 2013–14

Pakistan	1985–86 1994 1996–97 2000 2005–06 2009 2012 2014 2015

South Africa	1993 2000 2004 2006 2013 2014

West Indies	1993–94 2001–02 2005 2010–11 2015-16

Zimbabwe	1983–84 1996–97 1997–98 2001–02

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1986 1994 1996 1996 1997 2000 2001–02 2002 2004 2010 2011 2012

Other tours

Afghan	2009–10

Australian	1884 1890 1893 1896 1912 1926 1930 1934 1935–36 1938 1945 1948 1953 1961 1964 1969 1981

Bangladeshi	1985–86

Canadian	2000–01 2009–10 2011–12

English	1882–83 1889–90 1891–92 1892–93 1894–95 1911–12 1920–21 1922–23 1924–25 1926–27 1928–29 1929–30 1932–33 1933–34 1935–36 1936–37 1936–37 1950–51 1951–52 1954–55 1958–59 1961–62 1962–63 1965–66 1968–69 1969–70 1972–73 1976–77 1977–78 1984–85 2000–01

Indian	1925–26 1944–45 1956–57 1973–74 1975–76

Kenyan	2001–02 2013–14

Malaysian	1893–94 1971–72

Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1967–68

New Zealand	1927 1937–38

Pakistani	1948–49 1972–73 1975–76 1978–79

Scottish	2011–12 2013–14

West Indian	1948–49 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79

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