Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium will host a Test for the first time since 1973 when Sri Lanka take on India for the third and final Test of their winter tour. The Tests will be followed by two Twenty20 internationals and five ODIs, four of them day-night games.

The series, from November 8 to December 27, begins with a three-day warm-up game against the Board President's XI at Mumbai's Bandra-Kurla Complex before the first Test in Ahmedabad, starting November 16. The second Test will be in Kanpur before the teams head back to Mumbai for the third game. The city's regular venue, the Wankhede Stadium, is currently being renovated for the 2011 World Cup.

Visakhapatnam and Delhi, the venues of the second one-dayer, will stage its first floodlit international fixture. The series also marks the return of Kolkata's Eden Gardens as an one-day international venue after nearly three years - it hosts an ODI on Christmas Eve.

Sri Lanka last toured India for a three-Test series in 2005-06, losing 2-0.

The battle lines have been drawn between the teams and see them fight it out - nothing beats a day at the one day cricket!

The second Test between India and Sri Lanka will be played on 24th November 2009 at Green Park, Kanpur.