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Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1993

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Sri Lanka
  
India

Captains
  
Arjuna Ranatunga

Dates
  
17 July – 14 August 1993

Result
  
India won the 3-match series 1–0

Most runs
  
Aravinda de Silva (266)

Most wickets
  
Pramodya Wickramasinghe (6)

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.

References

Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1993 Wikipedia