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Virat Kohli walks back to the pavilion after getting dismissed during the Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar watching the 2nd ODI match between India
3rd T20I in Nottingham on Sunday (ANI Photo/ICC Twitter) and England (ANI Photo/BCCI Twitter)

mild groin strain before the first ODI July 22 to August 7. “Of course, look at the numbers he Prasad have even questioned his
against England. has got in international cricket that place in the T20 side.
Meanwhile, veteran spinner VIRAT HAS TO FIND HIS WAY: doesn’t happen without ability and “These things will happen in
Ravichandran Ashwin has made his GANGULY quality. Yes, he has had a tough time sport. It has happened to everybody.
return. Also, KL Rahul and Kuldeep and he knows that. He has been a It has happened to Sachin, It has
Yadav return to the squad, but their tar India batter Virat Kohli is great player himself. happened to Rahul, it has happened
inclusion is subject to their fitness. going through a lean patch and He himself knows by his own to me, it has happened to Kohli. It
India’s squad for 5 T20Is: Rohit Sa groin injury has made the standards it has not been good and is going to happen to future players.
Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, KL matters worse for the talisman. The I see him coming back and doing That’s part and parcel of sport and I
Rahul*, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak 33-year-old’s last international ton well. But he has got to find his way think as a sportsman you just need to
Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, came in 2019 and his disappointing and become successful, which he listen, be aware of what it is and just
Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, run of form continued in Tests and has been for the last 12-13 years or go and play your game, “ explained
Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ash- T20I series against England, as he more and only Virat Kohli can do Sourav Ganguly.
win, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav*, could manage only 11 and 20 in Edg- that, “ said BCCI President Sourav Virat Kohli will have to perform
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, baston Test and could score only 12 Ganguly. and get back to his scoring ways or
Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh. runs in his two innings in T20Is. Virat Kohli’s poor run of form he could find it difficult to make it
West Indies will host the Men in Despite all the failures, BCCI has led to enormous criticism and into the Indian squad for the up-
Blue for a three-match ODI series President Sourav Ganguly backs some of the former cricketers like coming ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in
and a five-match T20i series from him to get back to his scoring ways. legend Kapil Dev and Venkatesh Australia starting October 16.

The day India played its first-ever ODI match in 1974

n July 14, 1974, the Indi- ducing India to 60/3. A 70-run stand Dennis Amiss for 20, with England The rest of the chase was a
an cricket team played its followed between Ajit Wadekar, the down at 37/1. David Llyod and John cakewalk for England. Except the
Ofirst-ever one-day-interna- skipper and wicketkeeper-batter Fa- Edrich pulled England out of any fact that Tony Greig was dismissed
tional (ODI), playing against En- rookh Engineer, which ended with trouble that could have followed for 40 by Bedi, Alan Knott (15*)
gland at Leeds. the latter being bowled by Chris Old after that wicket, putting together and Chris Old (5*) guided their
The occasion was a histor- for 32. Wadekar went on to score In- 47 runs. Solkar provided the break- team to a four-wicket win.
ic one for the country. After the dia’s first-ever ODI fifty, falling for through, dismissing Llyod for 34. Eknath Solkar was the pick of
ODIs started in 1971, India finally 67 to Jackman at the score of 181, he Skipper Mike Denness walked back the bowlers with 2/31.
got its chance in this format three was the fifth batter gone. for 8 after Madan Lal dismissed him Though India lost the first
years later. England won the toss After Eknath Solkar’s wick- with assistance from the hands of Sri- game, they showed improvement
and elected to field first. India got et, Brijesh Patel and Syed Abid Ali nivas Venkataraghavan. year by year, decade by decade to
off a steady start with openers Sunil stitched a 52-run stand, taking India England was at 3/96. From this transform into a world-class, for-
Gavaskar and Sudhir Naik putting to 246 before Ali fell to Woolmer for point on Edrich and Keith Fletcher midable unit of the 2020s. In 1,003
on 44-runs for the first wicket. 17. Patel’s 82 off 78 took India to 265 started taking the game away from matches, it has won 522 of them,
Naik was the first wicket gone for before the side ran out of batters. India, putting a 83-run stand, which losing 431. Nine games have ended
18, dismissed by medium-pacer Chris Old was the pick of the could be broken after spinner Bishan in a tie and 41 produced no result.
Robin Jackman, followed soon by bowlers with 3/43. Arnold, Woolmer Singh Bedi dismissed Fletcher for 39. India has a win percentage of 54.72.
Gavaskar, who was bowled for 28 and Jackman took two wickets each Edrich went on, falling ten runs short India is two-time 50-over World
by medium-pacer Geoff Arnold. while Tony Greig took one. of his hundred as the fifth wicket at Cup winner, winning the 1983
Then Gundappa Vishwanath In chase of challenging 266, spin- the score of 212 to Venkataragha- and 2011 editions. They have also
fell for cheap to Bob Woolmer, re- ner Eknath Solkar sent back opener van’s spin. won the 2013 Champions Trophy.

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