Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2021–22
| Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2021–22 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| India | Sri Lanka | ||
| Dates | 24 February – 16 March 2022 | ||
| Captains | Rohit Sharma |
Dimuth Karunaratne (Tests) Dasun Shanaka (T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Ravindra Jadeja (201) | Dimuth Karunaratne (166) | |
| Most wickets | Ravichandran Ashwin (12) | Lasith Embuldeniya (8) | |
| Player of the series | Rishabh Pant (Ind) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | India won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Shreyas Iyer (204) | Dasun Shanaka (124) | |
| Most wickets | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3) | Lahiru Kumara (5) | |
| Player of the series | Shreyas Iyer (Ind) | ||
The Sri Lankan cricket team toured India in February and March 2022 to play two Test and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The Test series formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship. In September 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the schedule for the tour. In January 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket made a request to play the T20I matches first, as the T20I squad would be coming straight from their tour of Australia. In early February, the change was agreed by both boards, with Bangalore hosting a day/night Test match, with the BCCI confirming the revised tour schedule.
On 2 February 2022, Sri Lankan fast bowler Suranga Lakmal announced that he would retire from all forms of international cricket following the series. On 19 February 2022, India named their squads for the matches, with Rohit Sharma appointed as their new Test captain. On 26 February 2022, it was announced that the first match of the Test series would be played behind closed doors, with spectators being allowed to attend the second Test match. However, on 1 March 2022, the crowd capacity for the first Test was increased to 50%.
In the first T20I match, India made 199/2 from their 20 overs, going on to win the fixture by 62 runs. India won the second T20I by seven wickets to win the series with a match to play. India won the third and final T20I match by six wickets to win the series 3–0.
The first Test of the series was the 300th to be played by Sri Lanka, and it was also the 100th Test match for India's Virat Kohli. In the Test, Ravindra Jadeja scored 175 not out and took nine wickets. India went on to win the match inside three days, by the margin of an innings and 222 runs. The second Test also finished in three days, with India winning by 238 runs to win the series 2–0.