| Series Name: | Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2021–22 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of India.svg |
| Team1 Name: | India |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Team2 Name: | Sri Lanka |
| From Date: | 24 February |
| To Date: | 16 March 2022 |
| Team1 Captain: | Rohit Sharma |
| Team2 Captain: | Dimuth Karunaratne (Tests) Dasun Shanaka (T20Is) |
| No Of Tests: | 2 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 2 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Ravindra Jadeja (201) |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Dimuth Karunaratne (166) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Ravichandran Ashwin (12) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Lasith Embuldeniya (8) |
| Player Of Test Series: | Rishabh Pant (Ind) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 3 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 3 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Shreyas Iyer (204) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Dasun Shanaka (124) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Lahiru Kumara (5) |
| Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Shreyas Iyer (Ind) |
The Sri Lankan cricket team toured India in February and March 2022 to play two Test and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1] [2] The Test series formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship.[3] [4] In September 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the schedule for the tour.[5] [6] In January 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket made a request to play the T20I matches first, as the T20I squad would be coming straight from their tour of Australia.[7] In early February, the change was agreed by both boards, with Bangalore hosting a day/night Test match,[8] [9] with the BCCI confirming the revised tour schedule.[10]
On 2 February 2022, Sri Lankan fast bowler Suranga Lakmal announced that he would retire from all forms of international cricket following the series.[11] On 19 February 2022, India named their squads for the matches, with Rohit Sharma appointed as their new Test captain.[12] On 26 February 2022, it was announced that the first match of the Test series would be played behind closed doors, with spectators being allowed to attend the second Test match.[13] However, on 1 March 2022, the crowd capacity for the first Test was increased to 50%.[14]
In the first T20I match, India made 199/2 from their 20 overs,[15] going on to win the fixture by 62 runs.[16] India won the second T20I by seven wickets to win the series with a match to play.[17] India won the third and final T20I match by six wickets to win the series 3–0.[18]
The first Test of the series was the 300th to be played by Sri Lanka,[19] and it was also the 100th Test match for India's Virat Kohli.[20] In the Test, Ravindra Jadeja scored 175 not out and took nine wickets.[21] India went on to win the match inside three days,[22] by the margin of an innings and 222 runs.[23] The second Test also finished in three days, with India winning by 238 runs to win the series 2–0.[24]
Prior to the T20I matches, Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav were both ruled out India's squad due to a hamstring injury and a hairline fracture respectively.[29] Both players picked up their injuries during the third and final T20I match against the West Indies.[30] Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga was also ruled out of the T20I series after not recovering from COVID-19.[31]
After the first T20I match, Maheesh Theekshana and Shiran Fernando were both ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the remaining matches due to injuries.[32] Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana were replaced by Dhananjaya de Silva and Niroshan Dickwella in Sri Lanka's T20I squad.[33] In India's T20I team, Ruturaj Gaikwad was replaced by Mayank Agarwal for the remaining two matches.[34] India's Ishan Kishan was ruled out of the third T20I, after suffering a blow to the head in the second match.[35]
Ahead of the second Test, India released Kuldeep Yadav from their squad,[36] adding Axar Patel in his place.[37] Pathum Nissanka and Dushmantha Chameera were both ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the second Test due to injuries.[38]