List of ODI cricket matches played between India and Sri Lanka
The national cricket teams of India and Sri Lanka have played 139 One Day Internationals (ODIs) against each other since 1979, India have the better overall record with 75 wins to Sri Lanka's 52, one match has finished in a tie and eleven were declared a no result. The Two sides first met at the 1979 Cricket World Cup, where Sri Lanka won by 47 runs at Old Trafford. They have played each other eight times at the World Cup, the most significant of these matches took place in 1996 and 2011. In the 1996 semi-final between the two sides play was disrupted after the crowd at Eden Gardens showed their anger at the state of the match, Sri Lanka being in a favourable position, by throwing objects on to the field and setting fires in some parts of the ground. This led to the match being abandoned and the victory was awarded to Sri Lanka by default. Their most recent World Cup meeting occurred at the 2011 final at Wankhede Stadium, where India successfully chased 275 to lift the trophy.
The teams have also met in the final of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, which was hosted by Sri Lanka. After two attempts to complete the match, both were declared as a no result, the trophy was shared. The teams play each other regularly in the Asia Cup, which is held every two years. In the ten times that the tournament has been held. India and Sri Lanka have both reached the final on seven occasions, India have won four of these matches and Sri Lanka have won three.
Summary of results
Total |
In India |
In Sri Lanka |
Neutral |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Matches played |
139 |
43 |
56 |
40 |
Won by India |
75 |
29 |
23 |
23 |
Won by Sri Lanka |
52 |
11 |
27 |
14 |
No result |
11 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
Tie |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Key
- (D/L) denotes that the Duckworth–Lewis method was used in the match
- # denotes that the team batting second were chasing a revised target
Legend |
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World Cup |
Champions Trophy |
Asia Cup |
No. |
Date |
Winning team |
Margin of victory |
Venue |
Player of the match |
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47 runs |
Old Trafford, Manchester |
Duleep Mendis (SRI), 64 |
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78 runs |
Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar |
Dilip Doshi (IND), 4/44 |
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6 wickets |
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
Kris Srikkanth (IND), 95 |
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6 wickets |
KSCA Stadium, Bangalore |
Kris Srikkanth (IND), 92 |
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10 wickets |
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium |
Surinder Khanna (IND), 51* |
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2 wickets |
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
Roy Dias (SRI), 80 |
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14 runs |
P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo |
Ranjan Madugalle (SRI), 50* |
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No result |
n/a |
P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo |
Dilip Vengsarkar (IND), 55 |
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3 wickets |
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium |
Sunil Gavaskar (IND), 71 |
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7 wickets |
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium |
Kris Srikkanth (IND), 92 |
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117 runs |
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur |
Arjuna Ranatunga (SRI), 31 & 4/14 |
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8 wickets |
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati |
Sunil Gavaskar (IND), 70* |
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6 wickets |
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
Arjuna Ranatunga (SRI), 41 & 2/42 |
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94 runs |
Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara |
Sunil Gavaskar (IND), 69 |
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10 runs |
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay |
Roshan Mahanama (SRI), 98 |
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18 runs |
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium |
Aravinda de Silva (SRI), 2/28 & 88 |
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17 runs |
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka |
Aravinda de Silva (SRI), 69 & 1/36 |
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6 wickets |
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka |
Navjot Sidhu (IND), 76 |
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6 runs |
Gujarat Stadium, Ahmedabad |
Navjot Sidhu (IND), 80 |
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3 wickets |
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium |
Arjuna Ranatunga (SRI), 85* |
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19 runs |
VCA Ground, Nagpur |
Ravi Shastri (IND), 101* & 1/13 |
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6 wickets |
Nehru Stadium, Pune |
Sachin Tendulkar (IND), 2/39 & 53 |
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7 wickets |
Nehru Stadium, Margao |
Aravinda de Silva (SRI), 1/9 & 63* |
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36 runs |
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |
Arjuna Ranatunga (SRI), 53 & 1/36 |
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7 wickets |
Eden Gardens, Calcutta |
Mohammad Azharuddin (IND), 54* |
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No result |
n/a |
Ray Mitchell Oval, Mackay |
n/a |
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1 run |
Khettarama Stadium, Colombo |
Mohammad Azharuddin (IND), 53 |
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8 runs |
Khettarama Stadium, Colombo |
Arjuna Ranatunga (SRI), 50 |
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4 wickets |
Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa |
Roshan Mahanama (SRI), 92* |
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7 wickets |
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur |
Javagal Srinath (IND), 5/24 |
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8 runs |
Municipal Stadium, Rajkot |
Navjot Sidhu (IND), 108 |
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7 wickets |
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad |
Manoj Prabhakar (IND), 5/35 & 39 |
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4 wickets # |
Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar |
Aravinda de Silva (SRI), 2/30 & 32* |
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No result |
n/a |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
n/a |
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7 wickets |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Pramodya Wickramasinghe (SRI), 3/28 |
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6 wickets |
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
