Sri Lankan national cricket team in India in the 2014-15 season
The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to India for the 2014/15 season took place from October 30 to November 16, 2014. The international cricket tour was part of the 2014/15 international cricket season . The series consisted entirely of a series of five ODIs , which India won 5-0. It was the first time that Sri Lanka lost a series 5-0. The tour took place because a tour between India and the West Indies had to be canceled prematurely.
In the fourth ODI, Indian batsman Rohit Sharma set two records when he scored 33 boundary-4s in his innings and scored a total of 264 runs.
prehistory
Heading
After the West Indian national cricket team withdrew from its tour prematurely, the Indian association BCCI and the Sri Lankan association SLC agreed on an ODI tour that was postponed at short notice as a replacement. The planned tour of the two teams was postponed from India to Sri Lanka in the following year.
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on October 21, 2014.
| Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmedabad | Sardar Patel Stadium | 54,000 | 2. ODI |
| Cutack | Barabati Stadium | 45,000 | 1. ODI |
| Hyderabad | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | 55,000 | 3. ODI |
| Kolkata | Eden Gardens | 82,000 | 4. ODI |
| Ranchi | JSCA International Cricket Stadium | 39,133 | 5. ODI |
Squad
Sri Lanka named its squad on October 22, 2014.
 India
|
 Sri Lanka
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|---|---|
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Tour match
| October 30th scorecard |
Mumbai |
India A 382-6 (50) |
- |
Sri Lankans 294-9 (50) |
| India A wins with 88 runs | ||||
One-day internationals
First ODI in Cuttack
| November 2nd scorecard |
Cutack |
India 363-5 (50) |
- |
Sri Lanka 194 (39.2) |
| India wins with 169 runs | ||||
Second ODI in Ahmedabad
| November 6th scorecard |
Ahmedabad |
Sri Lanka 274-8 (50) |
- |
India 275-4 (44.3) |
| India wins with 6 wickets | ||||
Third ODI in Hyderabad
| November 9 scorecard |
Hyderabad |
Sri Lanka 242 (48.2) |
- |
India 245-4 (44.1) |
| India wins with 6 wickets | ||||
Fourth ODI in Kolkata
| November 13th scorecard |
Kolkata |
India 404-5 (50) |
- |
Sri Lanka 251 (43.1) |
| India wins with 153 runs | ||||
Fifth ODI in Ranchi
| November 16 scorecard |
Ranchi |
Sri Lanka 286-8 (50) |
- |
India 288-7 (48.4) |
| India wins with 3 wickets | ||||
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
| ODIs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Angelo Mathews |
Sri Lanka
|
5 | 5 | 339 | 113.00 | 139 * | 1 | 2 |
| Virat Kohli |
India
|
5 | 5 | 329 | 82.25 | 139 * | 1 | 2 |
| Shikhar Dhawan |
India
|
3 | 3 | 283 | 94.33 | 113 | 1 | 2 |
| Rohit Sharma |
India
|
2 | 2 | 273 | 136.50 | 264 | 1 | 0 |
| Ambati Rayudu |
India
|
5 | 5 | 250 | 62.50 | 121 * | 1 | 1 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Axar Patel |
India
|
5 | 43.1 | 11 | 18.09 | 3/40 | 0 | 0 |
| Umesh Yadav |
India
|
4th | 33.2 | 10 | 16.90 | 4/53 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni |
India
|
3 | 27.2 | 8th | 18.62 | 4/34 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin |
India
|
4th | 39 | 6th | 33.33 | 2/49 | 0 | 0 |
| Ishant Sharma |
India
|
3 | 22nd | 4th | 26.50 | 4/34 | 0 | 0 |
| Ajantha Mendis |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 16.4 | 4th | 35.75 | 4/73 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Mathews |
Sri Lanka
|
5 | 26th | 4th | 36.25 | 2/33 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
| series | Player of the Series |
|---|---|
| ODI |
 Virat Kohli
|
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
| game | Player of the Match |
|---|---|
| 1. ODI |
Ajinkya Rahane
|
| 2. ODI |
Ambati Rayudu
|
| 3. ODI |
Mahela Jayawardene
|
| 4. ODI |
Rohit Sharma
|
| 5. ODI |
Angelo Mathews
|
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rohit Sharma: India batsman hits 264, the highest ODI score ( English ) BBC. November 13, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- ↑ Amol Karhadkar: BCCI to meet for finalizing SL series ( English ) Cricinfo. October 20, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- ↑ BCCI finalises venues for SL tour ( English ) Cricinfo. October 21, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ↑ Lahiru Gamage picked to tour India ( English ) Cricinfo. October 22, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in India ODI Series, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in India ODI Series, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 14, 2016.