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(Top) 1 Squads 2 T20I series 2.1 1st T20I 2.2 2nd T20I 2.3 3rd T20I 3 References 4 External links

Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2015–16

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Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2015–16

	India	Sri Lanka
Dates	9 February 2016 – 14 February 2016
Captains	MS Dhoni	Dinesh Chandimal
Twenty20 International series
Results	India won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Shikhar Dhawan (106)	Dinesh Chandimal (74)
Most wickets	Ravichandran Ashwin (9)	Dushmantha Chameera (5)
Player of the series	Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind)

The Sri Lankan cricket team toured India from 9 to 14 February 2016 to play three Twenty20 International matches.^[1]^[2] On 24 May 2015, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the venues for the series. They were played in Pune, Ranchi and Visakhapatnam.^[3]^[4] Initially Delhi was scheduled to host the second match, but the match was later moved to Ranchi.^[5] India won the series 2–1.

Squads[edit]

T20Is
India^[6]	Sri Lanka^[7]
MS Dhoni (c) (wk) Ravichandran Ashwin Jasprit Bumrah Shikhar Dhawan Ravindra Jadeja Bhuvneshwar Kumar Pawan Negi Ashish Nehra Manish Pandey Hardik Pandya Ajinkya Rahane Suresh Raina Rohit Sharma Harbhajan Singh Yuvraj Singh	Dinesh Chandimal (c) (wk) Dushmantha Chameera Niroshan Dickwella (wk) Tillakaratne Dilshan Binura Fernando Dilhara Fernando Asela Gunaratne Danushka Gunathilaka Chamara Kapugedera Thisara Perera Seekuge Prasanna Kasun Rajitha Sachithra Senanayake Dasun Shanaka Milinda Siriwardana Jeffrey Vandersay Shaminda Eranga

Niroshan Dickwella was added to Sri Lanka's squad as cover for Tillakaratne Dilshan, who was ruled out of the first match due to an injury.^[8] Shaminda Eranga replaced Binura Fernando due to a hamstring injury.^[9]

T20I series[edit]

1st T20I[edit]

9 February
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

India 101 (18.5 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 105/5 (18 overs)
Ravichandran Ashwin31* (24) Dasun Shanaka 3/16 (3 overs)		Dinesh Chandimal 35 (35) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/13 (3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Kasun Rajitha (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
Niroshan Dickwella and Kasun Rajitha (SL) both made their T20I debuts.
Suresh Raina (Ind) played in his 50th T20I match.^[10]

2nd T20I[edit]

12 February
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

India 196/6 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 127/9 (20 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 51 (25) Thisara Perera 3/33 (3 overs)		Chamara Kapugedera 32 (27) Ravichandran Ashwin 3/14 (4 overs)

India won by 69 runs
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (Ind)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
This was the first T20I match at this venue.^[11]
Thisara Perera became the first Sri Lankan player and fourth overall to take a hat-trick in a T20I.^[12]

3rd T20I[edit]

14 February
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 82 (18 overs)	v	India 84/1 (13.5 overs)
Dasun Shanaka 19 (24) Ravichandran Ashwin 4/8 (4 overs)		Shikhar Dhawan46* (46) Dushmantha Chameera 1/14 (2 overs)

India won by 9 wickets
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind)

India won the toss and elected to field.
Asela Gunaratne (SL) made his T20I debut
Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) took the best figures for an Indian player in T20Is.^[13]
India retained their number one ranking in the ICC T20I Championship.^[13]

References[edit]

^ "India build up to World T20 with plenty of matches". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

^ "India and Sri Lanka to play T20 series in February". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

^ "India vs Sri Lanka 2016 T20 series venues announced". cricketcountry. Retrieved 24 May 2015.

^ "Pune to host India-Sri Lanka T20I on February 9". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

^ "Sri Lanka T20I moved from Delhi to Ranchi". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2016.

^ "Virat Kohli rested for Sri Lanka T20s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

^ "Dilhara Fernando back in Sri Lanka T20 squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2016.

