Indian cricket team tour of Sri Lanka, 2017 (Test series)

India tour of Sri Lanka, 2017

Question: Who was selected as the ‘Player of the Series’ in the recently concluded India-Sri Lanka Test Series?
(a) Ravichandran Ashwin
(b) Virat Kohli
(c) Shikhar Dhawan
(d) Ravindra Jadeja
Answer: (c)
Related facts:

  • Indian cricket team tour of Sri Lanka (July 20 – September 6, 2017).
  • 3 Tests, 5 ODIs, and one 20-20 matches will be played.
  • India won the Test series 3-0 with a clean sweep.
  • India, for the first time in their Test history, wins 3 Test matches on oversea (foreign), with a clean sweep series 3-0.
  • Player of the Series, Shikhar Dhawan (India), Most Runs (358) in the series.
  • ’Most Wicket in the series’ taken by Ravichandran Ashwin (17 wickets).
  • India won the first Test match by 304 runs.
  • In terms of runs, it is India’s biggest victory in the overseas.
  • Ravindra Jadeja became the first left-handed bowler (sixth in the world) to take the fastest 150 wickets in Test matches (32nd Test) in the second Test match of the series.
  • Australia Mitchell Johnson had achieved the feat in 34th Test.
  • During the series, Ashwin became the fastest player in Test matches by scoring his 2000 runs and 275 wickets (52 Test matches).
  • New Zealand’s Richard Hadlee had achieved this feat in 58th Test.
  • In the third match of the Series, Harder Pandya scored 108 runs became the fifth Indian player to post a maiden first-class hundred in a Test match.
  • Virat Kohli has become the first Indian captain to win 8 Test series.
  • Out of 29 matches played under the Virat Kohli’s captaincy, 19 were won, 3 lost and 7 draws.
  • Sri Lankan team captain was Dinesh Chandimal.

Reference:
http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/2597/india-tour-of-sri-lanka-2017/matches
http://www.bcci.tv/sri-lanka-v-india-2017/results