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Why is Sri Lanka's record so poor in India?

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they haven't won a test match in india yet

and they haven't won a bilateral ODI series in india moreover they haven't won more than 1 ODI match in a series

a very poor record considering they are so good in such pitches with both bat and ball
 
They just can't compete. I don't get why we have to play 12 games a year with them.
 
Their traditional game of strangling teams with spinners dont work very well againist India.
 
Yeah i was checking out that record too earlier too. Very strange, they have lost 10 of the 11 ODI series played in India, one being tied.

and are yet to win a test here. They are our bunnies. :srt
 
Batman_DB said:
they haven't won a test match in india yet

and they haven't won a bilateral ODI series in india moreover they haven't won more than 1 ODI match in a series

a very poor record considering they are so good in such pitches with both bat and ball
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Varun said:
They just can't compete. I don't get why we have to play 12 games a year with them.
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freelance_cricketer said:
Yeah i was checking out that record too earlier too. Very strange, they have lost 10 of the 11 ODI series played in India, one being tied.

and are yet to win a test here. They are our bunnies. :srt
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And yet they won a Semi-Final in 1996 :facepalm:

Kambli once stated that match was 100% fixed :sanga
 
That was our world cup! Everything went well until Sachin got out at 98/1..
 
Sri Lanka were much better team than us 1996 world cup. They even beat us in the group stage . Nonsense to believe we lost the semi becoz of fixing
 
dashing_man said:
So, that means SRT was also invloved :13:
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Didn't you see his run out ? He was intentionally trying to get run out and he did. Kambli wasn't part of the plan so the fixers had to send goons to attempt a riot in the match, preventing Kambli, Kumbli and Venkatesh Prasad from giving India the winning knock :moyo
 
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I think it is one of those weird performances. Eng's odi record in SL is similar, same goes to SA's odi record in SL.
 
haters seems to forget that afridi's was his debut innings.., na..?
 
BeautifulGame said:
Sri Lanka were much better team than us 1996 world cup. They even beat us in the group stage . Nonsense to believe we lost the semi becoz of fixing
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+1
I remember we scored 270 in the league match and SL made a mockery of that chase .
in the semis the ball was turning square .
 
Today look like they even don't want to play against India the just want to finish the series.they will be throw the series easily watch?
 
Sandeep said:
That was our world cup! Everything went well until Sachin got out at 98/1..
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96 World Cup should have been won by Pakistan/India. We choked as usual against you lot while you threw the SF away, allowing Sri Lankan minnows to run away with it.
 
As a Sri Lankan, even I can't answer that. For some reason, India have been our bane.
 
Mamoon said:
96 World Cup should have been won by Pakistan/India. We choked as usual against you lot while you threw the SF away, allowing Sri Lankan minnows to run away with it.
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Pakistan should have thrashed India in that QF to be fair.
 
I'm actually sick of watching India v srilanka

Rather watch paint dry than this snooze fest.
 
SL overall has struggled against India in recent times in ODI's. In the last 5 years SL's record at home against India is only slightly better. They have played 17 ODI games against India at home since 2009 and have won only 6 and lost 11. So even though their record in India has been horrible, their record in ODI's at home is bad too.
 
India are a very fine ODI side at this time. Have been for a few years - as the WC and CT wins show.

Essentially their logic is that they will either score enough to defend or chase anything. A strong and long batting line up that gives them an air of confidence in limited overs cricket. The scenario is magnified by the limitations of bowlers in limited overs cricket.
 
India has been our kryptonite last few years, especially on these dead batting tracks. I don't think any other team stands much of a chance against them either on these tracks.

Dhawan
Rohit
Rahane
Kohli
Raina
Dhoni
Jadeja

Good luck to the bowlers!
 
SL_Fan said:
India has been our kryptonite last few years, especially on these dead batting tracks. I don't think any other team stands much of a chance against them either on these tracks.

