Series Name: | Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009 |
Team1 Image: | Flag of Sri Lanka.svg |
Team1 Name: | Sri Lanka |
Team2 Image: | Flag of India.svg |
Team2 Name: | India |
From Date: | 28 January |
To Date: | 10 February 2009 |
Team1 Captain: | Mahela Jayawardene Tillakaratne Dilshan (T20I) |
Team2 Captain: | MS Dhoni |
No Of Odis: | 5 |
Team1 Odis Won: | 1 |
Team2 Odis Won: | 4 |
Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Kumar Sangakkara (271) |
Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Yuvraj Singh (284) |
Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Nuwan Kulasekara (7) |
Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Ishant Sharma (10) |
Player Of Odi Series: | Yuvraj Singh (Ind) |
No Of Twenty20s: | 1 |
Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 0 |
Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Tillakaratne Dilshan (61) |
Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Suresh Raina (35) |
Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Malinga Bandara (3) |
Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Yusuf Pathan (2) |
Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Yusuf Pathan (Ind) |
The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 28 January to 10 February 2009. The tour included five ODIs and one T20I.[1] [2] India won the ODI series 4-1 and also the T20I.
India's squad for the ODI series was announced on 18 January. It was Ravindra Jadeja's maiden call up to the national Indian squad. Praveen Kumar also returned after being dropped for the home ODI series against England. Kumar and Jadeja replaced Harbhajan Singh who was injured and Virat Kohli who was dropped in favour of the all rounder Jadeja.[3] After the first ODI Munaf Patel sustained a groin injury and Lakshmipathy Balaji was called up to the squad after a four-year hiatus having last played for India in 2005.[4]
Sri Lanka announced their squad for the first three ODI's on 26 January. The squad was unchanged from the one that toured Pakistan.[5]