Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2021–22

Prior to the T20I matches, Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav were both ruled out India's squad due to a hamstring injury and a hairline fracture respectively. Both players picked up their injuries during the third and final T20I match against the West Indies. Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga was also ruled out of the T20I series after not recovering from COVID-19. After the first T20I match, Maheesh Theekshana and Shiran Fernando were both ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the remaining matches due to injuries. Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana were replaced by Dhananjaya de Silva and Niroshan Dickwella in Sri Lanka's T20I squad. In India's T20I team, Ruturaj Gaikwad was replaced by Mayank Agarwal for the remaining two matches. India's Ishan Kishan was ruled out of the third T20I, after suffering a blow to the head in the second match. Ahead of the second Test, India released Kuldeep Yadav from their squad, adding Axar Patel in his place. Pathum Nissanka and Dushmantha Chameera were both ruled out of Sri Lanka's squad for the second Test due to injuries. ==T20I series==