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{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1993
| team1_image = Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
| team1_name = Sri Lanka
| team2_image = Flag of India.svg
| team2_name = India
| from_date = 17 July
| to_date = 14 August 1993
| team1_captain = [[Arjuna Ranatunga]]
| team2_captain = [[Mohammad Azharuddin]]
| no_of_ODIs = 3
| team1_ODIs_won = 2
| team2_ODIs_won = 1
| team1_ODIs_most_runs = [[Roshan Mahanama]] (116)
| team2_ODIs_most_runs = [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] (200)
| team1_ODIs_most_wickets = [[Pramodya Wickramasinghe]] (7)
| team2_ODIs_most_wickets = [[Manoj Prabhakar]] (7)
| player_of_ODI_series =
| no_of_tests = 3
| team1_tests_won = 0
| team2_tests_won = 1
| team1_tests_most_runs = [[Aravinda de Silva]] (266)
| team2_tests_most_runs = [[Vinod Kambli]] (249)
| team1_tests_most_wickets = [[Pramodya Wickramasinghe]] (6)
| team2_tests_most_wickets = [[Anil Kumble]] (13)
| player_of_test_series = [[Aravinda de Silva]] (SL) and [[Manoj Prabhakar]] (Ind)
}}

The [[Indian national cricket team|Indian cricket team]] toured [[Sri Lanka]] from 12 July to 14 August 1993. The tour began with a [[First-class cricket|first-class]] fixture against Sri Lanka Board President's XI and ended with the final ODI game. In all, it consisted of one first-class game, and three [[Test cricket|Test]] and [[One Day International]]s (ODIs) each.

India beat [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] 1–0 in the Test series and lost 2–1 in the ODI series. Sri Lanka's [[Aravinda de Silva]] scored a total of 266 [[Run (cricket)|run]]s in the Test series and was named the Player of the Series alongside India's [[Manoj Prabhakar]]. India's [[Anil Kumble]] picked up 13 [[wicket]]s and was the highest wicket-taker in the series. In the ODI series, India's [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] top-scored with 200 runs, and Prabhakar and Sri Lanka's [[Pramodya Wickramasinghe]] with seven wickets each were the highest wicket-takers.

==Tour match==
===Three-day match: Sri Lanka Board President's XI vs Indians===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 12 July
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND|name=Indians}}
| team2 = Sri Lanka Board President's XI

| score-team1-inns1 = 342/6[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (90 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] 100 (148)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ruwan Kalpage]] 2/77 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 415 (129.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 151 (239)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Venkatapathy Raju]] 4/101 (38 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 148/1 (45 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Pravin Amre]] 70[[Not out|*]] (121)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ravindra Pushpakumara]] 1/30 (8 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/57/57542.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Welagedara Stadium]], [[Kurunegala]]
| umpires = [[Lalith Jayasundara]] (SL) and Milroy Mendis (SL)
| motm =
| toss = Indians won the toss and decided to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] (Ind) passed 10,000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 39.
}}

==Test Series==

===1st Test===
{{Test match
| date =17–22 July
| team1 ={{cr-rt|Sri Lanka}}
| team2 ={{cr|India}}

| score-team1-inns1 =24/3 (12 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Asanka Gurusinha]] 10* (29)
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Manoj Prabhakar]] 2/13 (6 overs)

| result =Match drawn
| venue =[[Asgiriya Stadium]], [[Kandy]]
| umpires =[[K. T. Francis]] (SL) and [[T. M. Samarasinghe]] (SL)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63615.html scorecard]
| toss =India won the toss and decided to field.
| rain = No play was possible on days 1, 3, 4 and 5 due to rain. With 12 overs and 49 minutes of play on day 2, it was hitherto the shortest-ever Test.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka v India 1993-94, First Test|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/292929.html|work=Wisden|publisher=espncricinfo.com|access-date=20 February 2017}}</ref>
| motm=
}}

===2nd Test===
{{Test match
| date =27 July–1 August
| team1 ={{cr-rt|India}}
| team2 ={{cr|Sri Lanka}}

| score-team1-inns1 =366 (107.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Vinod Kambli]] 125 (220)
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Jayananda Warnaweera]] 3/76 (20.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =254 (77.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Arjuna Ranatunga]] 88 (126)
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Anil Kumble]] 5/87 (24 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =359/4 d. (118 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] 104 (268)
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Ruwan Kalpage]] 2/97 (38 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =236 (121.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =[[Aravinda de Silva]] 93 (268)
| wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Manoj Prabhakar]] 3/49 (18 overs)

| result =India won by 235 runs
| venue =[[Sinhalese Sports Club Ground]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires =[[Ignatius Anandappa]] (SL) and [[Selliah Ponnadurai]] (SL)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63616.html scorecard]
| toss =India won the toss and decided to bat.
| rain =
| motm=[[Manoj Prabhakar]] (Ind)
| notes=[[Ruwan Kalpage]] (SL) made his Test debut.
* ''The win was India's first overseas series win in seven years and first in Sri Lanka.''<ref name="2T">{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka v India 1993-94, Second Test|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/153215.html|work=Wisden|publisher=espncricinfo.com|access-date=20 February 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Aravinda de Silva]] became the second Sri Lankan to reach 2,000 runs in Tests.<ref name="2T"/>
* ''[[Kapil Dev]], playing his 126th Test, became India's most capped player and second overall.<ref name="2T"/>
}}

