India and Sri Lanka are the two current biggest names when it comes to international cricket. The two national teams faced each other for the first time back in 1979 for a one-day international game. That match was won by the Sri Lanka cricket team. Over the years India and Sri Lanka have faced each other many times. India vs Sri Lanka head-to-head statistics have been given under. India vs Sri Lanka head to head statistics in Tests are given below : TEST STATISTICS

Series/Tournament	Season	Winner	Margin
Sri Lanka in India Test Match	1982/83	drawn	0-0 (1)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	1985	Sri Lanka	1-0 (3)
Sri Lanka in India Test Series	1986/87	India	2-0 (3)
Sri Lanka in India Test Match	1990/91	India	1-0 (1)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	1993	India	1-0 (3)
Sri Lanka in India Test Series	1993/94	India	3-0 (3)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	1997	drawn	0-0 (2)
Sri Lanka in India Test Series	1997/98	drawn	0-0 (3)
Asian Test Championship (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh/India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka)	1998/99	Pakistan
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	2001	Sri Lanka	2-1 (3)
Sri Lanka in India Test Series	2005/06	India	2-0 (3)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	2008	Sri Lanka	2-1 (3)
Sri Lanka in India Test Series	2009/10	India	2-0 (3)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	2010	drawn	1-1 (3)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	2015	India	2-1 (3)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	2017	India	3-0 (3)
Sri Lanka in India Test Series	2017/18	India	1-0 (3

  The first Test series for India in Sri Lanka was played between India and Sri Lanka in 1985 and was won by Sri Lanka. This was not the first time these two countries have played Test as the first recorded Test match which was played between these two teams was played in 1982, but it was a single game. To date, India and Sri Lanka played a total of 17 series against each other. (These were not all bilateral series). Out of the 17 series played so far, nine have been won by India and Sri Lanka has managed to win only three.

Total No. of Series	Won by India	Won by Sri Lanka	Drawn	Won by Another Team (Non-bilateral Series)
17	9	3	4	1

 

Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
India	Sri Lanka	drawn	–	Chennai	Sep 17-22, 1982
Sri Lanka	India	drawn	–	Colombo (SSC)	Aug 30-Sep 4, 1985
Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka	149 runs	Colombo (PSS)	Sep 6-11, 1985
Sri Lanka	India	drawn	–	Kandy	Sep 14-19, 1985
India	Sri Lanka	drawn	–	Kanpur	Dec 17-22, 1986
India	Sri Lanka	India	inns & 106 runs	Nagpur	Dec 27-31, 1986
India	Sri Lanka	India	inns & 67 runs	Cuttack	Jan 4-7, 1987
India	Sri Lanka	India	inns & 8 runs	Chandigarh	Nov 23-27, 1990
Sri Lanka	India	drawn	–	Kandy	Jul 17-22, 1993
Sri Lanka	India	India	235 runs	Colombo (SSC)	Jul 27-Aug 1, 1993
Sri Lanka	India	drawn	–	Colombo (PSS)	Aug 4-9, 1993
India	Sri Lanka	India	inns & 119 runs	Lucknow	Jan 18-22, 1994
India	Sri Lanka	India	inns & 95 runs	Bengaluru	Jan 26-30, 1994
India	Sri Lanka	India	inns & 17 runs	Ahmedabad	Feb 8-12, 1994
Sri Lanka	India	drawn	–	Colombo (RPS)	Aug 2-6, 1997
Sri Lanka	India	drawn	–	Colombo (SSC)	Aug 9-13, 1997
India	Sri Lanka	drawn	–	Mohali	Nov 19-23, 1997
India	Sri Lanka	drawn	–	Nagpur	Nov 26-30, 1997
India	Sri Lanka	drawn	–	Mumbai	Dec 3-7, 1997
Sri Lanka	India	drawn	–	Colombo (SSC)	Feb 24-28, 1999
Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka	10 wickets	Galle	Aug 14-17, 2001
Sri Lanka	India	India	7 wickets	Kandy	Aug 22-25, 2001
Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka	inns & 77 runs	Colombo (SSC)	Aug 29-Sep 2, 2001
India	Sri Lanka	drawn	–	Chennai	Dec 2-6, 2005
India	Sri Lanka	India	188 runs	Delhi	Dec 10-14, 2005
India	Sri Lanka	India	259 runs	Ahmedabad	Dec 18-22, 2005
Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka	inns & 239 runs	Colombo (SSC)	Jul 23-26, 2008
Sri Lanka	India	India	170 runs	Galle	Jul 31-Aug 3, 2008
Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka	8 wickets	Colombo (PSS)	Aug 8-11, 2008
India	Sri Lanka	drawn	–	Ahmedabad	Nov 16-20, 2009
India	Sri Lanka	India	inns & 144 runs	Kanpur	Nov 24-27, 2009
India	Sri Lanka	India	inns & 24 runs	Mumbai (BS)	Dec 2-6, 2009
Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka	10 wickets	Galle	Jul 18-22, 2010
Sri Lanka	India	drawn	–	Colombo (SSC)	Jul 26-30, 2010
Sri Lanka	India	India	5 wickets	Colombo (PSS)	Aug 3-7, 2010
Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka	63 runs	Galle	Aug 12-15, 2015
Sri Lanka	India	India	278 runs	Colombo (PSS)	Aug 20-24, 2015
Sri Lanka	India	India	117 runs	Colombo (SSC)	Aug 28-Sep 1, 2015
Sri Lanka	India	India	304 runs	Galle	Jul 26-29, 2017
Sri Lanka	India	India	inns & 53 runs	Colombo (SSC)	Aug 3-6, 2017
Sri Lanka	India	India	inns & 171 runs	Pallekele	Aug 12-14, 2017
India	Sri Lanka	drawn	–	Kolkata	Nov 16-20, 2017
India	Sri Lanka	India	inns & 239 runs	Nagpur	Nov 24-27, 2017
India	Sri Lanka	drawn	–	Delhi	Dec 2-6, 2017
India	Sri Lanka	India	inns & 222 runs	Chandigarh	Mar 4-8, 2022

  In terms of the number of Test matches played, again India has won more number of matches. Of the 45 Test matches played between these two nations, 21 have been won by India and Sri Lanka has managed to win only 7 games. The remaining 17 games have ended in a draw.

Total No. of Matches	Won by India	Won by Sri Lanka	Drawn
45	21	7	17

  ODI Statistics Given below, are the IND vs SL head to head numbers in ODI:

First Bilateral Series	1982/83	Won by India
Last Bilateral Series	2021	Won by India

  With the first ODI match being played between these two teams in 1979, India and Sri Lanka played their first ODI series in 1982/83. It was won by the India cricket team. To date, India and Sri Lanka played a total of 79 ODI series against each other. (These were not all bilateral series). Out of the 79 series played so far, 33 have been won by India and Sri Lanka has managed to win only 16. Out of the remaining, three have been drawn and 27 have been won by another country.

Total No. of Series	Won by India	Won by Sri Lanka	Drawn	Won by Another Team (Non-bilateral Series)
79	33	16	3	27

 

First Match	1979	Won by Sri Lanka
Last Match	2021	Won by India

  In terms of the number of ODI matches played, again India has won more matches. Of the 168 ODI matches played between these two nations, 93 have been won by India and Sri Lanka has managed to win only 57 games. While 11 games ended in No Result, seven games were either abandoned or canceled.