Dhawan
Rohit
Rahane
Kohli
Raina
Dhoni
Jadeja

Good luck to the bowlers!
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You have never won a test againist us in India.Nor have you won more than a ODI in India in a series.Even when you were world champs in 1990s you couldnt win a series in India.So this goes back a long long way and not a few years as you say.
 
cricketjoshila said:
You have never won a test againist us in India.Nor have you won more than a ODI in India in a series.Even when you were world champs in 1990s you couldnt win a series in India.So this goes back a long long way and not a few years as you say.
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Since the mid 90s SL have only played 9 Tests in India (drew 5 lost 4). Obviously not good but not all bad. Btw India haven't won a Test series in SL either since the early 90s.

Yeah not all that good in ODI series in India either but SL did win some Pepsi cup or something in the late 90s and of course the all important 96 WC matches ;-)

Any way I was more or less referring to the one-sided OD record in recent times.

From the mid 90s to 2008 W/L 0.96 so pretty much even stevens.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...1995;spanval1=span;template=results;type=team

But from 2008 onwards after Dhoni took over W/L 0.57

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...2008;spanval2=span;template=results;type=team
 
Not sure what the reason to this is. They know our conditions but we know our conditions better.
We're a great cricketing unit in our conditions actually.
 
adarsh_bang said:
Not sure what the reason to this is. They know our conditions but we know our conditions better.
We're a great cricketing unit in our conditions actually.
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We beat them in ODI series in Lanka too a lot since 2005 forward.
 
SL_Fan said:
Since the mid 90s SL have only played 9 Tests in India (drew 5 lost 4). Obviously not good but not all bad. Btw India haven't won a Test series in SL either since the early 90s.

Yeah not all that good in ODI series in India either but SL did win some Pepsi cup or something in the late 90s and of course the all important 96 WC matches ;-)

Any way I was more or less referring to the one-sided OD record in recent times.

From the mid 90s to 2008 W/L 0.96 so pretty much even stevens.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...1995;spanval1=span;template=results;type=team

But from 2008 onwards after Dhoni took over W/L 0.57

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...2008;spanval2=span;template=results;type=team
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Changing goal posts now?You suggested that India beats SL because of the flat pitches etc.Thats why i said that SL has had a horrendous record in India since the start.

Also SL doesnt have the edge over India in any nation they have played except Bangladesh and Sri Lanka(Even there is 23-27 i SLs favour)

So the pitch /era etc arguments are pretty futile.
 
Varun said:
We beat them in ODI series in Lanka too a lot since 2005 forward.
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2008 onwards you mean. From mid 90s to 2008 India won just one ODI series in SL (98).

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...2=span;template=results;type=team;view=series

But since 2008 they have dominated

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...1=span;template=results;type=team;view=series

Generally in SL the toss plays a big role. The funny thing is the number of tosses Dhoni/India has won. 14 out of the 22! And the ones he has lost are mostly dead rubbers and less important games. I mean seriously LOL
 
cricketjoshila said:
Changing goal posts now?You suggested that India beats SL because of the flat pitches etc.Thats why i said that SL has had a horrendous record in India since the start.

Also SL doesnt have the edge over India in any nation they have played except Bangladesh and Sri Lanka(Even there is 23-27 i SLs favour)

So the pitch /era etc arguments are pretty futile.
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Maybe you don't understand what especially means? Also as I said I was referring to the overall record. Mid 90s to 2008 we owned you guys at home as much as you guys owned us in India. It was even stevens. It has become one-sided since then. Any ways I don't want to argue over nothing with you for the millionth time.

On a decent wicket yeah I would say SL will have a good chance of winning. On flat decks not much of a chance.
 
SL_Fan said:
Maybe you don't understand what especially means? Also as I said I was referring to the overall record. Mid 90s to 2008 we owned you guys at home as much as you guys owned us in India. It was even stevens. It has become one-sided since then. Any ways I don't want to argue over nothing with you for the millionth time.

On a decent wicket yeah I would say SL will have a good chance of winning. On flat decks not much of a chance.
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Maybe it has to do with too much familiarity with Srilankan players due to IPL. Especially Malinga has been decoded since.
 
dashing_man said:
How dare you call him a god :facepalm:

There are much much better players than him.
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fair enough especially as he is 42 now. :D

And I didn't question him, I just pointed out that was involved in fixing the World Cup for his country.

Who knowsksi returned the favour in 2011 :ksi
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common man, don't throw around allegations. You have any proof of this or just trolling?
 
