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{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001
| team1_image = Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
| team1_name = Sri Lanka
| team2_image = Flag of India.svg
| team2_name = India
| from_date = 18 July
| to_date = 2 September 2001
| team1_captain = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]]
| team2_captain = [[Sourav Ganguly]]
| no_of_tests = 3
| team1_tests_won = 2
| team2_tests_won = 1
| team1_tests_most_runs = [[Mahela Jayawardene]] (296)
| team2_tests_most_runs = [[Rahul Dravid]] (235)
| team1_tests_most_wickets = [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] (23)
| team2_tests_most_wickets = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] (11)
| player_of_test_series = [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] (SL)
}}

The [[India national cricket team|India cricket team]] toured Sri Lanka between 18 July and 2 September 2001. The two sides played a [[2001 Sri Lanka Coca-Cola Cup|triangular ODI series]] also involving [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]], following which they played a three-match Test series. India's tour also included a one-day and a three-day fixture ahead of the ODI and Test series respectively.

Sri Lanka won the ODI series defeating India in the final. In the Test series that followed, they beat India by a 2–1 margin, winning the first and final Tests, while India won the second. It was Sri Lanka's second series win against India and first at home after three losses that followed the win [[Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1999|against Australia]] in September 1999.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thawfeeq|first1=Sa'adi|title=Tour report, The Indians in Sri Lanka, 2001|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/247437.html|access-date=12 August 2017|work=Wisden|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> [[Mahela Jayawardene]] made 296 runs and was the top-scorer for either sides, while [[Muttiah Muralitharan]], who picked 23 wickets, was named the player of the series.

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
!{{cr|SL}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Sri Lankan selectors recall Hashan Tillakaratne for Test series|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/96083.html|access-date=12 August 2017|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|date=10 August 2001}}</ref>
!{{cr|IND}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Venkatesh Prasad back in Indian team|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/95800.html|access-date=12 August 2017|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|date=2 August 2001}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Marvan Atapattu]]
* [[Kumar Sangakkara]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Mahela Jayawardene]]
* [[Hashan Tillakaratne]]
* [[Russell Arnold]]
* [[Romesh Kaluwitharana]]
* [[Chaminda Vaas]]
* [[Dilhara Fernando]]
* [[Muttiah Muralitharan]]
* [[Suresh Perera]]
* [[Avishka Gunawardene]]
* [[Michael Vandort]]
* [[Thilan Samaraweera]]
* [[Dulip Liyanage]]
* [[Ruchira Perera]]
|
* [[Sourav Ganguly]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Rahul Dravid]]
* [[Shiv Sunder Das]]
* [[Sadagoppan Ramesh]]
* [[Hemang Badani]]
* [[Javagal Srinath]]
* [[Harvinder Singh]]
* [[Dinesh Mongia]]
* [[Sameer Dighe]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Rahul Sanghvi]]
* [[Mohammad Kaif]]
* <s>[[Sachin Tendulkar]]</s>
* [[Sairaj Bahutule]]
* [[Zaheer Khan]]
* [[Venkatesh Prasad]]
* [[Harbhajan Singh]]
|}

[[Sachin Tendulkar]] pulled out of the tour after a scan of his injured right toe, from [[hairline fracture]], revealed to not have healed. With that, he missed a Test for the first time since his debut in 1989 after playing 84 consecutive games.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tendulkar pulls out of Test series in Lanka|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/96082.html|access-date=12 August 2017|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|date=10 August 2001}}</ref>

==Tour match==
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 8–10 August
| team1 = Sri Lanka Board XI
| team2 = {{cr|IND|name=Indians}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 326 (86.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Michael Vandort]] 116 (159)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Javagal Srinath]] 3/68 (16 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 281/5[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]]
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 74[[not out|*]] (112)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Dinusha Fernando]] 2/68 (17 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/96015.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires = [[Lalith Jayasundara]] and [[Gamini Silva]]
| motm =
| toss = Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Sri Lanka Board XI played with 11 players and Indians with 15, both with 11 batting and 11 fielding.
*''Indians declared their innings after one over on the morning of the last day after the pitch turned out to be a "dangerous" one for batting.''<ref>{{cite web|title=Practice match abandoned because of dangerous wicket|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/96090.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 November 2016}}</ref>
}}

