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 | |||
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| 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
editIndia'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]
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 Sri Lanka[6]
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 India[7][8][9]
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Sri Lanka[10]
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India[11][12]
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ODI series
edit1st ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
4th ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) became the highest wicket-taker in ODIs (503).[13]
5th ODI
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) made his ODI debut.
T20I series
editOnly T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Indika de Saram (SL) and Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) both made their T20I debuts.
References
edit- ^ India to play five ODIs in Sri Lanka
- ^ SLC announces Indian itinerary
- ^ Jadeja earns call-up, Praveen returns,
- ^ Balaji replaces injured Munaf for SL tour,
- ^ Sri Lanka unchanged for first three ODIs,
- ^ "Sri Lanka Squad - Sri Lanka Squad - India tour of Sri Lanka, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ "India ODI Squad - India Squad - India tour of Sri Lanka, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ "Balaji replaces injured Munaf for SL tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ "Jadeja earns call-up, Praveen returns". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ "Sri Lanka rest key players for Twenty20 clash". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ "India Squad - Twenty20 - India tour of Sri Lanka, 2009 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ "Tendulkar returns home early from tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ^ "Murali becomes highest wicket-taker in ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
External links
edit- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo