Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001

India played 4 first-class matches including 3 Tests. They also took part in a limited overs tri-series with Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Sri Lanka won the Test series against India by 2-1 :

• 1st Test (Galle International Stadium) – Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
• 2nd Test (Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy) – India won by 7 wickets
• 3rd Test (Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo) – Sri Lanka won by an innings and 77 runs

Tour match

8–10 August 2001 Scorecard

Sri Lanka Board XI	v	Indians
326 (86.5 overs) Michael Vandort 116 (159) Javagal Srinath 3/68 (16 overs)		281/5d Sourav Ganguly 74* (112) Dinusha Fernando 2/68 (17 overs)

Match drawn Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara (SL) and Gamini Silva (SL)

• Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sri Lanka Board XI played with 11 players and Indians with 15, both with 11 batting and 11 fielding.
• Indians declared their innings after one over on the morning of the last day after the pitch turned out to be a "dangerous" one for batting.^[1]

Test Series

1st Test

14–17 August 2001 scorecard

India	v	Sri Lanka
187 (95.3 overs) Sadagoppan Ramesh 42 Dilhara Fernando 5/42 (25 overs)		362 (107.5 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 111 Javagal Srinath 5/114 (24.5 overs)
180 (74.5 overs) Rahul Dravid 61 Muralitharan 5/49 (26.5 overs)		6/0 (1.5 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 6 Javagal Srinath 0/0 (1 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Steve Bucknor, Asoka de Silva Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya

• Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field

2nd Test

22–25 August 2001 scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	India
274 (78.3 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 104 Zaheer Khan 3/62 (22 overs)		232 (64.1 overs) Sadagoppan Ramesh 47 Chaminda Vaas 4/65 (21 overs)
221 (66.3 overs) Muralitharan 67 Venkatesh Prasad 5/72 (21 overs)		264/3 (78.4 overs) Sourav Ganguly 98 Muralitharan 2/96 (25 overs)

India won by 7 wickets Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Steve Bucknor, Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly

• India won the toss and decided to field

3rd Test

29 Aug-2 Sep 2001 scorecard

India	v	Sri Lanka
234 (81.1 overs) Shiv Sunder Das 59 Muralitharan 8/87 (34.1 overs)		610/6 d. (171 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 139 Venkatesh Prasad 3/101 (34 overs)
299 (124.5 overs) Shiv Sunder Das 68 Muralitharan 3/109 (46.5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 77 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Asoka de Silva, David Orchard Player of the match: Muralitharan

• India won the toss and decided to bat

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