Indian national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2006 season

The tour of the Indian national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 2006 season took place from August 18-22, 2006. The international cricket tour was part of the 2006 international cricket season and included three ODIs . The series ended in a 0–0 draw.

prehistory

Sri Lanka previously played a tour against South Africa and India in the West Indies . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2005/06 season in India . This tour was originally planned as a three-nation tournament together with South Africa . However, after a bomb attack in Colombo, South Africa withdrew for security reasons.

Stages

Colombo (SSC)

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were announced on July 13, 2006.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	1st - 3rd ODI

Squad lists

India named its squad on July 20, 2006.

ODI
Sri Lanka	India
Mahela Jayawardene ( K ) Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Sanath Jayasuriya Charmara Kapugedra Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Muttiah Muralitharan Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Upul Tharanga Chaminda Vaas	Rahul Dravid ( K ) Ajit Agarkar Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( wk ) Muhammad Kaif Munaf Patel Irfan Pathan Ramesh Powar Harbhajan Singh Virender Sehwag Harbhajan Singh Yuvraj Singh Sachin Tendulkar

Tour matches

June 1st scorecard	Colombo (CCC)	Sri Lanka A 202-9 (50)	-	Indians 203-7 (44.3)
		Indians wins with 3 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Colombo

18./19. August scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka 11-0 (3.4)	-	India
		No result

Second ODI in Colombo

August 20 scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka	-	India
		Game canceled

Third ODI in Colombo

August 22nd scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka	-	India
		Game canceled

All three games were canceled due to heavy rainfall. While attempts were still made to play the game in the first two games, and in the case of the first ODI, 22 balls were also played, the preparation of the third ODI was canceled and the tour was postponed.

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Colombo to host all tri-series matches ( English ) Cricinfo. July 13, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
2. ↑ Dileep Premachandran: South Africa to remain in Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. August 15, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
3. ↑ Sa'adi Thawfeeq: Sri Lanka to seek compensation ( English ) Cricinfo. August 19, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
4. ↑ Tendulkar and Mongia return to squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 20, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
5. ↑ Dipleep Premachandran: India-Sri Lanka one-dayers canceled ( English ) Cricinfo. August 20, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2016.