kapil dev was the captain when india played its first-ever odi.
kapil dev was the captain when india played its first-ever odi.
who was the captain when india played its first-ever odi?
kapil dev
the nawab of pataudi, mansoor ali khan pataudi, was the team's captain for 36 test matches from 1961–62 to 1969–70, returning for another four matches against west indies in 1974–75. in the early years of his captaincy tenure, the team was whitewashed in the west indies, england and australia. however, in 1967–68, pataudi led india on its maiden new zealand tour, which ended in india winning the test series 3–1. in 1970–71, ajit wadekar took over the captaincy from pataudi. under wadekar's captaincy, india registered its first test series win in the west indies and england. india played its first odi in 1974, also under his captaincy. india won its first odi under the captaincy of srinivasaraghavan venkataraghavan in the 1975 cricket world cup, against east africa. between 1975–76 and 1978–79, bishen singh bedi captained the team in 22 tests and 4 odis, winning 6 tests and one odi.
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in his odi debut against west indies on 8 december 1992, at sydney cricket ground, sydney, martyn was dismissed for a duck (0 run). his first ever odi century came against new zealand on 3 march 2000 at eden park, auckland. martyn scored 116 in it and remained not out. a knock of 144 runs from 149 balls against zimbabwe on 4 february 2001 at w.a.c.a. ground, perth is his highest odi score. his last ever odi century was against india on 1 november 2003 at wankhede stadium, mumbai where he scored 100 runs and also won the man of the match award.
list of international cricket centuries by damien martyn