India vs Sri Lanka Test series 2021-22
1st Test:
First Test of the 2 match series between India and Sri Lanka is going to be played at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali starting from March 4th 2022.
India vs Sri Lanka History:
Overall:
Series:
This is going to be the seventeenth bilateral series between the teams, The host won the series 9 times. Whereas the opponent won 3 times. 4 series resulted in a draw.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 5 series in a span of 12 years, from 1985 to 1997, where India won 4 times and Sri Lanka won 1 time.
The consecutive winning streak for India against Sri Lanka was 4 series from 1986-87 to 1997.
The longest undefeated streak for India against Sri Lanka was 6 series from 1986-87 to 2001.
The consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against India was 1 series (thrice) in 1985, in 2001 and in 2008.
The longest undefeated streak for Sri Lanka against India was 3 series from 1997 to 2005-06.
Last 5 (completed) series results of India against Sri Lanka are WWWDW.
Matches:
The teams completed 44 meetings in the longest format of cricket, till date. The host won 20 times, whereas the opponent won 7 times with 17 draws.
The teams played 7 consecutive tests without any draw from 2010 to 2017, in which India won 6 times and Sri Lanka won 1 time.
The consecutive winning streak for India against Sri Lanka was 5 matches from 2015 to 2017.
The longest undefeated streak for India against Sri Lanka was 17 matches from 1985 to 2001.
The consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against India was 1 match (7 times) in 1985, in 2001 (twice), in 2008 (twice), in 2010 and in 2015.
The longest undefeated streak for Sri Lanka against India was 7 matches from 1997 to 2001.
Last 5 (completed) series results of India against Sri Lanka are DWDWW.
Indian Backyard:
Series:
When touring India by Sri Lanka, the teams met to play bilateral series 8 times, out of them, the host won 6 series and the visitors never won, yet. 2 series resulted in a draw.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 3 series in a span of 16 years, from 2005-06 to present, where India won 3 series, whereas Sri Lanka won 0 times.
The consecutive winning streak for India against Sri Lanka was 3 series (twice) from 1986-87 to 1997-98 and from 2005-06 to present.
The longest undefeated streak for India against Sri Lanka was 8 series from 1982-83 to present.
The consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against India was 0 series, till date.
The longest undefeated streak for Sri Lanka against India was 1 series (twice) in 1982-83 and in 1997-98.
Last 5 (completed) series results of India against Sri Lanka are WWWDW.
Matches:
On the soil of India, the teams faced each other 20 times. Out of them, India received victories 11 times and Sri Lanka won 0 times with 9 draws.
The teams played consecutive 6 tests without any draw from 1986 to 1997, in which India won all 6 games whereas Sri Lanka won 0 matches.
The consecutive winning streak for India against Sri Lanka was 6 matches from 1986 to 1997.
The longest undefeated streak for India against Sri Lanka was 20 matches from 1982 to present.
The consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against India was 0 matches, till date.
The longest undefeated streak for Sri Lanka against India was 4 matches from 1997 to 2005.
Last 5 (completed) series results of India against Sri Lanka are DWDWW.
Points and Rankings:
The series is the comparison between the second rank (India (116)) and seventh rank (Sri Lanka (83)) teams. The host is 33 points ahead of the visitors.
The Home Team:
The team completed 560 games in the format. Out of them, the team won 166 times and lost 173 times. 1 game concluded as a tie. 220 outings were completed as a Draw.
If the team will win with a margin of 2, then the team will earn 2 points without any impact in the ranking, while becoming the table toppers. In case of a reverse result, the team will lose 6 points with a (1) position in the ranking.
If the team will win with a margin of 1, then the team will neither gain nor lose either the points or the ranking. In case of a reverse result, the team will lose 5 points with a (1) position in the ranking.
In case of drawing the series, the team will lose 4 points with a (1) position in the ranking.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India are LLWWD.
The Visiting Team:
The team completed 299 matches in the format. Out of them, the team won 95 times and lost 113 times. 91 times, the plays were completed as a Draw.
