India vs Sri Lanka Head to Head Record and Match Stats
Covers 145 matches between India and Sri Lanka from Mar 2003 to Aug 2026 (Tests, ODIs and T20Is with ball-by-ball records).
The India vs Sri Lanka head to head in this record book runs to 145 matches, from Mar 2003 to Aug 2026, and India have won 94 of them against 38 for Sri Lanka. Four ties, five Test draws and four no-result games make up the remainder.
India lead in every format, but not by the same margin. The gap is widest in Tests and narrowest in T20Is, where two of the last three meetings ended level and went to a super over.
India vs Sri Lanka Head to Head: How the Lead Breaks Down
Start with the Tests. India have won 14 of the 23 covered here, since Dec 2005, and Sri Lanka only 4, with 5 draws. The latest one, at the SSC in Colombo on 23 Aug 2026, was drawn, a week after India won by 165 runs at Galle.
ODIs are where most of these matches live: 90 of them, and India have taken 59 to Sri Lanka’s 25. That is well over twice as many wins. Yet the latest ODI series swung the other way. After a tie on 2 Aug 2024, Sri Lanka won by 32 runs and then by 110 runs at the R Premadasa Stadium, so they hold a run of 2 straight ODI wins.
In T20Is India lead 21 to 9 across 32 games since Feb 2009. Both of the last two were tied, on 30 Jul 2024 at Pallekele and on 26 Sep 2025 in Dubai, and India won each super over. For India’s wider picture, see the India team records.
India vs Sri Lanka Head to Head Record in All Formats
Format
Matches
India won
Sri Lanka won
Tied
Drawn
NR
First match
Latest match
Tests
23
14
4
0
5
0
18 Dec 2005
23 Aug 2026
ODIs
90
59
25
2
–
4
10 Mar 2003
7 Aug 2024
T20Is
32
21
9
2
–
0
10 Feb 2009
26 Sep 2025
All formats
145
94
38
4
5
4
10 Mar 2003
23 Aug 2026
India vs Sri Lanka in Tests
Tests in this record book: 23, from Dec 2005 to Aug 2026.
Most Runs in India vs Sri Lanka Tests
Batter
M
Inns
Runs
HS
Avg
SR
100s
50s
V Sehwag India
10
17
1,203
293
75.19
99.18
5
3
KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka
12
21
1,090
219
54.50
52.91
4
2
V Kohli India
11
18
1,085
243
67.81
68.28
5
2
AD Mathews Sri Lanka
16
30
1,051
111
35.03
53.27
3
4
DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka
10
17
997
275
62.31
53.95
3
4
TM Dilshan Sri Lanka
10
17
779
125*
51.93
73.63
3
4
VVS Laxman India
10
17
779
104
55.64
48.66
2
7
LD Chandimal Sri Lanka
9
17
754
164
47.12
57.12
2
3
CA Pujara India
7
11
743
153
74.30
49.83
4
1
SR Tendulkar India
10
17
724
203
45.25
53.16
2
3
Most wickets in Tests
Bowler
M
Inns
Wkts
Best
Avg
Econ
5w
R Ashwin India
11
21
62
6/46
21.94
3.00
3
M Muralitharan Sri Lanka
8
14
44
6/26
33.34
3.40
3
Harbhajan Singh India
10
18
42
7/62
36.14
3.19
2
RA Jadeja India
9
18
41
5/41
25.61
2.79
2
I Sharma India
12
21
36
5/54
35.89
3.57
1
BAW Mendis Sri Lanka
6
10
34
6/117
29.00
3.20
2
HMRKB Herath Sri Lanka
11
18
33
7/48
48.06
3.25
2
Mohammed Shami India
7
14
24
4/100
23.54
3.33
0
KTGD Prasad Sri Lanka
6
11
22
4/43
34.50
3.89
0
A Mishra India
5
9
20
4/43
30.75
3.13
0
Highest individual scores
Batter
Score
Balls
4s
6s
Date
V Sehwag India
293
254
40
7
2 Dec 2009
DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka
275
435
27
1
16 Nov 2009
V Kohli India
243
287
25
0
2 Dec 2017
KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka
219
335
29
0
26 Jul 2010
V Kohli India
213
267
18
2
24 Nov 2017
Best bowling in an innings
Bowler
Figures
Overs
Date
HMRKB Herath Sri Lanka
7/48
21
12 Aug 2015
Harbhajan Singh India
7/62
22.2
18 Dec 2005
M Muralitharan Sri Lanka
6/26
13
23 Jul 2008
R Ashwin India
6/46
13.4
12 Aug 2015
MJ Suthar India
6/55
23.4
15 Aug 2026
Highest team totals
Team
Total
Overs
Against
Venue
Date
Sri Lanka
760/7
202.4
India
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
16 Nov 2009
India
726/9
163.3
Sri Lanka
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
2 Dec 2009
India
707
225.2
Sri Lanka
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
26 Jul 2010
India
642
154