==Test Series==

===1st Test===
{{Test match
| date =14–17 August
| team1 ={{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 ={{cr|SL}}

| score-team1-inns1 =187 (95.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Sadagoppan Ramesh]] 42 (127)
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Dilhara Fernando]] 5/42 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =362 (107.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 111 (138)
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Javagal Srinath]] 5/114 (24.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =180 (74.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Rahul Dravid]] 61[[not out|*]] (172)
|wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Muttiah Muralitharan]] 5/49 (26.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =6/0 (1.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =[[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 6[[not out|*]] (5)
| wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Javagal Srinath]] 0/0 (1 overs)

| result =Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
| venue =[[Galle International Stadium]], [[Galle]]
| umpires =[[Steve Bucknor]] (WI) and [[Asoka de Silva (cricketer)|Asoka de Silva]] (SL)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63943.html Scorecard]
| toss =Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| motm=[[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (SL)
| notes = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (SL) completed 2,000 runs playing in Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite news|title=1st Test, India v Sri Lanka, Statistical Highlights|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/96453.html|access-date=12 August 2017|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
*''[[Kumar Sangakkara]] (SL) scored his first century in Tests.''
}}

===2nd Test===
{{Test match
| date =22–25 August
| team1 ={{cr-rt|SL}}
| team2 ={{cr|IND}}

| score-team1-inns1 =274 (78.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Mahela Jayawardene]] 104
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Zaheer Khan]] 3/62 (22 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =232 (64.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Sadagoppan Ramesh]] 47
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Chaminda Vaas]] 4/65 (21 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =221 (66.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Muttiah Muralitharan]] 67
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Venkatesh Prasad]] 5/72 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =264/3 (78.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =[[Sourav Ganguly]] 98
| wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Muttiah Muralitharan]] 2/96 (25 overs)

| result =India won by 7 wickets
| venue =[[Asgiriya Stadium]], [[Kandy]]
| umpires =[[Steve Bucknor]] (WI) and [[Tyron Wijewardene]] (SL)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63944.html Scorecard]
| toss =India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| motm=[[Sourav Ganguly]] (Ind)
| notes = [[Tyron Wijewardene]] made his debut as an umpire.<ref name="2TS">{{cite news|title=August 26, 2001 2nd Test, India v Sri Lanka, Statistical Highlights|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/97187.html|access-date=12 August 2017|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
*''[[Chaminda Vaas]] (SL) played his 50th Test.''<ref name="2TS"/>
*''[[Hashan Tillakaratne]] (SL) passed 3,000 runs in Tests.''<ref name="2TS"/>
}}

===3rd Test===
{{Test match
| date =29 August–2 September
| team1 ={{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 ={{cr|SL}}

| score-team1-inns1 =234 (81.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Shiv Sunder Das]] 59 (111)
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Muttiah Muralitharan]] 8/87 (34.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =610/6[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (171 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Mahela Jayawardene]] 139 (216)
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Venkatesh Prasad]] 3/101 (34 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =299 (124.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Shiv Sunder Das]] 68 (162)
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Muttiah Muralitharan]] 3/109 (46.5 overs)

| result =Sri Lanka won by an innings and 77 runs
| venue =[[Sinhalese Sports Club Ground]], [[Colombo]]
| umpires =[[Asoka de Silva (cricketer)|Asoka de Silva]] (SL) and [[Dave Orchard]] (SA)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63945.html Scorecard]
| toss =India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| motm=[[Muttiah Muralitharan]] (SL)
| notes = [[Thilan Samaraweera]] (SL) made his Test debut.
*''[[Muttiah Muralitharan]] (SL) returned the best bowling figures in an innings in Sri Lanka (8/87).''<ref>{{cite news|title=3rd Test, India v Sri Lanka, Statistical Highlights|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/110127.html|access-date=12 August 2017|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
*''[[Rahul Dravid]] (Ind) passed 4,000 runs in Tests.''
*''India's innings defeat was its first against Sri Lanka.''
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/62337.html Tour home] at [[ESPN Cricinfo]]

{{International cricket in 2001}}
{{International Test cricket tours of Sri Lanka}}

[[Category:Indian cricket tours of Sri Lanka|2001]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions in 2001]]
[[Category:2001 in Sri Lankan cricket]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 2000–01]]
[[Category:2001 in Indian cricket]]

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