Mohammad Azharuddin (IND), 45 |
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8 wickets |
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium |
Sachin Tendulkar (IND), 112* |
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8 wickets |
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium |
Mohammad Azharuddin (IND), 90* |
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6 wickets |
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
Sanath Jayasuriya (SRI), 79 |
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By default |
Eden Gardens, Calcutta |
Aravinda de Silva (SRI), 66 & 1/3 |
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12 runs |
The Padang, Singapore |
Javagal Srinath (IND), 28* & 4/35 |
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9 wickets |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Sanath Jayasuriya (SRI), 1/39 & 120* |
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5 wickets |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
Sanath Jayasuriya (SRI), 1/55 & 151* |
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6 wickets |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Arjuna Ranatunga (SRI), 131* |
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8 wickets |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Marvan Atapattu (SRI), 84* |
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2 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Ajay Jadeja (IND), 119 |
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7 wickets |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Sanath Jayasuriya (SRI), 2/35 & 66 |
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No result |
n/a |
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
n/a |
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9 runs |
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
Aravinda de Silva (SRI), 104 |
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7 wickets |
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati |
Robin Singh (IND), 5/22 |
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No result |
n/a |
Nehru Stadium, Indore |
n/a |
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5 wickets |
Nehru Stadium, Margao |
Aravinda de Silva (SRI), 82* |
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8 wickets |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Sourav Ganguly (IND), 80 |
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8 runs |
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
Aravinda de Silva (SRI), 62 & 1/27 |
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6 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Sachin Tendulkar (IND), 128 |
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3 wickets |
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium |
Mohammad Azharuddin (IND), 94 |
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81 runs |
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium |
Ajit Agarkar (IND), 3/35 |
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80 runs |
VCA Stadium, Nagpur |
Sourav Ganguly (IND), 130* & 4/21 |
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51 runs |
Nehru Stadium, Pune |
Ajay Jadeja (IND), 103* |
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157 runs |
County Ground, Taunton |
Sourav Ganguly (IND), 183 |
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7 wickets |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Marvan Atapattu (SRI), 71* |
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23 runs (D/L) |
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
Robin Singh (IND), 2/27 |
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71 runs |
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka |
Sanath Jayasuriya (SRI), 105 & 1/39 |
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5 wickets |
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium |
Sachin Tendulkar (IND), 101 |
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68 runs |
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium |
Muttiah Muralitharan (SRI), 7/30 |
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245 runs |
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium |
Sanath Jayasuriya (SRI), 189 |
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6 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Suresh Perera (SRI), 28 & 2/26 |
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7 wickets |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
VVS Laxman (IND), 87* |
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46 runs |
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
Yuvraj Singh (IND), 98* |
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121 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Russel Arnold (SRI), 52 & 1/21 |
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4 wickets |
The Oval, London |
Ajit Agarkar (IND), 3/44 |
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4 wickets |
Edgbaston, Birmingham |
Rahul Dravid (IND), 64 |
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63 runs |
County Ground, Bristol |
Sachin Tendulkar (IND), 113 |
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No result |
n/a |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
n/a |
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No result |
n/a |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
n/a |
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183 runs |
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
Javagal Srinath (IND), 4/35 |
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12 runs |
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
Nuwan Zoysa (SRI), 3/49 |
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4 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Virender Sehwag (IND), 81 & 3/37 |
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25 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Marvan Atapattu (SRI), 65 |
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3 wickets |
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
Sanath Jayasuriya (SRI), 43* |
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4 wickets |
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
Mahela Jayawardene (SRI), 94* |
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18 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Mahela Jayawardene (SRI), 83 |
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152 runs |
VCA Ground, Nagpur |
Rahul Dravid (IND), 85* |
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8 wickets |
PCA Stadium, Mohali |
Irfan Pathan (IND), 4/37 |
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6 wickets |
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (IND), 183* |
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4 wickets |
Nehru Stadium, Pune |
Ajit Agarkar (IND), 5/44 |
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5 wickets |
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad |
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SRI), 81* |
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7 wickets |
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot |
