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1st Test-India in Sri Lanka Test Series 2001
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1st Test-India in Sri Lanka Test Series 2001 Preview
TEST
1ST TEST
RESULT
India in Sri Lanka Test Series
SL
Sri Lanka
641/10 (20.00) & 6/10 (1.5)
1 of 20 head-to-head
VS
IND
India
287/7 (20.00) & 180/10 (74.5)
7 of 20 head-to-head
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Full scorecard →
PREVIEW
SUMMARY
SCORECARD
MATCH STATS
PERFORMANCE
Format
Test
Match
1st Test
Date
14 Aug - 17 Aug 2001
Start
09:30 IST · 04:00 GMT
Venue
Galle International Stadium
Series
India in Sri Lanka Test Series
HEAD TO HEAD
1
SL
20
PLAYED
7
IND
SL 1
NO RESULT 12
IND 7
Last 5 · SL
D
D
D
D
D
Last meeting
24 Feb 1999 - no result
MILESTONES
Kumar Sangakkara
scored their 1st Test hundred
SL
REACHED
Now on 1.
Muttiah Muralitharan
took their 25th Test five-wicket haul
SL
REACHED
Now on 25.
Ted Arnold
took their 50th Test catch
REACHED
Now on 52.
Rahul Dravid
registered their 20th Test fifty
IND
REACHED
Now on 20.
PREVIOUS MEETINGS
24 Feb
1999
SL
518/10 (45.00)
IND
496/4 (20.00) & 306/5 (104)
NO RESULT
SCORECARD →
03 Dec
1997
IND
529/10 (31.10) & 181/9 (42.4)
SL
145/3 (20.00) & 166/7 (82)
NO RESULT
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26 Nov
1997
IND
485/10 (155)
SL
—
NO RESULT
SCORECARD →
19 Nov
1997
IND
333/10 (31.10)
SL
515/2 (20.00) & 251/6 (93.1)
NO RESULT
SCORECARD →
09 Aug
1997
SL
529/10 (31.10)
IND
213/1 (20.00)
NO RESULT
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02 Aug
1997
SL
537/10 (31.10)
IND
478/1 (20.00)
NO RESULT
SCORECARD →
08 Feb
1994
IND
383/10 (20.00)
SL
258/3 (20.00) & 222/10 (104.3)
IND WON
SCORECARD →
26 Jan
1994
IND
541/10 (20.00)
SL
357/8 (20.00) & 215/10 (55.3)
IND WON
SCORECARD →
18 Jan
1994
IND
511/10 (20.00)
SL
357/8 (20.00) & 174/10 (73.3)
IND WON
SCORECARD →
04 Aug
1993
SL
360/3 (20.00) & 352/6 (153.2)
IND
258/3 (20.00)
NO RESULT
SCORECARD →