# Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1993

The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 12 July to 14 August 1993. The tour began with a 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 and One Day Internationals (ODIs) each.
India beat 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 runs in the Test series and was named the Player of the Series alongside India's Manoj Prabhakar. India's Anil Kumble picked up 13 wickets 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.

## Squads

* India
* Mohammad Azharuddin (c)
* Sachin Tendulkar (vc)
* Vinod Kambli
* Praveen Amre
* Woorkeri Raman
* Navjot Singh Sidhu
* Ajay Sharma
* Kapil Dev
* Manoj Prabhakar
* Salil Ankola
* Javagal Srinath
* Anil Kumble
* Venkatapathy Raju
* Rajesh Chauhan
* Vijay Yadav
* Kiran More

## Tour match
### Three-day match: Sri Lanka Board President's XI vs Indians

* 12 July Scorecard
* Match drawn Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara (SL) and Milroy Mendis (SL)
* Indians won the toss and decided to bat.
* Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) passed 10,000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 39.

## Test Series
### 1st Test

* 17–22 July scorecard
* Match drawn Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and T. M. Samarasinghe (SL)
* India won the toss and decided to field.
* 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.

### 2nd Test

* 27 July–1 August scorecard
* India won by 235 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Ignatius Anandappa (SL) and Selliah Ponnadurai (SL) Player of the match: Manoj Prabhakar (Ind)
* India won the toss and decided to bat.
* Ruwan Kalpage (SL) made his Test debut.
* The win was India's first overseas series win in seven years and first in Sri Lanka.
* Aravinda de Silva became the second Sri Lankan to reach 2,000 runs in Tests.
* Kapil Dev, playing his 126th Test, became India's most capped player and second overall.

### 3rd Test

* 4–9 August Scorecard
* Match drawn P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: B. C. Cooray (SL) and Peter Manuel (SL) Player of the match: Roshan Mahanama (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat.
* Kapil Dev (Ind) passed Lance Gibbs's record of 27,115 for most deliveries in Test cricket.

## One Day Internationals (ODIs)

Sri Lanka won the series 2–1.

### 1st ODI

* 25 July 1993 Scorecard
| India 212/8 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 211 (49.2 overs) |
| M Azharuddin 53 (57) RS Kalpage 3/42 (10 overs) | | UC Hathurusingha 64 (121) A Kumble 2/22 (10 overs) |
* India won by 1 run Khettarama Stadium, Colombo Umpires: KT Francis and TM Samarasinghe Player of the match: M Azharuddin (IND)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* RK Chauhan (IND) made his ODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 12 August 1993 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 204/7 (50 overs) | v | India 196 (49.2 overs) |
| A Ranatunga 50 (52) M Prabhakar 2/33 (8 overs) | | M Prabhakar 86 (123) GP Wickramasinghe 3/34 (8 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 8 runs Khettarama Stadium, Colombo Umpires: BC Cooray and DN Pathirana Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* M Muralitharan (SL) made his ODI debut.

### 3rd ODI

* 14 August 1993 Scorecard
| India 227/9 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 231/6 (49.3 overs) |
| M Azharuddin 85 (103) GP Wickramasinghe 3/54 (10 overs) | | RS Mahanama 92 retired hurt (143) M Prabhakar 3/38 (9 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: BC Cooray and PT Manuel Player of the match: RS Mahanama (SL)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.