R. P. Singh (IND), 4/35 |
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5 wickets |
IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara |
Irfan Pathan (IND), 3/38 & 35 |
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No result |
n/a |
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
n/a |
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No result |
n/a |
Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
n/a |
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5 runs |
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot |
Kumar Sangakkara (SRI), 110 |
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5 wickets |
Nehru Stadium, Margao |
Zaheer Khan (IND), 5/42 |
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7 wickets |
ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam |
Chamara Silva (SRI), 107* |
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69 runs |
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain |
Muttiah Muralitharan (SRI), 3/41 |
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No result |
n/a |
Brisbane Cricket Ground |
n/a |
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8 wickets (D/L) |
Manuka Oval, Canberra |
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SRI), 62* |
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2 wickets |
Adelaide Oval |
Kumar Sangakkara (SRI), 128 |
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7 wickets |
Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
Praveen Kumar (IND), 4/31 |
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6 wickets |
National Stadium, Karachi |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (IND), 67 |
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100 runs |
National Stadium, Karachi |
Ajantha Mendis (SRI), 6/13 |
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8 wickets |
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
Ajantha Mendis (SRI), 3/21 |
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3 wickets |
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
Zaheer Khan (IND), 4/21 |
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33 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (IND), 76 |
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46 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Suresh Raina (IND), 76 |
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112 runs (D/L) |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Nuwan Kulasekara (SRI), 4/40 |
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6 wickets |
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
Sanath Jayasuriya (SRI), 107 |
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15 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Ishant Sharma (IND), 4/57 |
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147 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Yuvraj Singh (IND), 117 & 1/14 |
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67 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Gautam Gambhir (IND), 150 |
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68 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Kumar Sangakkara (SRI), 84 |
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139 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Angelo Mathews (SRI), 6/20 |
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46 runs |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Sachin Tendulkar (IND), 138 |
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3 runs |
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot |
Virender Sehwag (IND), 146 |
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3 wickets |
VCA Stadium, Nagpur |
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SRI), 123 |
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7 wickets |
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |
Ravindra Jadeja (IND), 4/32 |
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7 wickets |
Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
Gautam Gambhir (IND), 150* |
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No result |
n/a |
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
n/a |
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5 wickets |
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka |
Thilan Samaraweera (SRI), 105* |
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8 wickets |
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka |
Zaheer Khan (IND), 3/38 |
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4 wickets |
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka |
Nuwan Kulasekara (SRI), 4/48 |
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7 wickets |
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo |
Rohit Sharma (IND), 101* |
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6 wickets |
Harare Sports Club |
Dinesh Chandimal (SRI), 111 |
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7 wickets |
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
Farveez Maharoof (SRI), 5/42 |
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81 runs |
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
Dinesh Karthik (IND), 66 |
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6 wickets |
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
Virender Sehwag (IND), 99* |
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8 wickets |
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
Thisara Perera (SRI), 5/28 |
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74 runs |
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium |
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SRI), 110 |
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6 wickets |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (IND), 91* |
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4 wickets |
WACA Ground, Perth |
Ravichandran Ashwin (IND), 3/32 & 30* |
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Tied |
n/a |
Adelaide Oval |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (IND), 58* |
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51 runs |
Brisbane Cricket Ground |
Nuwan Kulasekara (SRI), 3/40 |
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7 wickets |
Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
Virat Kohli (IND), 133* |
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50 runs |
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka |
Virat Kohli (IND), 108 |
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21 runs |
M. Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota |
Virat Kohli (IND), 106 |
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9 wickets |
M. Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota |
Thisara Perera (SRI), 3/19 |
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5 wickets |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Suresh Raina (IND), 65* |
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6 wickets |
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Virat Kohli (IND), 128* |
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20 runs |
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
Irfan Pathan (IND), 29* & 5/61 |