If the team will win with a margin of 2, then the team will earn 7 points without any impact in the ranking. In case of a reverse result, the team will lose 2 points without any impact in the ranking.
If the team will win with a margin of 1, then the team will gain 6 points without any impact in the ranking. In case of a reverse result, the team will neither gain nor lose either the points or the ranking.
In case of drawing the series, the team will gain 3 points without any impact in the ranking.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka are WWWDD.
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Venue Weather:
Weather forecast of Mohali shows the weather would be pretty sunny on the first two days and last day, whereas cloudy for the middle two days. there would be extremely less chance of rain for all 5 days, as the precipitation percentage would be below 1% to 3%. The temperature would be between 25 to 30 degree Celsius. The speed of wind would be between 11 to 22 kmph.
Toss and Pitch:
Teams preferred to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 9 times in 13 games, where the selection didn’t favor the teams, as the the teams won thrice and lost 4 times with 2 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LWLLD.
On the other hand, the teams who chose to field first, the team won 1 time and lost 0 times with 3 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are DWDD -.
None of the teams choose to field first after winning the toss since 2005.
The longest streak without a draw at the venue was 4 matches from 2010 to present.
The longest streak of a draw at the venue was 2 matches (twice) from 1997 to 2001 and from 2003 to 2006.
The first batting team won the matches 3 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won the matches 5 times with 5 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWLLD.
Only Home team won the game while chasing, till date.
Overall, 4 times the teams won the toss, won the matches and lost also 4 times with 5 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWLLD.
Home Side:
Particularly, for India, the team won the toss 6 times in 13 games. The team won 3 times and never lost, yet with 3 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India at the venue, while winning the toss, are WDWDW.
The host never lost a game after winning the toss.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India at the venue, while losing the toss, are WWWWD.
The visiting side never won the outing after winning the toss since 1994.
The foreign team never choose to field after winning the toss since 1999.
The visiting team never lost a game after choosing to field first, yet.
The visitors lost all the matches after winning the toss since 2003.
Scores:
The lowest defended total was 217 in 2015, and the highest successful chase 216 in 2010.
The first innings lowest total was 83 in 1999, and the highest total was 630 runs in 2003. For the second inning, the lowest total was 184 runs in 2015, whereas the highest was 516 runs in 2005. For the third inning, the lowest total was 181 runs (completed innings) in 2006, whereas the highest was 505 runs in 1999. And for the fourth inning, the lowest total was 109 (completed innings) in 2015, whereas the highest was 251 runs in 1999.
The batting average of the first innings is 37.10 and 38.28 is for the second innings. The batting average of the third innings is 37.06, and 26.35 is for the fourth innings.
Test History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other 1 time at the venue. The encounter concluded as a draw.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India against Sri Lanka at the venue are D – – – -.
Teams’ Test History at Venue:
The Home Team:
The home side has an extremely good record at the venue, as the team won 7 times out of 13 played games and lost just 1 time with 5 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India at the venue are WWWWD.
The Visiting Team:
The visiting team has an average record, as the team never won, yet and never lost, yet in an (1) only played outing, which was a draw.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka at the venue are D – – – -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
India:
The home side comes with a spinner and two pacers, as a team as an all-rounder, a batting all-rounder and a bowling all-rounder, all with spin.
India Eleven: M. Agarwal, R. Sharma, H. Vihari, V. Kohli, R. Pant, S. Iyer, R. Jadeja, R. Ashwin, J. Yadav, M. Shami, J. Bumrah
Sri Lanka:
The team comes with 3 pacers and a spinner, as the team has two all-rounders, one with pace and the other with spin and a batting all-rounder with spin.
Sri Lanka Eleven: D. Karunaratne, L. Thirimanne, P. Nissanka, A. Mathews, D. de Silva, C. Asalanka, N. Dickwella, S. Lakmal, L. Embuldeniya, V. Fernando, L. Kumara
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”.