Total No. of Matches	Won by India	Won by Sri Lanka	Drawn	No Result	Abandoned/Cancelled
168	93	57	0	11	7

  T20I Statistics Find below India vs Sri Lanka head to head record in T20 International games:

Series/Tournament	Season	Winner	Margin
ICC World Twenty20 (in South Africa)	2007/08	India
India in Sri Lanka T20I Match	2008/09	India	1-0 (1)
ICC World Twenty20 (in England)	2009	Pakistan
Sri Lanka in India T20I Series	2009/10	Drawn	1-1 (2)
ICC World Twenty20 (in West Indies)	2010	England
India in Sri Lanka T20I Match	2012	India	1-0 (1)
ICC World Twenty20 (in Sri Lanka)	2012/13	West Indies
World T20 (in Bangladesh)	2013/14	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka in India T20I Series	2015/16	India	2-1 (3)
Asia Cup (in Bangladesh)	2015/16	India
World T20 (in India)	2015/16	West Indies
India in Sri Lanka T20I Match	2017	India	1-0 (1)
Sri Lanka in India T20I Series	2017/18	India	3-0 (3)
Nidahas Twenty20 Tri-Series (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)	2017/18	India
Sri Lanka in India T20I Series	2019/20	India	2-0 (3)
India in Sri Lanka T20I Match	2021	Drawn	1-1 (2)
Sri Lanka in India T20I Series	2022	India	3-0 (3)

The first T20 bilateral series was played between Sri Lanka and India in 2008/09 and was won by India. To date, India and Sri Lanka played a total of 18 T20 series against each other. (These were not all bilateral series). Out of the 18 series played so far, 11 have been won by India and Sri Lanka has managed to win only 2.

Total No. of Series	Won by India	Won by Sri Lanka	Drawn
18	11	2	5

 

Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
Sri Lanka	India	India	3 wickets	Colombo (RPS)	Feb 10, 2009
India	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	29 runs	Nagpur	Dec 9, 2009
India	Sri Lanka	India	6 wickets	Mohali	Dec 12, 2009
India	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	5 wickets	Gros Islet	May 11, 2010
Sri Lanka	India	India	39 runs	Pallekele	Aug 7, 2012
India	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	6 wickets	Dhaka	Apr 6, 2014
India	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	5 wickets	Pune	Feb 9, 2016
India	Sri Lanka	India	69 runs	Ranchi	Feb 12, 2016
India	Sri Lanka	India	9 wickets	Visakhapatnam	Feb 14, 2016
India	Sri Lanka	India	5 wickets	Dhaka	Mar 1, 2016
Sri Lanka	India	India	7 wickets	Colombo (RPS)	Sep 6, 2017
India	Sri Lanka	India	93 runs	Cuttack	Dec 20, 2017
India	Sri Lanka	India	88 runs	Indore	Dec 22, 2017
India	Sri Lanka	India	5 wickets	Mumbai	Dec 24, 2017
Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka	5 wickets	Colombo (RPS)	Mar 6, 2018
Sri Lanka	India	India	6 wickets	Colombo (RPS)	Mar 12, 2018
India	Sri Lanka	No result	–	Guwahati	Jan 5, 2020
India	Sri Lanka	India	7 wickets	Indore	Jan 7, 2020
India	Sri Lanka	India	78 runs	Pune	Jan 10, 2020
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	India	38 runs	Colombo (RPS)	July 25, 2021
Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka	4 wickets	Colombo (RPS)	July 28, 2021
India	Sri Lanka	India	62 Runs	Lucknow	Feb 24, 2022
India	Sri Lanka	India	7 Wickets	Dharamsala	Feb 26, 2022
India	Sri Lanka	India	6 Wickets	Dharamsala	Feb 27, 2022

  In terms of the number of T20 matches played, again India has won more matches. Of the 24 T20 matches played between these two nations, 17 have been won by India and Sri Lanka has managed to win only 6 games.

Total No. of Matches	Won by India	Won by Sri Lanka	Drawn
24	17	6	1

  India vs Sri Lanka at the ODI World Cup

First ODI World Cup Match	1978	Won by Sri Lanka
Last ODI World Cup Match	2019	Won by India

  India and Sri Lanka have faced each other on a total of nine occasions at the ODI World Cup. They met at the center for the first time at the World Cup in 1978. That game was won by Sri Lanka. Out of the total nine times, these two teams have faced each other in the World Cup, they have shared victory equally with both teams winning four times each and one match ending in No Result.

Total No. of Matches	Won by India	Won by Sri Lanka	No Result
9	4	4	1