| Series Name: | Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2017 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of Sri Lanka.svg |
| Team1 Name: | Sri Lanka |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of India.svg |
| Team2 Name: | India |
| From Date: | 21 July |
| To Date: | 6 September 2017 |
| Team1 Captain: | Dinesh Chandimal (Tests)[1] Upul Tharanga (ODIs and T20I)[2] |
| Team2 Captain: | Virat Kohli |
| No Of Tests: | 3 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 3 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Dimuth Karunaratne (285) |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Shikhar Dhawan (358) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Nuwan Pradeep (6) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Ravichandran Ashwin (17) |
| Player Of Test Series: | Shikhar Dhawan (Ind) |
| No Of Odis: | 5 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 5 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Angelo Mathews (192) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Virat Kohli (330) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Akila Dananjaya (9) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Jasprit Bumrah (15) |
| Player Of Odi Series: | Jasprit Bumrah (Ind) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 1 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Dilshan Munaweera (53) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Virat Kohli (82) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Isuru Udana (1) Lasith Malinga (1) Seekkuge Prasanna (1) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Yuzvendra Chahal (3) |
| Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Virat Kohli (Ind) |
The India cricket team toured Sri Lanka between July and September 2017 to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and a Twenty20 International match.[3] [4] [5] Ahead of the Test series, the teams played a two-day warm-up match in Colombo.[6] [7] [8]
Dinesh Chandimal was appointed the new Test captain of Sri Lanka following Sri Lanka's ODI defeat to Zimbabwe earlier in the month.[9] However, before the first Test, Chandimal contracted pneumonia, ruling him out of the match.[10] Rangana Herath was later confirmed as captain of the side for the first Test.[11] Chandimal returned to the squad as captain for the second Test.[12] India won the Test series 3–0. It was India's first whitewash away from home in a series of three Tests or more.[13] It was also the first time they had won three Tests in an away series since beating New Zealand 3–1 in 1967–68.[14]
The second ODI of the series in Pallekele was Sri Lanka's 800th ODI match.[15] India won the first three ODIs, therefore winning the series. It was their eighth consecutive ODI series win against Sri Lanka.[16] This defeat, along with previous defeats against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, prompted the Sri Lanka selection committee to resign.[17] India went on to win the ODI series 5–0; this was the first time Sri Lanka had suffered a whitewash at home in ODIs.[18] India won the one-off T20I match by 7 wickets,[19] thus completing a 9-0 clean sweep against Sri Lanka in all three formats of international cricket in a bilateral series.[20]
Murali Vijay was ruled out of India's Test squad before the series began with a wrist injury and was replaced by Shikhar Dhawan.[26] Asela Gunaratne fractured his thumb on the first morning of the first Test and was ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the remaining matches.[27] Lahiru Thirimanne and Lakshan Sandakan were added to Sri Lanka's squad for the second Test.[12] India's Ravindra Jadeja was suspended for the third Test after throwing the ball "in a dangerous manner" during the second match, therefore accumulating enough demerit points to get a suspension.[28] Axar Patel was added to the squad as his replacement.[29] Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath was rested for the third Test at Pallekele after pulling up from the second Test with a stiff back.[30] For the third Test, Dushmantha Chameera and Lahiru Gamage were added to Sri Lanka's squad, while Danushka Gunathilaka was dropped.[31]
For the ODI series, Yuvraj Singh was dropped from India's squad after failing to clear yo-yo test. Dinesh Chandimal and Lahiru Thirimanne were added to Sri Lanka's squad ahead of the third match.[32] They were added as cover for Danushka Gunathilaka and Upul Tharanga.[32] Tharanga was suspended for the third and fourth ODIs, for a slow over-rate in the second match. Chamara Kapugedera captained the side for the third ODI,[32] but sustained a back injury and was ruled of the remaining matches. Lasith Malinga was given the captaincy for the fourth ODI.[33] In the third ODI, Dinesh Chandimal suffered a hairline fracture to his right thumb and was ruled out of the rest of the series.[34] Dilshan Munaweera was added to Sri Lanka's squad ahead of the fourth ODI.[35]