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toured

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from October to December 1975. Sri Lanka did not then have

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status, but three four-day unofficial Tests were played,

winning 2–0. The tour also included six other

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."Sri Lanka's tour of India, 1975-76", ''

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'' 1977, pp. 928–29.S. S. Perera
"Tour Summary"
''

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'', February 1976, pp. 14, 36.

The Sri Lankan team

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(captain) * David Heyn (vice-captain) * Dennis Chanmugam * Amitha de Costa * Somachandra de Silva * Ajit de Silva *

Roy Dias Roy Luke Dias (born 18 October 1952) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played Test matches and One Day Internationals for the national side. An elegant and stylish right-handed batsman he played 20 Test matches and became the first Sri Lan ...

Ranjit Fernando Edward Ranjit Fernando (born 22 February 1944) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played three One Day Internationals, all of which were during the 1975 Cricket World Cup during which he was the wicket-keeper and opening batsman. In September 2 ...

* Mahes Goonatilleke *

Russell Hamer Russell Hamer (12 June 1947 – 27 March 2024) was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played first-class for the Sri Lanka national team from 1968 to 1977. Biography Hamer attended Wesley College, Colombo, and played cricket for Ceylon Schools in 19 ...

* Lalith Kaluperuma *

Duleep Mendis Deshamanya Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis (born 25 August 1952), known as Duleep Mendis, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer and former captain of the team. Mendis captained Sri Lanka to their first Test series victory in 1985. He was primarily a speci ...

* Tony Opatha *

Anura Ranasinghe Anura Nandana Ranasinghe (13 October 1956 – 9 November 1998) was a Sri Lankan cricketer, who represented Sri Lanka at international level 11 times. School times Ranasinghe won the best schoolboy cricketer award during the 1974–75 cricketi ...

* Daya Sahabandu * Bandula Warnapura * Sunil Wettimuny The manager was Neil Perera and the assistant manager was Abu Fuard.

References

External links

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