The Sri Lanka cricket team toured India in January 2020 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2][3] Originally, Zimbabwe were scheduled to tour India.[4] However, on 25 September 2019, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) cancelled the Zimbabwe series following the International Cricket Council's (ICC) suspension of Zimbabwe Cricket.[5] Sri Lanka were confirmed as their replacement for the tour.[6] All of the formats, venues and dates remained the same.[7][8] India won the series 3–0.[9]
| Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2019–20 | |||
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| India | Sri Lanka | ||
| Dates | 5 – 10 January 2020 | ||
| Captains | Virat Kohli | Lasith Malinga | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | India won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | KL Rahul (99) | Dhananjaya de Silva (74) | |
| Most wickets |
Navdeep Saini (5) Shardul Thakur (5) |
Lakshan Sandakan (3) Wanindu Hasaranga (3) | |
| Player of the series | Navdeep Saini (Ind) | ||
Squads
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 Sri Lanka[11]
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T20I series
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- India won the toss and opted to field
- Due to rain and wet outfield, match was called off without a ball bowled.
2nd T20I
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
3rd T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
editMost runs
edit| Rank | Runs | Player | Innings | Average | High Score | Strike Rate | 50 | |
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| 1 | 99 |
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2 | 49.50 | 54 | 145.58 | 1 | |
| 2 | 84 | Shikhar Dhawan |
2 | 42.00 | 52 | 129.23 | 1 | |
| 3 | 74 | Dhananjaya de Silva |
37.00 | 57 | 151.02 | |||
| 4 | 56 | Virat Kohli |
56.00 | 30* | 164.70 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 41 | Kusal Perera |
20.50 | 34 | 107.89 | |||
| Last Updated: 1 August 2020 | ||||||||
Most wickets
edit| Rank | Wickets | Player | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | ||
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| 1 | 5 | Shardul Thakur |
2 | 3/23 | 8.40 | 6.00 | ||
| Navdeep Saini |
3/28 | 9.20 | 5.87 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | Lakshan Sandakan |
1 | 3/35 | 11.66 | 8.75 | ||
| Wanindu Hasaranga |
2 | 2/30 | 19.00 | 7.12 | ||||
| Washington Sundar |
2/37 | 22.00 | 8.25 | |||||
| Last Updated: 1 August 2020 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Tests against South Africa and Bangladesh in India's 2019-20 home season". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "India to play 5 Tests, 9 ODIs and 12 T20Is during bumper 2019-20 home season". CricBuzz. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Sri Lanka to visit India for three T20Is in early 2020". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "BCCI replaces suspended Zimbabwe with Sri Lanka for T20I series in India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "With Zimbabwe suspended, Sri Lanka to tour India in January". Cricbuzz. 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Sri Lanka to tour India for T20I series in January 2020". Sportstar. The Hindu. 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Shikhar Dhawan, Shardul Thakur guide India to T20I series win over Sri Lanka". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan return for home series against Sri Lanka and Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Mathews recalled: Sri Lanka T20I squad for India". The Papare. Retrieved 31 December 2019.