Ind Vs SL Head to Head: Triangular Series

After the 2017 Sri Lankan bilateral ODI series, India has won 88 ODIs matches and lost 55 against Sri Lanka in 155 ODIs played against each other. Besides playing ODIs against each other in bilateral series and tournaments involving more than 3-nations, India and Sri Lanka have been part of many Triangular Series. Here is a list of results between both teams in matches played during Triangular Series till the end of Bilateral ODI series in 2017.

India Vs SL Head-to-Head ODI Records

Asia Cup 1984 in Sharjah (Also known as Rothmans Asia Cup)
India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Group match Ind def SL by 10 wkts chasing 97 runs in 21.4 overs

1987/88 Sharjah Cup
(India won defeating New Zealand in final)

1st Match India def SL by 18 runs
Final: Ind def NZ by 52 runs

1990-91 Asia Cup
India was host. Ind SL and Bang teams

League match was won by SL by 36 runs.
Ind won the final by 7 wickets

Pepsi Cup 1999 India
Ind, SL and Pak (Pak won against Ind in final)

Ind def SL in 1st Group match by 80 runs
Ind def SL in 2nd Group match by 51 runs

Aiwa Cup 1999
SL, Ind and Aus (SL def Aus in final)
In 2 Group Matces both won each

1st match Sl won by 7 wkts
2nd match was won by Ind using D/L method by 23 runs

1998 – Singer Akai Nidahas Trophy
Ind def SL in the final

Group Match Ind def SL by 8 wickets
Group Match SL def Ind by 8 runs
Third group Match was abandoned
Final Ind def SL by 6 runs

1996 Singer Cup in Singapore
Pak, SL and Ind (Pak won def SL)

Group Match Ind won by 12 runs

2000 Sharjah Champions Trophy
SL, Ind and Zimbabwe

1st Match SL won by 68 runs
Final SL won by 245 runs (India’s biggest ODI defeat against any nation, by runs)

2001 Coca-Cola Cup
SL, Ind and New Zealand
All teams played each other twice.
Ind def SL twice and lost once.

1st match SL won by 6 runs
2nd match Ind won by 7 wkts
3rd match Ind won by 46 runs
Final SL def Ind by 121 runs

2002- NatWest Series
Eng, Ind and SL (Ind won def Eng after creating record of run chase)
In the 3 group matches against each other, India won all.

1st match Ind won by 4 wkts
2nd match Ind won by 4 wkts
3rd match Ind won by 63 runs

2005 Indian Oil Cup
Sl, Ind and West Indies
SL def Ind in all 3 matches they played against each other, including the final.

Group Stage SL def Ind by 3 wkts
Group Stage SL def Ind by 4 wkts
Final SL def Ind by 18 runs

2008 Australian tri-series
In the 29 year history of Australian tri-series, India and Sri Lanka joined Australia together only once. That happened to be the last of the Australian tri-series. 2007–08 Commonwealth Bank Series saw India snatch the trophy from Australia in the final. SL finished third. They played 4 matches against each other, one was abandoned, India won 2 and SL won 1.

First match Abandoned
2nd match SL won by 8 wkts through D/L method
3rd match Ind won by 2 wkts
4th match Ind won by 7 wkts

2009 Compaq Cup
SL, Ind, New Zealand

1st Group Match SL won by 139 runs
Final Ind won by 46 runs

2010 Micromax Tri Series
Host Zimbabwe was the third team which reached final against Sri Lanka and lost.

1st Group match Ind def SL by 7 wkts
2nd Group Match SL def Ind by 6 wkts

2010 Micromax Sri Lanka Tri Series

1st Group Match Ind def SL by 5 wkts
2nd Group Match SL def Ind by 8 wkts
3rd Final SL def Ind by 74 runs

2012 Commonwealth Bank (Aus) Triangular Series

1st Group Match Ind won by 4 wickets at Perth
2nd Group Match Tie at Adelaide
3rd Group Match SL won by 51 runs at Brisbane
4th Group Match Ind won by 7 wkts at Hobart

West Indies Tri-Nation Series, 2013

Sri Lanka def India at Kingston by 161 runs
India def Sri Lanka at Port of Spain by 81 runs (D/L)
Final: India def Sri Lanka at Port of Spain by 1 wicket