Sri Lankan national cricket team in India in the 1993/94 season

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The tour of the Sri Lankan national cricket team to India in the 1993/94 season took place from January 18 to February 15, 1994. The international cricket tour was part of the 1993/94 international cricket season and included three tests and three ODIs . India won the Test Series 3–0 and the ODI Series 2–1.

prehistory

India previously played at the CAB Jubilee Tournament 1993/94 , which it was able to win, Sri Lanka a tour against the West Indies . The last meeting of the two teams took place in the 1993 season in Sri Lanka .

Stages

Tour venues
Stadion city capacity Games
Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad 54,000 3rd test
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore 42,000 2nd test
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad 25,000 2. ODI
Gandhi Stadium Jalandhar 16,000 3. ODI
KD Singh Babu Stadium Lucknow 25,000 1st test
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium Rajkot 28,000 1. ODI

Testing

First test in Lucknow

January 18-22
Scorecard
Lucknow India India
511 (161.5)
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
218 (106.4) & 174 (73.3) (f / o)
India wins with one innings and 119 runs

Second test in Bangalore

January 26th - 30th
scorecard
Bangalore India India
541-6d (161)
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
231 (58.1) & 215 (55.3) (f / o)
India wins with one innings and 95 runs

Third test in Ahmedabad

February
8-12 scorecard
Ahmedabad India India
358 (138.3)
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
119 (63.5) & 222 (104.3) (f / o)
India wins with one innings and 17 runs

Kapil Dev scored his 431st career wicket in the game, overtaking New Zealander Richard Hadlee , who had held the world record by then.

One-day internationals

First ODI in Rajkot

February 15
scorecard
Rajkot India India
246-5 (50)
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
238-8 (50)
India wins with 8 runs

Second ODI in Hyderabad

February 15
scorecard
Hyderabad India India
226-7 (50)
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
227-3 (48.2)
India wins with 7 wickets

Third ODI in Jalandhar

February 15
scorecard
Jalandhar India India
213-9 (50)
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
141-3 (32.5 / 33)
Sri Lanka wins with 4 wickets (Revised target)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. 30th January 1994: When Kapil Dev became the leading wicket-taker in the world ( English ) Hindustan Times. January 30, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2019.