Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008–09

The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 28 January to 10 February 2009. The tour included five ODIs and one T20I.[1][2] India won the ODI series 4-1 and also the T20I.

Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009
 
  Sri Lanka India
Dates 28 January – 10 February 2009
Captains Mahela Jayawardene
Tillakaratne Dilshan (T20I)
MS Dhoni
One Day International series
Results India won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs Kumar Sangakkara (271) Yuvraj Singh (284)
Most wickets Nuwan Kulasekara (7) Ishant Sharma (10)
Player of the series Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
Twenty20 International series
Results India won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs Tillakaratne Dilshan (61) Suresh Raina (35)
Most wickets Malinga Bandara (3) Yusuf Pathan (2)
Player of the series Yusuf Pathan (Ind)

Squad

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India's squad for the ODI series was announced on 18 January. It was Ravindra Jadeja's maiden call up to the national Indian squad. Praveen Kumar also returned after being dropped for the home ODI series against England. Kumar and Jadeja replaced Harbhajan Singh who was injured and Virat Kohli who was dropped in favour of the all rounder Jadeja.[3] After the first ODI Munaf Patel sustained a groin injury and Lakshmipathy Balaji was called up to the squad after a four-year hiatus having last played for India in 2005.[4]

Sri Lanka announced their squad for the first three ODI's on 26 January. The squad was unchanged from the one that toured Pakistan.[5]

ODIs T20Is
  Sri Lanka[6]   India[7][8][9]   Sri Lanka[10]   India[11][12]

ODI series

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1st ODI

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28 January
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
246/7 (50 overs)
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  India
247/4 (48.1 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 107 (114)
Ishant Sharma 3/52 (10 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 62 (68)
Farveez Maharoof 1/35 (8 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

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31 January (D/N)
Scorecard
India  
256/9 (50 overs)
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  Sri Lanka
241 (49.2 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 66 (88)
Farveez Maharoof 2/40 (10 overs)
Thilina Kandamby 93* (129)
Ishant Sharma 4/57 (10 overs)
India won by 15 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Gamini Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Ishant Sharma (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

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3 February (D/N)
Scorecard
India  
363/5 (50 overs)
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  Sri Lanka
216 (41.4 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 117 (95)
Muttiah Muralitharan 1/60 (10 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 83 (82)
Pragyan Ojha 4/38 (10 overs)
India won by 147 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Gamini Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

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5 February (D/N)
Scorecard
India  
332/5 (50 overs)
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  Sri Lanka
265 (48 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 150 (147)
Nuwan Kulasekara 3/63 (10 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 56 (74)
Irfan Pathan 3/58 (7 overs)
India won by 67 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Ind)

5th ODI

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8 February
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
320/8 (50 Overs)
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  India
252 (48.5 Overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 97 (117)
Ishant Sharma 3/60 (10 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 73 (62)
Muttiah Muralitharan 2/41 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 68 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) made his ODI debut.

T20I series

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Only T20I

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10 February
19:00 SLST (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
171/4 (20 overs)
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  India
174/7 (19.2 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 61 (47)
Yusuf Pathan 2/23 (4 overs)
Suresh Raina 35 (27)
Malinga Bandara 3/32 (4 overs)
India won by 3 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Tyron Wijewardene (SL) and Gamini Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Yusuf Pathan (Ind)

References

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  1. ^ India to play five ODIs in Sri Lanka
  2. ^ SLC announces Indian itinerary
  3. ^ Jadeja earns call-up, Praveen returns,
  4. ^ Balaji replaces injured Munaf for SL tour,
  5. ^ Sri Lanka unchanged for first three ODIs,
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka Squad - Sri Lanka Squad - India tour of Sri Lanka, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  7. ^ "India ODI Squad - India Squad - India tour of Sri Lanka, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  8. ^ "Balaji replaces injured Munaf for SL tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  9. ^ "Jadeja earns call-up, Praveen returns". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  10. ^ "Sri Lanka rest key players for Twenty20 clash". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  11. ^ "India Squad - Twenty20 - India tour of Sri Lanka, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  12. ^ "Tendulkar returns home early from tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  13. ^ "Murali becomes highest wicket-taker in ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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