Sri Lanka
Green Park, Kanpur
24 Nov 2009
Sri Lanka
642/4
159.4
India
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
26 Jul 2010
Lowest all-out totals
Team
Total
Overs
Against
Venue
Date
Sri Lanka
109
35.5
India
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
12 Mar 2022
India
112
49.5
Sri Lanka
Galle International Stadium, Galle
12 Aug 2015
Sri Lanka
134
43.4
India
P Sara Oval, Colombo
20 Aug 2015
Sri Lanka
135
37.4
India
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
12 Aug 2017
Sri Lanka
136
47.3
India
Galle International Stadium, Galle
31 Jul 2008
Biggest wins
Result
Format
Venue
Date
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs
Test
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
23 Jul 2008
India won by an innings and 239 runs
Test
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
24 Nov 2017
India won by an innings and 222 runs
Test
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
4 Mar 2022
India won by 304 runs
Test
Galle International Stadium, Galle
26 Jul 2017
India won by 278 runs
Test
P Sara Oval, Colombo
20 Aug 2015
India won by 259 runs
Test
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
18 Dec 2005
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Test
Galle International Stadium, Galle
18 Jul 2010
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Test
P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
8 Aug 2008
India won by 5 wickets
Test
P Sara Oval, Colombo
3 Aug 2010
Latest results
Date
Venue
Result
23 Aug 2026
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Drawn
15 Aug 2026
Galle International Stadium, Galle
India won by 165 runs
12 Mar 2022
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
India won by 238 runs
4 Mar 2022
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
India won by an innings and 222 runs
2 Dec 2017
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Drawn
24 Nov 2017
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
India won by an innings and 239 runs
16 Nov 2017
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Drawn
12 Aug 2017
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
India won by an innings and 171 runs
3 Aug 2017
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
India won by an innings and 53 runs
26 Jul 2017
Galle International Stadium, Galle
India won by 304 runs
India vs Sri Lanka in ODIs
ODIs in this record book: 90, from Mar 2003 to Aug 2024.
Most Runs in India vs Sri Lanka ODIs
Batter
M
Inns
Runs
HS
Avg
SR
100s
50s
V Kohli India
54
54
2,652
166*
60.27
93.68
10
12
KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka
58
58
2,243
133
39.35
82.13
5
15
TM Dilshan Sri Lanka
57
57
2,151
160*
39.83
90.49
4
10
MS Dhoni India
48
48
2,140
107
64.85
88.10
1
19
RG Sharma India
52
52
1,951
264
44.34
96.58
6
8
DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka
59
59
1,694
118
30.80
78.21
3
9
G Gambhir India
35
35
1,633
150*
51.03
88.32
6
9
AD Mathews Sri Lanka
38
38
1,405
139*
52.04
84.38
3
8
V Sehwag India
37
37
1,383
146
38.42
112.53
2
5
SK Raina India
45
45
1,280
106
36.57
94.81
1
9
Most wickets in ODIs
Bowler
M
Inns
Wkts
Best
Avg
Econ
5w
Z Khan India
33
33
48
5/42
31.06
5.12
1
SL Malinga Sri Lanka
38
38
43
3/64
45.51
6.06
0
IK Pathan India
24
24
41
5/61
25.02
5.13
1
KMDN Kulasekara Sri Lanka
36
36
41
4/40
39.56
5.26
0
I Sharma India
23
23
40
4/34
26.32
5.75
0
Harbhajan Singh India
29
29
37
5/56
29.78
4.37
1
BAW Mendis Sri Lanka
19
19
36
6/13
25.03
5.25
1
NLTC Perera Sri Lanka
31
31
36
5/28
35.44
5.99
1
R Ashwin India
20
20
32
3/32
27.16
4.65
0
AD Mathews Sri Lanka
38
38
31
6/20
31.77
4.61
1
Highest individual scores
Batter
Score
Balls
4s
6s
Date
RG Sharma India
264
173
33
9
13 Nov 2014
RG Sharma India
208*
153
13
12
13 Dec 2017
WU Tharanga Sri Lanka
174*
159
19
3
2 Jul 2013
V Kohli India
166*
110
13
8
15 Jan 2023
TM Dilshan Sri Lanka
160
124
20
3
15 Dec 2009
Best bowling in an innings
Bowler
Figures
Overs
Date
BAW Mendis Sri Lanka
6/13
