Indian national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2015 season

The 2015 season tour of India's national cricket team to Sri Lanka took place from August 12 to September 1, 2015. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015 international cricket season and included three tests . India won the series 2–1.

prehistory

India last played a tour in Zimbabwe , Sri Lanka against Pakistan . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Sri Lanka in the 2014 season .

Stages

Colombo (RPS) Colombo (SSC) bile

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Colombo	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (PSS)	15,000	2nd test
Colombo	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	10,000	3rd test
bile	Galle International Stadium	35,000	1st test

Squad lists

India named its roster on July 23, 2015. Sri Lanka named its roster on August 7, 2015.

test
Sri Lanka	India
Angelo Mathews ( K ) Dushmantha Chameera Dinesh Chandimal ( wk ) Vishwa Fernando Rangana Herath Dimuth Karunaratne Tharindu Kaushal Jehan Mubarak Dilruwan Perera Kusal Perera ( wk ) Nuwan Pradeep Dhammika Prasad Kumar Sangakkara Kaushal Silva Upul Tharanga Lahiru Thirimanne	Virat Kohli ( K ) Varun Aaron Ravichandran Ashwin Stuart Binny Shikhar Dhawan Bhuvneshwar Kumar Amit Mishra Cheteshwar Pujara Ajinkya Rahane Lokesh Rahul Wriddhiman Saha ( wk ) Naman Ojha ( wk ) Karun Nair Ishant Sharma Rohit Sharma Harbhajan Singh Murali Vijay Umesh Yadav

Tour match

August 6-8 Scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Indians 351 (88.1) & 180 (58.4)	-	SLB President's XI 121 (31) & 200-6 (54)
		draw

Testing

First test in bile

August 12-15 Scorecard	bile	Sri Lanka 183 (49.4) & 367 (82.2)	-	India 373 (117.4) & 112 (49.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 63 runs

Second test in Colombo

August 20-24 Scorecard	Colombo (PSS)	India 393 (114) & 325-8d (91)	-	Sri Lanka 306 (108) & 134 (43.3)
		India wins with 278 runs

Third test in Colombo

August 28th - September 1st scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	India 312 (100.1) & 274 (76)	-	Sri Lanka 201 (52.2) & 268 (85)
		India wins with 117 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	3	6th	339	56.50	110	2	1
Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	3	6th	288	57.60	162 *	1	1
Virat Kohli	India	3	6th	233	38.83	103	1	1
Rohit Sharma	India	3	6th	202	33.66	79	0	2
Ajinkya Rahane	India	3	6th	178	29.66	126	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Ravichandran Ashwin	India	3	115	21st	18.09	6/46	2	1
Amit Mishra	India	3	79	15th	15.00	4/43	0	0
Dhammika Prasad	Sri Lanka	3	110	15th	23.60	4/43	0	0
Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	3	157.1	15th	31.00	7/48	1	0
Ishant Sharma	India	3	90	13	23.23	5/54	1	0
Tharindu Kaushal	Sri Lanka	3	135.3	13	38.15	5/134	1	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Ravichandran Ashwin

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Dinesh Chandimal
2nd test	Lokesh Rahul
3rd test	Cheteshwar Pujara

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Amit Mishra returns to India's Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 23, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
2. ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Uncapped Vishwa Fernando in SL Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. August 7, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
3. ↑ India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 / Records / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
4. ↑ India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 / Records / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 18, 2016.