^ "Dickwella replaces injured Dilshan for first T20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

^ "Under-strength SL have mountain to climb". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

^ "New high for Sri Lankan seamers". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

^ "Unheralded Sri Lanka look to trip up India again". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

^ "Batting muscle helps India restore parity". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

^ ^a ^b "Ashwin's 4 for 8 gives India series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

External links[edit]

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

International cricket tours of India

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2016–17 2018 2019–20 2021–22 2023–24
Australia	1956–57 1959–60 1964–65 1969–70 1979–80 1984–85 1986–87 1996–97 1997–98 2000–01 2004–05 2007 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2012–13 2013–14 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2022–23 2023–24
Bangladesh	2016–17 2018 2019–20 2024–25
England	1933–34 1951–52 1961–62 1963–64 1972–73 1976–77 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1992–93 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2011–12 2012–13 2016–17 2020–21 2023–24
Ireland	2016–17 2018-19 2019–20
New Zealand	1955–56 1964–65 1969–70 1976–77 1988–89 1995–96 1999–2000 2003–04 2010–11 2012 2016–17 2017–18 2021–22 2022-23
Pakistan	1952–53 1960–61 1979–80 1983–84 1986–87 1998–99 2004–05 2007–08 2012–13
South Africa	1991–92 1996–97 1999–2000 2004–05 2005–06 2007–08 2009–10 2015–16 2019–20 2022 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1982–83 1986–87 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2005–06 2006–07 2009–10 2014-15 2015–16 2017–18 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1948–49 1958–59 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79 1983–84 1987–88 1994–95 2002–03 2006–07 2011–12 2013–14 2014-15 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
Zimbabwe	1992–93 2000–01 2001–02

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1987 1996 2011 2023
Men's T20 World Cup	2016 2021
Champions Trophy	2006
Asia Cup	1990–91
Multiple teams	1989 1993 1994–95 1996–97 1997 1997–98 1997–98 1998–99 2003–04

Other tours
Australian	1935–36 1945–46
Ceylonese/Sri Lankan	1932–33 1940–41 1952–53 1955–56 1957–58 1959–60 1961–62 1964–65 1966–67 1968–69 1970–71 1972–73 1974–75 1975–76
Dutch	1994–95 2012–13
English	1889–90 1892–93 1926–27 1937–38 1956–57 1963–64 1994–95 2005–06 2023–24
Kenyan	1999–00 2011–12
Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1953–54 1961–62 1964–65 1967–68
Tanzanian	2006–07

v t e International cricket in 2015–16
Preceding season: International cricket in 2015
October 2015	Pakistan in Zimbabwe Bangladesh women in Pakistan South Africa in India Ireland in Zimbabwe England against Pakistan in UAE Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier West Indies in Sri Lanka Afghanistan in Zimbabwe Pakistan women in West Indies
November 2015	South Africa women in Bangladesh Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Oman in United Arab Emirates Sri Lanka women in New Zealand New Zealand in Australia Hong Kong against Oman in UAE Afghanistan against Oman in UAE Zimbabwe women in Bangladesh Afghanistan against Hong Kong in UAE Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
December 2015	West Indies in Australia Sri Lanka in New Zealand England in South Africa Zimbabwe against Afghanistan in UAE
January 2016	India in Australia Pakistan in New Zealand Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Scotland in Hong Kong Under-19 Cricket World Cup India women in Australia Ireland against Papua New Guinea in Australia Netherlands in United Arab Emirates
February 2016	Australia in New Zealand Scotland in United Arab Emirates Scotland and Netherlands in United Arab Emirates Sri Lanka in India Asia Cup Qualifier England women in South Africa Ireland in United Arab Emirates West Indies women in South Africa Australia women in New Zealand Sri Lanka women in India Asia Cup
March 2016	Australia in South Africa ICC World Twenty20 final ICC Women's World Twenty20 final
April 2016	Africa Twenty20 Division Two
Ongoing	Intercontinental Cup World Cricket League Championship Women's Championship
Following season: International cricket in 2016

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