8
6 Jul 2008
AD Mathews Sri Lanka
6/20
6
12 Sep 2009
Mohammed Siraj India
6/21
7
17 Sep 2023
JDF Vandersay Sri Lanka
6/33
10
4 Aug 2024
A Dananjaya Sri Lanka
6/54
10
24 Aug 2017
Highest team totals
Team
Total
Overs
Against
Venue
Date
India
414/7
50
Sri Lanka
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
15 Dec 2009
Sri Lanka
411/8
50
India
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
15 Dec 2009
India
404/5
50
Sri Lanka
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
13 Nov 2014
India
392/4
50
Sri Lanka
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
13 Dec 2017
India
390/5
50
Sri Lanka
Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
15 Jan 2023
Lowest all-out totals
Team
Total
Overs
Against
Venue
Date
Sri Lanka
50
15.2
India
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
17 Sep 2023
Sri Lanka
55
19.4
India
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2 Nov 2023
Sri Lanka
96
24.4
India
Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain
9 Jul 2013
India
103
26.3
Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
29 Aug 2008
India
103
33.4
Sri Lanka
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
22 Aug 2010
Biggest wins
Result
Format
Venue
Date
India won by 317 runs
ODI
Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
15 Jan 2023
India won by 302 runs
ODI
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2 Nov 2023
India won by 183 runs
ODI
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
10 Mar 2003
India won by 10 wickets
ODI
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
17 Sep 2023
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
ODI
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
24 Jul 2012
India won by 9 wickets
ODI
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
20 Aug 2017
India vs Sri Lanka ODI Results Timeline
Date
Venue
Result
7 Aug 2024
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by 110 runs
4 Aug 2024
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by 32 runs
2 Aug 2024
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tied
2 Nov 2023
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
India won by 302 runs
17 Sep 2023
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
India won by 10 wickets
12 Sep 2023
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
India won by 41 runs
15 Jan 2023
Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
India won by 317 runs
12 Jan 2023
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
India won by 4 wickets
10 Jan 2023
Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
India won by 67 runs
23 Jul 2021
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets (DLS)
India vs Sri Lanka in T20Is
T20Is in this record book: 32, from Feb 2009 to Sep 2025.
Most Runs in India vs Sri Lanka T20Is
Batter
M
Inns
Runs
HS
Avg
SR
100s
50s
MD Shanaka Sri Lanka
23
23
452
74*
28.25
142.59
0
2
P Nissanka Sri Lanka
11
11
421
107
38.27
134.50
1
3
RG Sharma India
17
17
411
118
24.18
144.21
1
1
MDKJ Perera Sri Lanka
12
12
392
77
32.67
145.72
0
4
S Dhawan India
11
11
375
90
37.50
129.31
0
3
SA Yadav India
9
9
358
112*
44.75
162.73
1
3
V Kohli India
7
7
339
82
67.80
138.37
0
4
BKG Mendis Sri Lanka
10
10
324
57
32.40
139.66
0
3
KL Rahul India
8
8
301
89
37.62
139.35
0
3
SS Iyer India
8
8
296
74*
59.20
149.49
0
3
Most wickets in T20Is
Bowler
M
Inns
Wkts
Best
Avg
Econ
5w
YS Chahal India
13
13
23
4/23
17.35
8.49
0
PWH de Silva Sri Lanka
13
13
18
4/9
21.67
7.96
0
PVD Chameera Sri Lanka
16
16
17
2/14
27.47
8.05
0
MD Shanaka Sri Lanka
14
14
15
3/16
15.60
7.80
0
R Ashwin India
7
7
14
4/8
10.29
5.37
0
HH Pandya India
15
15
14
3/29
22.64
7.32
0
Kuldeep Yadav India
9
9
13
3/52
19.46
7.44
0
Washington Sundar India
6
6
10
2/21
16.00
6.67
0
SN Thakur India
4
4
9
4/27
12.33
7.66
0
B Kumar India
8
8
9
4/22
20.11
6.83
0
Highest individual scores
Batter
Score
Balls
4s
6s
Date
RG Sharma India
118
43
12
10
22 Dec 2017
SA Yadav India
112*
51
7
9
