Ques: Recently Sri Lankan cricket team was on a tour to India. How many Twenty20 matches were played between India and Sri Lanka?
(a) 3 matches
(b) 4 matches
(c) 5 matches
(d) 7 matches
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- From February 9-14, 2016 Sri Lankan cricket team was on a tour to India.
- During this 3 Twenty20 matches were played between India and Sri Lanka.
- On February 14 2016 in the third and final Twenty20 match played in ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India beat Sri Lanka to won the match by 9 wickets.
- Sri Lanka won the first match of the series by 5 wickets in, while the second match, India won by 69 runs.
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the Indian team captain in the series, while Sri Lanka captain was Dinesh Chandimal.
- Indian bowler Ravichandran Ashwin in the third match of the series bowled 4 overs including one maiden and given 8 runs by taking 4 wickets, best bowling stats in his Twenty20 career.
- In third and final match of the series Sri Lanka manage to score 82 runs with losing its all wicket in 20 overs, which is a lowest run scored by Sri Lanka in Twenty20.
- Ravichandran Ashwin was awarded with man of the match in the last match and Man of the Series for his performance in the series.
Reference:
http://www.icc-cricket.com/match/ind-sl-2016/3
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-sri-lanka-2015-16/engine/match/963697.html
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-sri-lanka-2015-16/engine/match/963699.html
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-sri-lanka-2015-16/content/series/954159.html