Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1986–87

International cricket tour

Sri Lanka's tour of India in 1986-87

	India	Sri Lanka
Dates	17 December 1986 – 17 January 1987
Captains	Kapil Dev	Duleep Mendis
Test series
Result	India won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	Dilip Vengsarkar 376 most runs	Ravi Ratnayeke 206
Most wickets	Maninder Singh 18 most wickets	Ravi Ratnayeke 9
Player of the series	Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind)
One Day International series
Results	India won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs	Sunil Gavaskar 202 most runs	Asanka Gurusinha 173
Most wickets	Raju Kulkarni and Kapil Dev 6	Arjuna Ranatunga 8 most wickets
Player of the series	Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)

Sri Lanka's cricket tour of India in the 1986–87 season comprised a three-match Test series and a five-match ODI series.^[1] India won the Test series 2-0 as well as the ODI series 4-1

Test series

1st Test

17-22 December 1986
scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	India
420 (138 overs) Ravi Ratnayeke 93 Bharat Arun 3/76 (27 overs)		676/7 (167.1 overs) Mohammad Azharuddin 199 Ravi Ratnayeke 4/132 (37.1 overs)

Match drawn
Green Park Stadium
Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and V.K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

Bharat Arun, Raman Lamba (Ind) and Graeme Labrooy (SL) all made their test debuts

2nd Test

27-31 December 1986
scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	India
204 (59.1 overs) Arjuna Ranatunga 59 (77) Shivlal Yadav 5/76 (19.1 overs)		451/6 dec (129.5 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 153 Asanka Gurusinha 2/25 (1.5 overs)
141 (48.1 overs) Ravi Ratnayeke 54 Maninder Singh 7/71 (17.4 overs)

India won by an innings and 106 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground Nagpur
Umpires: Rajan Mehra (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
Player of the match: Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind) and Maninder Singh (Ind)

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

3rd Test

4-7 January 1987
scorecard

India	v	Sri Lanka
400 (127.3 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 166 (279) Ravi Ratnayeke 5/85 (27.3 overs)		191 (76.1 overs) Roy Dias 49 Maninder Singh 4/41 (17.1 overs)
		142 (59 overs) Duleep Mendis 27 Ravi Shastri 4/11 (11 overs)

India won by an innings and 67 runs
Barabati Stadium Cuttack
Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and V.K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: Kapil Dev (Ind)

India won the toss and chose to bat

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

India won the series 4–1.

1st ODI

24 December 1986
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 195/8 (46 overs)	v	India 78 (24.1 overs)
AP Gurusinha 35 (58) Maninder Singh 3/24 (10 overs)		K Srikkanth 17 (42) A Ranatunga 4/14 (6 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 117 runs
Modi Park, Kanpur
Umpires: DN Dotiwalla and SR Phookan
Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL)

India won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
B Arun (IND) and EAR de Silva (SL) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

11 January 1987
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 145/8 (46 overs)	v	India 146/2 (27.3 overs)
LRD Mendis 31 (48) NS Yadav 2/18 (9 overs)		SM Gavaskar 70* (83) RJ Ratnayake 1/26 (6 overs)

India won by 8 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: RB Gupta and PG Pandit
Player of the match: SM Gavaskar (IND)

India won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.

3rd ODI

13 January 1987
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 208/6 (44 overs)	v	India 209/4 (41.3 overs)
AP Gurusinha 54 (64) RR Kulkarni 3/42 (10 overs)		R Lamba 57* (56) A Ranatunga 2/42 (10 overs)

India won by 6 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: SK Ghosh and RR Kadam
Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL)

India won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 44 overs per side.

4th ODI

15 January 1987
Scorecard

India 235/8 (43 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 141 (36.3 overs)
SM Gavaskar 69 (94) GF Labrooy 5/57 (10 overs)		AP Gurusinha 26 (62) RJ Shastri 3/24 (5 overs)

India won by 94 runs
Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Umpires: PG Pandit and SR Ramchandra Rao
Player of the match: SM Gavaskar (IND)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 43 overs per side.

5th ODI

17 January 1987
Scorecard

India 299/4 (40 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 289/7 (40 overs)
M Azharuddin 108* (94) A Ranatunga 2/59 (10 overs)		RS Mahanama 98 (91) RR Kulkarni 2/57 (9 overs)

India won by 10 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: DN Dotiwalla and RR Kadam
Player of the match: RS Mahanama (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 40 overs per side.
Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.

References

^ "Sri Lanka in India : Dec 1986/Jan 1987 (3 TESTS)". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

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v t e International cricket in 1987
Preceding season: International cricket in 1986–87
December 1986-January 1987	Sri Lanka in India
May 1987	Pakistan in England
June 1987	Australia women in Ireland
July 1987	Australia women in England Netherlands in Denmark
August 1987	Rest of the World in England
Following season: International cricket in 1987–88