The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured India for cricket matches in October, November and December 2005. The tour was split into two legs, as India hosted South Africa for a One Day International series in between the India–Sri Lanka ODIs (which were played between 25 October and 12 November) and the Tests, which took place in December. Before the ODI series, India were ranked seventh on the ICC ODI Championship table, while Sri Lanka were second, and the Indian team had officially changed captains with Rahul Dravid taking over from Sourav Ganguly. However, India defied the rankings, winning the first four ODIs of seven to secure the series, and ended up with a 6–1 win despite resting captain Dravid and letting opener Virender Sehwag take over the helm for the sixth ODI. Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka's opener with 100 Tests and 345 ODIs, was dropped for the Tests[1] after tallying 86 runs in the six ODIs, while Rahul Dravid moved up 18 places on the ICC player rankings with 312 runs for twice out.[2] India's wicket-keeper MS Dhoni also made his mark, being the second highest averaging batsman of the series, and he made 183 not out in 3rd ODI matches at Jaipur, which was at the time the sixth-highest innings by a batsman in an ODI.
| Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2005–06 | |||
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| Sri Lanka | India | ||
| Dates | 22 October 2005 – 22 December 2005 | ||
| Captains | Marvan Atapattu | Rahul Dravid | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Mahela Jayawardene (255) | Irfan Pathan (202) | |
| Most wickets | Muttiah Muralitharan (16) | Anil Kumble (20) | |
| Player of the series | Anil Kumble (Ind) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 7-match series 6–1 | ||
| Most runs | Kumar Sangakkara (296) | MS Dhoni (346) | |
| Most wickets | Muttiah Muralitharan (6) | Ajit Agarkar (12) | |
| Player of the series | MS Dhoni (Ind) | ||
The Test series was won by India as well, this time 2–0, with three and a half days of play of the first Test lost due to rain. In the second Test, India took a 60-run lead on first innings after Anil Kumble took six for 72, and four half-centuries (from Irfan Pathan, Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni) gave India 375 more runs before declaring. Kumble then completed a ten-for in the match as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 247, losing by 188 runs. In the second match, the margin of victory was even more convincing, Kumble getting seven wickets and Harbhajan Singh ten as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 206 and 249 on their way to a 259-run loss.
Squads
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For the sixth and seventh ODI matches Venugopal Rao and JP Yadav was originally replaced by Mohammad Kaif and V. R. V. Singh V. R. V. Singh failed a fitness test and Yadav was called up again.[3] Ganguly was replaced by Wasim Jaffer for the third Test.[5] Chamara Kapugedera was originally selected for the Test squad, but suffered a lateral ligament and was replaced by Mubarak.[4]
Tour matches
edit50-over: Mumbai Cricket Association President's XI v Sri Lankans
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- Mumbai Cricket Association President's XI won the toss and elected to field.
First-class: Indian Board President's XI v Sri Lankans
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- Sri Lankans won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 and play did not commence until 13:30 on day 2.
ODI series
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODI
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- MS Dhoni (Ind) made the highest individual score by a wicket-keeper in ODIs.
4th ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
5th ODI
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
6th ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
7th ODI
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
Test series
edit1st Test
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain delayed play on days 1, 2 and 3.
- MS Dhoni (Ind) made his Test debut.
2nd Test
edit3rd Test
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Upul Tharanga (SL) made his Test debut.
References
edit- ^ Jayasuriya vows to return from Cricinfo, published 28 November 2005
- ^ Sri Lanka in India, 2005-06 One-Day Series Averages from Cricinfo
- ^ "Sri Lanka v India/Sri Lanka Squad".
- ^ "Sri Lanka v India/India One-Day Squad".
- ^ "Team India for Sri Lanka tour: Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan stage comeback; Ravindra Jadeja axed". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ "Sri Lanka v India/India Twenty20 Squad".