# Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1986–87

Sri Lanka's cricket tour of India in the 1986–87 season comprised a three-match Test series and a five-match ODI series. India won the Test series 2-0 as well as the ODI series 4-1

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 17-22 December 1986 scorecard
* Match drawn Green Park Stadium Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and V.K. Ramaswamy (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
* Bharat Arun, Raman Lamba (Ind) and Graeme Labrooy (SL) all made their test debuts

### 2nd Test

* 27-31 December 1986 scorecard
* India won by an innings and 106 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground Nagpur Umpires: Rajan Mehra (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind) Player of the match: Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind) and Maninder Singh (Ind)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

### 3rd Test

* 4-7 January 1987 scorecard
* India won by an innings and 67 runs Barabati Stadium Cuttack Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and V.K. Ramaswamy (Ind) Player of the match: Kapil Dev (Ind)
* India won the toss and chose to bat

## One Day Internationals (ODIs)

India won the series 4–1.

### 1st ODI

* 24 December 1986 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 195/8 (46 overs) | v | India 78 (24.1 overs) |
| AP Gurusinha 35 (58) Maninder Singh 3/24 (10 overs) | | K Srikkanth 17 (42) A Ranatunga 4/14 (6 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 117 runs Modi Park, Kanpur Umpires: DN Dotiwalla and SR Phookan Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
* B Arun (IND) and EAR de Silva (SL) made their ODI debuts.

### 2nd ODI

* 11 January 1987 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 145/8 (46 overs) | v | India 146/2 (27.3 overs) |
| LRD Mendis 31 (48) NS Yadav 2/18 (9 overs) | | SM Gavaskar 70* (83) RJ Ratnayake 1/26 (6 overs) |
* India won by 8 wickets Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: RB Gupta and PG Pandit Player of the match: SM Gavaskar (IND)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.

### 3rd ODI

* 13 January 1987 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 208/6 (44 overs) | v | India 209/4 (41.3 overs) |
| AP Gurusinha 54 (64) RR Kulkarni 3/42 (10 overs) | | R Lamba 57* (56) A Ranatunga 2/42 (10 overs) |
* India won by 6 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: SK Ghosh and RR Kadam Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 44 overs per side.

### 4th ODI

* 15 January 1987 Scorecard
| India 235/8 (43 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 141 (36.3 overs) |
| SM Gavaskar 69 (94) GF Labrooy 5/57 (10 overs) | | AP Gurusinha 26 (62) RJ Shastri 3/24 (5 overs) |
* India won by 94 runs Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: PG Pandit and SR Ramchandra Rao Player of the match: SM Gavaskar (IND)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 43 overs per side.

### 5th ODI

* 17 January 1987 Scorecard
| India 299/4 (40 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 289/7 (40 overs) |
| M Azharuddin 108* (94) A Ranatunga 2/59 (10 overs) | | RS Mahanama 98 (91) RR Kulkarni 2/57 (9 overs) |
* India won by 10 runs Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Umpires: DN Dotiwalla and RR Kadam Player of the match: RS Mahanama (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 40 overs per side.
* Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.