Updated: 15 January 2023
Sri Lanka Tour of India 2023: Awards, Prize, Records, And All You Need To Know. The Sri Lankan team were outplayed by India in all 3 departments. The T20 series saw men in blue defeating them by 2-1, whereas, the ODI series resulted in a complete whitewash. This year is important for India, as the ICC Men’s 50 over world cup is scheduled to be held towards the fag end. The ODI and T20 series will be remembered for India showing commendable performance. Sri Lanka could manage to register just a single win in the 6 matches combined.
The ODI series saw Virat Kohli showing his pure class and registering 2 centuries. In the first ODI, Kohli scored 113 runs, and in the 3rd and final t20, he finished on 166 unbeaten. He was fantastic with the bat and took India to scores in access of 350 in both the innings where he scored century.
Kohli also achieved a new milestone, where he became the first player across the globe to score 10 centuries against Sri Lanka in ODI format. The bowlers were also impressive. In the t20 series, Umran Malik showed his class with the ball, and was the leading wicket-taker with 7 wickets. Whereas, Shiraj was phenomenal and he scalped 9 wickets.
Rohit Sharma registers another series win as caption
Rohit Sharma continued his golden run as the caption in ODI format, registering his 5th series win. As of now, he has led India in 22 ODI games, where the men in blue have won 17 and lost just 5 matches. His win percentage of 77 is also the highest.
The final ODI match resulted in India registering their biggest victory ever by 317 runs.
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Sri Lanka Tour Of India 2023: T20 Series Important Stats:
T20 1– India defeated Sri Lanka by 2 runs. India-162/5(20 overs), Sri Lanka- 160(20 overs)
Man of the match- Deepak Hooda
T20 2– Sri Lanka defeated India by 16 runs. Sri Lanka- 206/6(20 overs), India- 190/8(20 overs)
Man of the match- Dhasun Sanaka
T20 3-India defeated Sri Lanka by 91 runs. India 228/5(20 overs), Sri Lanka- 137(16.4 overs)
Man of the match- Suryakumar Yadav
T20 man of the series– Axar Patel
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Sri Lanka Tour of India 2023: ODI Series Important Stats:
ODI 1– India defeated Sri Lanka by 67 runs. India 373/7(50 overs), Sri Lanka- 306/8(50 overs)
Man of the match- Virat Kohli
ODI 2– India defeated Sri Lanka by 4 wicket. Sri Lanka 215(39.4 overs), India- 219/6(43.2 overs)
Man of the match- Kuldeep Yadav
ODI 3– India defeated Sri Lanka by 318 runs. India 390/5(50 overs), Sri Lanka- 73(22 overs)
Man of the series- Virat Kohli
