Sri Lanka's cricket tour of India in the 1986–87 season comprised a three-match Test series and a five-match ODI series.^[1] India won the Test series 2-0 as well as the ODI series 4-1

17-22 December 1986 scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	India
420 (138 overs) Ravi Ratnayeke 93 Bharat Arun 3/76 (27 overs)		676/7 (167.1 overs) Mohammad Azharuddin 199 Ravi Ratnayeke 4/132 (37.1 overs)

Match drawn Green Park Stadium Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and V.K. Ramaswamy (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

• Bharat Arun, Raman Lamba (Ind) and Graeme Labrooy (SL) all made their test debuts

27-31 December 1986 scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	India
204 (59.1 overs) Arjuna Ranatunga 59 (77) Shivlal Yadav 5/76 (19.1 overs)		451/6 dec (129.5 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 153 Asanka Gurusinha 2/25 (1.5 overs)
141 (48.1 overs) Ravi Ratnayeke 54 Maninder Singh 7/71 (17.4 overs)

India won by an innings and 106 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground Nagpur Umpires: Rajan Mehra (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind) Player of the match: Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind) and Maninder Singh (Ind)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

4-7 January 1987 scorecard

India	v	Sri Lanka
400 (127.3 overs) Dilip Vengsarkar 166 (279) Ravi Ratnayeke 5/85 (27.3 overs)		191 (76.1 overs) Roy Dias 49 Maninder Singh 4/41 (17.1 overs)
		142 (59 overs) Duleep Mendis 27 Ravi Shastri 4/11 (11 overs)

India won by an innings and 67 runs Barabati Stadium Cuttack Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and V.K. Ramaswamy (Ind) Player of the match: Kapil Dev (Ind)

• India won the toss and chose to bat

India won the series 4–1.

24 December 1986 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  195/8 (46 overs)	v	India 78 (24.1 overs)
AP Gurusinha 35 (58) Maninder Singh 3/24 (10 overs)		K Srikkanth 17 (42) A Ranatunga 4/14 (6 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 117 runs Modi Park, Kanpur Umpires: DN Dotiwalla and SR Phookan Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
• B Arun (IND) and EAR de Silva (SL) made their ODI debuts.

11 January 1987 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  145/8 (46 overs)	v	India 146/2 (27.3 overs)
LRD Mendis 31 (48) NS Yadav 2/18 (9 overs)		SM Gavaskar 70* (83) RJ Ratnayake 1/26 (6 overs)

India won by 8 wickets Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: RB Gupta and PG Pandit Player of the match: SM Gavaskar (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.

13 January 1987 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  208/6 (44 overs)	v	India 209/4 (41.3 overs)
AP Gurusinha 54 (64) RR Kulkarni 3/42 (10 overs)		R Lamba 57* (56) A Ranatunga 2/42 (10 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: SK Ghosh and RR Kadam Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 44 overs per side.

15 January 1987 Scorecard

India  235/8 (43 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 141 (36.3 overs)
SM Gavaskar 69 (94) GF Labrooy 5/57 (10 overs)		AP Gurusinha 26 (62) RJ Shastri 3/24 (5 overs)

India won by 94 runs Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: PG Pandit and SR Ramchandra Rao Player of the match: SM Gavaskar (IND)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 43 overs per side.

17 January 1987 Scorecard

India  299/4 (40 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 289/7 (40 overs)
M Azharuddin 108* (94) A Ranatunga 2/59 (10 overs)		RS Mahanama 98 (91) RR Kulkarni 2/57 (9 overs)

India won by 10 runs Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Umpires: DN Dotiwalla and RR Kadam Player of the match: RS Mahanama (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 40 overs per side.
• Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.