India vs Sri Lanka Test series 2021-22
2nd Test:
Second and last Test of the 2 match series between India and Sri Lanka is going to be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore starting from March 12th 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 45 meetings in the longest format of cricket, till date. The host won 21 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 WDWDW.
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 1882-83 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 21 times. Out of them, India received victories 12 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 21 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 WDWDW.
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 561 games in the format. Out of them, the team won 167 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 WLLWW.
The Visiting Team:
The team completed 300 matches in the format. Out of them, the team won 95 times and lost 114 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 LWWWD.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast of Bangalore shows the weather would be pretty sunny on the first day and mostly sunny on the remaining four days. there would be almost no chance of rain for all 5 days, as the precipitation percentage would be below 0% to 1%. The temperature would be between 18 to 34 degree Celsius. The speed of wind would be between 13 to 22 kmph.
Toss and Pitch:
Teams preferred to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 21 times in 23 games, where the selection favored the teams, as the teams won 8 times and lost 5 times with 8 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WWLLD.
The teams never lost the match after choosing to bat first since 2012.
On the other hand, the teams who chose to field first, the team won 0 times and lost 1 time with a (1) draw.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are DL – – -.
The teams never lost the match after choosing to field first since 1974.
None of the teams choose to field first after winning the toss since 2015.
The longest streak without a draw at the venue was 6 matches from 1987 to 2001.
The longest streak of a draw at the venue was 5 matches from 1978 to 1987.
The first batting team won the matches 9 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won the matches 5 times with 9 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WWDLL.
Visiting team’s only victory while chasing was in 1998.
Overall, 8 times the teams won the toss, won the matches and lost 6 times with 9 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWDLL.
Home Side:
Particularly, for India, the team won the toss 11 times in 23 games. The team won 5 times and lost 3 times with 3 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWDDL.
The host never lost a game after winning the toss since 2000.
The host never lost a game after choosing to bat since 2000.
The host never lost a game after choosing to field since 1974.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India at the venue, while losing the toss, are WWDLL.
The visiting side never won the outing after winning the toss since 2005.
The foreign team never choose to field, till date.
Scores:
The lowest defended total was 187 in 2017, and the highest successful chase 261 in 2012.
The first innings lowest total was 116 in 1987, and the highest total was 626 runs in 2007. For the second inning, the lowest total was 109 runs (completed innings) in 2018, whereas the highest was 537 runs in 2007. For the third inning, the lowest total was 103 runs (completed innings) in 2018, whereas the highest was 356 runs in 1974. And for the fourth inning, the lowest total was 112 runs in 2017, whereas the highest was 262 runs in 2012.
The batting average of the first innings is 37.24 and 33.62 is for the second innings. The batting average of the third innings is 30.95, and 26.17 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 host won the encounter.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India against Sri Lanka at the venue are W – – – -.
Teams’ Test History at Venue:
The Home Team:
The home side has an above average record at the venue, as the team won 8 times out of 23 played games and lost 6 times with 9 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India at the venue are WWDWW.
The Visiting Team:
The visiting team has a poor record, as the team never won, yet and lost the only (1) played outing.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka at the venue are L – – – -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
India:
The home side comes with A. Patel in place of J. Yadav.
India Eleven: M. Agarwal, R. Sharma, H. Vihari, V. Kohli, R. Pant, S. Iyer, R. Jadeja, R. Ashwin, A. Patel, M. Shami, J. Bumrah
Sri Lanka:
The team comes with K. Mendis in place of injured P. Nissanka and P. Jayawickrama in place of injured L. Kumara.
Sri Lanka Eleven: D. Karunaratne, L. Thirimanne, K. Mendis, A. Mathews, D. de Silva, C. Asalanka, N. Dickwella, S. Lakmal, L. Embuldeniya, V. Fernando, P. Jayawickrama
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”.
