Sri Lanka Cricket announce fixtures of first full series against India in eight years

Sri Lanka and India will play three Tests, five One-day Internationals and one Twenty20 International in their first series involving all three formats of the game in eight years, it was announced on Friday. Sri Lanka Cricket said the first Test between the neighbours will start on July 26 at the Galle international stadium and will be followed by Tests in Colombo and Kandy respectively in August.

The Sri Lankan board added that the first ODI will begin at the Dambulla international stadium on August 20 followed by two ODI matches each at Kandy and Colombo. The lone T20 will be played at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo on September 6.

India and Sri Lanka played their only full series against each other – three Tests, five ODIs and two T20 matches – in India in 2009. India won the Test series 2-0, the ODIs 3-1 and drew the T20 segment 1-1.

India’s last tour of Sri Lanka was two years ago in August 2015 when they played a Test series which they won 2-1. India won its last ODI series 4-1 in 2012. In the same year, India also won a T20 series 1-0 against Sri Lanka.