7 Jan 2023
P Nissanka Sri Lanka
107
58
7
6
26 Sep 2025
S Dhawan India
90
49
6
6
6 Mar 2018
KL Rahul India
89
49
5
8
22 Dec 2017
Best bowling in an innings
Bowler
Figures
Overs
Date
R Ashwin India
4/8
4
14 Feb 2016
PWH de Silva Sri Lanka
4/9
4
29 Jul 2021
AB Dinda India
4/19
3
7 Aug 2012
B Kumar India
4/22
3.3
25 Jul 2021
Shivam Mavi India
4/22
4
3 Jan 2023
Highest team totals
Team
Total
Overs
Against
Venue
Date
India
260/5
20
Sri Lanka
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
22 Dec 2017
India
228/5
20
Sri Lanka
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
7 Jan 2023
Sri Lanka
215/5
20
India
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
9 Dec 2009
India
213/7
20
Sri Lanka
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
27 Jul 2024
India
211/4
19.1
Sri Lanka
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
One Indian batter towers over this fixture: Virat Kohli. Kohli’s 2,652 ODI runs against Sri Lanka come at 60.27 and include 10 hundreds, and his 11 match awards lead KC Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), who collected 8. Sangakkara is the best Sri Lankan run scorer in both long formats, with 2,243 ODI runs and 1,090 in Tests.
Virender Sehwag (India) owns the Test batting list: 1,203 runs from 17 trips to the crease, average 75.19, topped by 293 at the Brabourne Stadium on 2 Dec 2009. R Ashwin (India) has 62 Test wickets in the fixture, well ahead of M Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) with 44.
Rohit Sharma (India) holds both white-ball innings records: a 173-ball 264 at Eden Gardens on 13 Nov 2014 and a 43-ball 118 at Indore. Z Khan (India) tops the ODI wickets with 48. In T20Is, MD Shanaka (Sri Lanka) has the most runs, 452, and YS Chahal (India) the most wickets, 23. Sri Lanka’s record against other sides is on the Sri Lanka team page.
Chasing, the Toss and the Biggest Margins
Chasing has paid off more often in the white-ball games. Of the decided ODIs, 49 went to the chasing team and 35 to the team that set the target; T20Is follow suit at 18 and 12. Typical first-innings totals: 261 in ODIs, 167 in T20Is.
The toss has meant more in Tests: 13 of the 18 decided Tests were won by the captain who called correctly. In ODIs it is close to a coin flip, 45 of 84.
The heaviest defeats have nearly all gone one way. Three Indian results from 2023 stand out: a 317-run ODI win at Thiruvananthapuram in January, a 302-run win at Mumbai in November, and Sri Lanka dismissed for 50 in Colombo in September. Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium is the busiest venue for this match-up: 30 games, 19 Indian wins, 10 for Sri Lanka.
Questions about India vs Sri Lanka
Which side leads India vs Sri Lanka overall?
India, by a long way. Since Mar 2003 they have beaten Sri Lanka 94 times and lost to them 38 times in 145 meetings. Every format favours India, with the Tests at 14 to 4, the ODIs at 59 to 25 and the T20Is at 21 to 9.
Which batter tops the India vs Sri Lanka ODI run list?
Kohli again, on 2,652 from 54 innings. Next come KC Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) on 2,243 and TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka) on 2,151.
Who played the biggest innings in an India vs Sri Lanka game?
Rohit’s 264 in the Kolkata ODI of 13 Nov 2014. Sehwag’s 293 at Mumbai on 2 Dec 2009 tops the Tests, and Rohit’s 118 at Indore on 22 Dec 2017 the T20Is.
What happened in the last India vs Sri Lanka match?
A draw: the Test at the SSC, Colombo, that began on 23 Aug 2026. Sri Lanka won the latest ODI, on 7 Aug 2024, by a margin of 110 runs, while the most recent T20I, in Dubai on 26 Sep 2025, finished level and India took the super over.
Which ground has hosted the most India vs Sri Lanka matches?
The R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, with 30 matches. India have won 19 of those and Sri Lanka 10. Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium is second with 9.