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India in Sri Lanka, Aug-Sep 1985 - Tour Summary




When India last toured the Island nation in  Sept  1985
under  Kapil  Dev's captaincy, they had a lot to prove,
and a reputation to maintain.  World  Champs  in  1983,
India  had  a  dismal  run  till  they  won  the B&H in
Melbourne in March 1985. They followed that up with the
Sharjah cup in April.
The SL side was led by Mendis, and  it  was  a  veteran
team  looking  for  it's  first  test  win. After India
struggled in the first test, the second  test  saw  the
Lankans  drive  home  a  decisive  victory, in spite of
Kapil's brilliant 78 in the 2nd inns.  The  SL  umpires
gave  some  doubtful decisions, which accounted for in-
form  Vengsarkar,  looking-for-form  Azhar  and  middle
order  bat Gavaskar.  India was in the driver's seat in
the 3rd test, but brilliant  centuries  by  Mendis  and
vice capt. Dias, combined with some woeful time wasting
by De Mel saved the day for the hosts,  who  won  their
first  test  series.  Rumesh Ratnayake took 21 wickets,
followed by Ahangama with  18  ands  De  Mel  with  12.
Aravinda and Dias stood out.
For India, Azhar was a failure..  after  his  brilliant
run  in his debut season, he could score only 114 runs
in 3 tests.  Amarnath scored a ton  in  the  3rd  test,
while Vengsarkar had some good scores.
The teams drew the ODIs 1-1, after the  umpires  called
off  play  in  the  3rd  ODI due to bad light, when the
hosts were 32-4 and in trouble.  Let's see what happens
this year!  
posted by sbasu@vax.clarku.edu r.s.c.
 
 Contributed by murari    (venka@*me.utexas.edu) 



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