Noobosauras said:
fair enough especially as he is 42 now. :D



common man, don't throw around allegations. You have any proof of this or just trolling?
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ok I might be accusing him without proof and that's wrong but I am correct and stand my decision that their have been much much greater players than him in the past and current :srt

Example: Sir Don Bradman :ksi
Future: Misbah ul Haq :yk (kidding)
 
dashing_man said:
ok I might be accusing him without proof and that's wrong but I am correct and stand my decision that there have been much much greater players than him in the past and current :srt
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True, Kallis and Sobers are another two. I would consider Viv too. Perhaps even Imran.

Current nobody I think. Maybe Abdv or Amla if they continue like that for another 10-15 years.

I don't consider Sanga there. Closest to me from our era is Lara (he was much superior to Sachin when he was in flow)
 
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Noobosauras said:
Maybe it has to do with too much familiarity with Srilankan players due to IPL. Especially Malinga has been decoded since.
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Equally they should have 'decoded' our batsmen, no? Or their batsmen should've decoded our bowlers (not that that is much of a feat!).

In fact, that WT20 final saw Malinga spearing in unplayable yorkers, which occurred only as a result of him spotting the weak zones of our batsmen through the dozens of games played against them.
 
Varun said:
Equally they should have 'decoded' our batsmen, no? Or their batsmen should've decoded our bowlers (not that that is much of a feat!).

In fact, that WT20 final saw Malinga spearing in unplayable yorkers, which occurred only as a result of him spotting the weak zones of our batsmen through the dozens of games played against them.
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Equally true.
 
Noobosauras said:
Maybe it has to do with too much familiarity with Srilankan players due to IPL. Especially Malinga has been decoded since.
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It has to do with bowlers like T.perera who give about 60 runs every time he bowls vs India. This leads the indian team to gain confidence, build momentun, when other bowlers come it is a run fest. Kulasekara is wayyyyy better in swinging conditions than in sub continent. In sub continent he is useless, half the 95% of SL vs ind takes place in Sub continent so it is not uncommon to see him getting smashed. Like Vaas said, emerging SL fast bowlers are lazy and complacent. They are purely in the FC scene because of natural talent than hard work. Half of them dont like being told, work more on their strength than weakness and etc. When it comes to SL batting, you can't always rely on 2, 37 year olds and a 38 year old. All the major "next XXXX" "upcoming XXXX" were all tried and somewhat failed. SL pace powers are horrible, give way too much runs, how the heck are you expected to chase down 360+ ? SL fielding hasn't been great either.
 
adarsh_bang said:
Not sure what the reason to this is. They know our conditions but we know our conditions better.
We're a great cricketing unit in our conditions actually.
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India bats better at home, SL bowlers pace bowlers aren't good enough for Indian batsmen. Even the Aussies gave like 3, 340+ scores the last they scored, SL pacers got no chance, unlike India, SL has no Yadav, Ishant or Aaron like tall bowlers either. So flat pitch + 5 foot 7 pace bowlers = CHICKEN BRIYANI !!!
 
Relax guys. Just one ODI game has been played so far in this series. SL can as well win this ODI series. Not an easy task against Indians but it's possible.
 
Thivagar said:
India bats better at home, SL bowlers pace bowlers aren't good enough for Indian batsmen. Even the Aussies gave like 3, 340+ scores the last they scored, SL pacers got no chance, unlike India, SL has no Yadav, Ishant or Aaron like tall bowlers either. So flat pitch + 5 foot 7 pace bowlers = CHICKEN BRIYANI !!!
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I don't follow all games but I remember Kumar being relatively economical even in flatter tracks. He isn't tall. I wouldn't read much into one game where SL was chasing 360+. Teams often collapse chasing big totals.
 
Buffet said:
I don't follow all games but I remember Kumar being relatively economical even in flatter tracks. He isn't tall. I wouldn't read much into one game where SL was chasing 360+. Teams often collapse chasing big totals.
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2....one was vs Indian A which was few days before the 1st odi lol.
 