===3rd Test===
{{Test match
| date =4–9 August
| team1 ={{cr-rt|Sri Lanka}}
| team2 ={{cr|India}}

| score-team1-inns1 =351 (142.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Aravinda de Silva]] 148 (297)
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Rajesh Chauhan]] 3/59 (26 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =446 (151.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Vinod Kambli]] 120 (241)
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Muttiah Muralitharan]] 4/136 (47.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =352/6 (153.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Roshan Mahanama]] 151 (362)
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Anil Kumble]] 3/108 (38.2 overs)

| result =Match drawn
| venue =[[P Saravanamuttu Stadium]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires =[[B. C. Cooray]] (SL) and [[Peter Manuel (umpire)|Peter Manuel]] (SL)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63617.html Scorecard]
| toss =Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat.
| rain =
| motm=[[Roshan Mahanama]] (SL)
|notes=[[Kapil Dev]] (Ind) passed [[Lance Gibbs]]'s record of 27,115 for most deliveries in Test cricket.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka v India 1993-94, Third Test|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/151886.html|work=Wisden|publisher=espncricinfo.com|access-date=20 February 2017}}</ref>
}}

==One Day Internationals (ODIs)==

Sri Lanka won the series 2-1.

===1st ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 25 July 1993
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}

| score1 = 212/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mohammad Azharuddin|M Azharuddin]] 53 (57)
| wickets1 = [[Ruwan Kalpage|RS Kalpage]] 3/42 (10 overs)

| score2 = 211 (49.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Chandika Hathurusingha|UC Hathurusingha]] 64 (121)
| wickets2 = [[Anil Kumble|A Kumble]] 2/22 (10 overs)

| result = India won by 1 run
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/57/57628.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[R. Premadasa Stadium|Khettarama Stadium]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires = [[K. T. Francis|KT Francis]] and [[T. M. Samarasinghe|TM Samarasinghe]]
| motm = [[Mohammad Azharuddin|M Azharuddin]] (IND)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Rajesh Chauhan|RK Chauhan]] (IND) made his ODI debut.
}}

===2nd ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 12 August 1993
| time =
| daynight = Y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 204/7 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Arjuna Ranatunga|A Ranatunga]] 50 (52)
| wickets1 = [[Manoj Prabhakar|M Prabhakar]] 2/33 (8 overs)

| score2 = 196 (49.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Manoj Prabhakar|M Prabhakar]] 86 (123)
| wickets2 = [[Pramodya Wickramasinghe|GP Wickramasinghe]] 3/34 (8 overs)

| result = Sri Lanka won by 8 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/57/57741.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[R. Premadasa Stadium|Khettarama Stadium]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires = [[B. C. Cooray|BC Cooray]] and [[Nandasena Pathirana|DN Pathirana]]
| motm = [[Arjuna Ranatunga|A Ranatunga]] (SL)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Muttiah Muralitharan|M Muralitharan]] (SL) made his ODI debut.
}}

===3rd ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 14 August 1993
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}

| score1 = 227/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mohammad Azharuddin|M Azharuddin]] 85 (103)
| wickets1 = [[Pramodya Wickramasinghe|GP Wickramasinghe]] 3/54 (10 overs)

| score2 = 231/6 (49.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Roshan Mahanama|RS Mahanama]] 92 retired hurt (143)
| wickets2 = [[Manoj Prabhakar|M Prabhakar]] 3/38 (9 overs)

| result = Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/57/57745.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[De Soysa Stadium|Tyronne Fernando Stadium]], [[Moratuwa]]
| umpires = [[B. C. Cooray|BC Cooray]] and [[Peter Manuel (umpire)|PT Manuel]]
| motm = [[Roshan Mahanama|RS Mahanama]] (SL)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/62333.html Series page on ESPNcricinfo]
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/2/India_in_Sri_Lanka_1993.html Series page on CricketArchive]

{{International cricket tours of Sri Lanka}}

[[Category:1993 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1993 in Sri Lankan cricket]]
[[Category:Indian cricket tours of Sri Lanka|1993]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions from 1991–92 to 1994]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 1972–73 to 1999–2000]]

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