Cricket Trivia - The story of first ever One-Day International played in India. Ahmedabad had the honour of hosting the first ODI game played in India on November 25, 1981. England won the game by five wickets. The game was played at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Navrangpura. Check out interesting trivia and facts related to the match with renowned anchor Yasser Usman.
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00:00The Indian cricket team is one of the most successful teams in the history of one-day cricket.
00:06If we read the pages of history, Team India played its first one-day match in 1974 against England.
00:15But India had to wait for 7 years to play its first one-day match.
00:24Why did this happen?
00:25And where did this match take place?
00:27What happened behind the scenes, before the match and on the day of the match is a very interesting story.
00:38So India's first one-day match in India.
00:41Where did it take place?
00:42At Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
00:45That stadium was built in the 1960s and the best technology of that era was used to build that stadium.
00:52The stadium was designed by the famous architect Charles Correa and the structural designer was Mahindra Raj.
00:58But despite being such a good design, there was a complete desi accident in the middle of the match.
01:06Anyway, let's go back to the match, which was the first match played in the stadium.
01:11And coincidentally, it was also the last one-day match in this stadium.
01:17On November 25, 1981, the first one-day match was played in India.
01:22However, in that era, the BCCI did not want to play one-day cricket in India.
01:28This was the era when one-day was not given much importance in front of test cricket.
01:32Now England was still playing one-day cricket, but India, despite playing two one-day World Cups,
01:39was not taking any interest in organizing one-day cricket in India.
01:44Now, what happened between India's BCCI and England's team management was very interesting and unique.
01:53When England started talking about the 1981-82 series, England said that one-day matches should also be played in the series.
02:02But the BCCI clearly refused.
02:04Behind this, they thought that India's cricket lovers are interested in test matches, they do not watch one-day.
02:11And business-wise, the BCCI thought that one-day cricket was a bad deal.
02:16But England did not agree and under their pressure, the BCCI had to fit three one-day matches in this series.
02:23Anyway, after a tiring journey from Baroda, the England team reached Ahmedabad late at night on November 24.
02:29And the next morning, a debate began between the England team management and the BCCI on playing conditions.
02:36Now, under the pressure of England, the BCCI had organized a one-day match, but it was a long-term issue.
02:41So, one day before the match, the debate began.
02:45In that, England said that the night is cold and the day is short due to the weather.
02:51So, let's play a 45-over match.
02:53But the BCCI refused.
02:54That no, if there is a one-day match, it will be of 50 overs only.
02:57Then England said that there should be a ban on fielding in the entire party.
03:01The BCCI said no, only up to 15 overs.
03:04England said that there should be 3 sessions of 2 hours in the match.
03:07But the BCCI said no, there should be 2 sessions of 3.5 hours.
03:12And in the end, whatever the BCCI wanted, it happened.
03:16The British media made a lot of noise about it, but it was of no use.
03:20And then came the next day, that is, the day of the match, when Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's first match was in the stadium.
03:27India's first one-day match.
03:29The atmosphere was like a festival.
03:31When the stands were full, people sat on the ground.
03:34They even came inside the boundary line.
03:36The match started late and it was of 46 overs.
03:39India scored 156 on 7 wickets in 46 overs.
03:43In which Dilip Vengsarkar played 46 in 85 and Keerthi Azad played 30 runs in 58.
03:49For England, Derek Underwood and Ian Botham took 2 wickets.
03:53In this match, K Srikant, Randhir Singh and Ravi Shastri made a one-day debut for India.
03:59In response to this, the English team won this match by losing 5 wickets in the 44th over.
04:05In this, Mike Getting played a 47-not-out parry in the Arsat game.
04:10For India, Roger Bindi took 3 wickets in this match.
04:13Now, it was a very interesting scene of a desi accident when Syed Karmani took a stroke
04:18and the ball went into the hole in the gutter made to remove water from the outfield.
04:23Now, the ball was not visible, so how to remove it?
04:26Now, the English cricketers clearly refused to put their hand in the gutter.
04:30The ball was not visible and they could not understand the system of the gutter.
04:34Anyway, the ground staff was called and then they took out the ball and the match started.
04:41So, it was a very interesting scene in the middle of the stadium.
04:45Also, the Sardar Patel Stadium, which witnessed the first one-day match in India,
04:51will now remain in the pages of history because that stadium has now been demolished.
04:56That match was the first and the last match to take place there.
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