Thivagar said:
India bats better at home, SL bowlers pace bowlers aren't good enough for Indian batsmen. Even the Aussies gave like 3, 340+ scores the last they scored, SL pacers got no chance, unlike India, SL has no Yadav, Ishant or Aaron like tall bowlers either. So flat pitch + 5 foot 7 pace bowlers = CHICKEN BRIYANI !!!
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Yadav and Aaron though fast are not tall by any standards. Both are 5'10''~5'11'' types. Ishant gets bounce though.

Even Perera seems tall though, decent speeds too 135kmph+
 
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Thivagar said:
2....one was vs Indian A which was few days before the 1st odi lol.
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That game surprised me too. Didnt expect India A to score 380+ against a full fledged international team.
If only some of these HTBs can learn to bat overseas!!
 
Sri Lanka had a great team in the 90's and also they had the wood over both India and Pakistan after the 1996 world cup. The Indians would just turn up and lose to SL. India's worst phase against SL was after their thrashing in the World Cup 1996. We struggled against them in ODI's.
 
Noobosauras said:
That game surprised me too. Didnt expect India A to score 380+ against a full fledged international team.
If only some of these HTBs can learn to bat overseas!!
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Sri lankan pitches are better than Indians. Average score in Sl pitches are between 220 to 260. Not 380 like in India :akhtar
 
Noobosauras said:
Yadav and Aaron though fast are not tall by any standards. Both are 5'10''~5'11'' types. Ishant gets bounce though.

Even Perera seems tall though, decent speeds too 135kmph+
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SL bowlers re like 5.6, 5.7. T.Perera is sucks at batting and bowling. He is not qualified to be any of it.
 
Thivagar said:
Sri lankan pitches are better than Indians. Average score in Sl pitches are between 220 to 260. Not 380 like in India :akhtar
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Not really "better" but they are generally low and slow so not easy to score runs on. Wouldn't call those types of wickets better for ODIs either.
 
Thivagar said:
It has to do with bowlers like T.perera who give about 60 runs every time he bowls vs India. This leads the indian team to gain confidence, build momentun, when other bowlers come it is a run fest. Kulasekara is wayyyyy better in swinging conditions than in sub continent. In sub continent he is useless, half the 95% of SL vs ind takes place in Sub continent so it is not uncommon to see him getting smashed. Like Vaas said, emerging SL fast bowlers are lazy and complacent. They are purely in the FC scene because of natural talent than hard work. Half of them dont like being told, work more on their strength than weakness and etc. When it comes to SL batting, you can't always rely on 2, 37 year olds and a 38 year old. All the major "next XXXX" "upcoming XXXX" were all tried and somewhat failed. SL pace powers are horrible, give way too much runs, how the heck are you expected to chase down 360+ ? SL fielding hasn't been great either.
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You can't really blame the bowlers on these sorts of wickets and the rules the way they are. Even guys like Steyn and MoJo would get smashed around I'm sure.
 
Noobosauras said:
Maybe it has to do with too much familiarity with Srilankan players due to IPL. Especially Malinga has been decoded since.
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Yes but that obviously works both ways. I'm sure that after playing each other millions of times during the last few years they all know each others games more than even their own hahaha. Any way more than any thing else tho quite simply Indian batting is far superior in these conditions. Plus SL spinners who usually strangle other teams during the middle overs don't have much of an impact against Indian bats unless there's a fair bit of assistance. So whether SL bats or bowls first, India will pretty much bat them out of the game in batting friendly conditions. And then there's the Dhoni factor as well :msd
 
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From another forum:

Last 6 bilateral series between the two countries

India in Sri Lanka ODI Series 2012 India 4-1 (5)
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series 2009/10 India 3-1 (5)
India in Sri Lanka ODI Series 2008/09 India 4-1 (5)
India in Sri Lanka ODI Series 2008 India 3-2 (5)
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series 2006/07 India 2-1 (4)
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series 2005/06 India 6-1 (7)

That's 22-7 lol
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Even Bangladesh or Pakistan would have put up a better show.
 
Noobosauras said:
That game surprised me too. Didnt expect India A to score 380+ against a full fledged international team.
If only some of these HTBs can learn to bat overseas!!
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Lol moar lanka bashers. As if india dont have enough already.
 
10-0

India hasn't lost an ODI to Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka in 9 years
 
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