IND vs WI ODI: Rohit Sharma to lead India in 1000th ODI

IND vs WI ODI: Milestone Alert! Rohit Sharma to begin GOLDEN AGE of Team India, set to lead Men in Blue in record 1000th ODI- check details

Kunal Dhyani

Sunday, Jan 30, 2022 10:57 pm

IND vs WI ODI: India to play 1000th ODI – Rohit Sharma will return from injury to lead India in a unique match. It will be India’s 1000th ODI — a milestone no team has ever achieved. India played their first ODI match in 1974 against England at Headingley under Ajit Wadekar’s leadership. Sourav Ganguly led […]

IND vs WI ODI: India to play 1000th ODI – Rohit Sharma will return from injury to lead India in a unique match. It will be India’s 1000th ODI — a milestone no team has ever achieved. India played their first ODI match in 1974 against England at Headingley under Ajit Wadekar’s leadership. Sourav Ganguly led India in the 500th ODI while MS Dhoni led India in the 700th, 800th and 900th match. At the Motera Stadium, India will play West Indies for their 1000th match on Feb 6. Follow IND vs WI Live Updates on InsideSport.IN

Australia have played the second most number of matches with 958 ODIs while Pakistan are third with 936 matches. Australia have won the most number of ODIs with 581 while India are second with 518 with a winning percentage of 54.54.

IND vs WI ODI: Milestone Alert! Rohit Sharma to begin GOLDEN AGE of Team India, set to lead Men in Blue in record 1000th ODI- check details

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India captains in Milestone matches:

1st match: Ajit Wadekar vs England
100th match: Kapil Dev vs Australia
500th match: Sourav Ganguly vs England
600th match: Virender Sehwag vs Sri Lanka
700th match: MS Dhoni vs England
750th match: MS Dhoni vs Sri Lanka
900th match: MS Dhoni vs New Zealand
1000th match: Rohit Sharma vs West Indies

IND vs WI ODI: Milestone Alert! Rohit Sharma to begin GOLDEN AGE of Team India, set to lead Men in Blue in record 1000th ODI- check details

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Incidentally, the 1000th match will also mark the beginning of a new cycle. After a 3-0 drubbing in South Africa, under the new leadership of Rohit Sharma, India will begin preparations for the 2023 World Cup.

After Virat Kohli was removed from ODI captaincy, KL Rahul took charge temporarily for the South Africa series as Rohit Sharma was nursing a hamstring injury. Now, Rohit Sharma will be back to lead the side.

IND vs WI ODI: Milestone Alert! Rohit Sharma to begin GOLDEN AGE of Team India, set to lead Men in Blue in record 1000th ODI- check details

India begin 2023 World Cup preparations: For Team India, it is about experimenting with the combinations and that is why the selectors have picked a squad with some surprising faces including Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav and Deepak Hooda.

The search for a match-winning all-rounder is still on in Hardik Pandya’s absence. While Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar have thrown their hats in the ring, the team management will monitor their all-round abilities in the West Indies series.

IND vs WI ODI: Milestone Alert! Rohit Sharma to begin GOLDEN AGE of Team India, set to lead Men in Blue in record 1000th ODI- check details

IND vs WI ODI: What will be India’s focus areas

Return to the wrist-spin option and try out Ravi Bishnoi alongside Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav.
Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar will be tried as all-rounders in ODIs.
Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav both will be crucial in the middle-order.
KL Rahul too will move to the middle-order once he joins from the 2nd ODI.
Washington Sundar will play the off-spin all-rounder’s role.

ODI Records:

Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	W %
India	1974-2022	999	518	431	9	41	54.54
Australia	1971-2021	958	581	334	9	34	63.36
Pakistan	1973-2021	936	490	417	9	20	53.98
Sri Lanka	1975-2022	870	395	432	5	38	47.77
West Indies	1973-2022	834	406	388	10	30	51.11
New Zealand	1973-2021	775	354	374	7	40	48.63
England	1971-2021	761	384	339	9	29	53.07
South Africa	1991-2022	638	391	221	6	20	63.75
Zimbabwe	1983-2022	541	140	381	8	12	27.22
Bangladesh	1986-2021	388	136	245	0	7	35.69

India ODI squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan

West Indies ODI squad: Kieron Pollard (C), Fabian Allen, Nkrumah Bonner, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran (VC), Kemar Roach, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Hayden Walsh Jr.

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