Indian Cricket Team in 2017 so far....... Part-1

• Hello guys...😊 I am going to start my new blog which is the on the favourite sport of the nation and that is???? yes cricket…. Sport which is loved most by the Indian people.

• So for the first post I have selected the topic the performance of Indian cricket team in the year 2017 so far. 2017 has been quite impressive year for the Indian cricket team in which they have played magnificently and shows their strength to the world.

• In the year 2017 indian cricket team has played total 10 series yet, including one major ICC tournament "ICC champions trophy 2017". Among them team has won 8 series and face the defeat in two of them.

• Now starting from the first series we will look back for the performance of team and also the milestones covered by the team and players in each series in total 10 parts.

(1) 3 match ODI series VS England in india from 15 jauary to 22 january 2017

Result : India won the series by 2-1

• After defeating England in the Test series by 4-0, India once again tasted victory in the three-match ODI series by a margin of 2-1. However, throughout this ODI series England fought hard, unlike in the Test series. Unfortunately they could not manage to win crucial phases in the games and ended on the losing side in the first two ODIs. England managed to win the last match played at Kolkata by the margin of five runs because of the all-rounder performance from Ben Stokes who was adjudged Man of the Match.

• This was the first time after 19 matches across formats, India lost a match under the captaincy of Virat Kohli at home. Before, the third ODI match, India played 12 Tests and seven ODIs under the leadership of Virat Kohli at home and were unbeaten.

• In the first ODI match, India successfully chased down the target of 351 runs and became the team with the highest number of successful chases, while chasing a score of 350 or more. India has now chased down such target thrice. In the first ODI, India’s target of 351 became overall the joint fourth highest successfully chased target in ODI history and the second highest successfully chased target for India in ODIs. 

• India won the first ODI at Pune by three wickets because of tremendous effort from captain Kohli’s as he scored his 17th century while chasing and became the player with the joint most centuries in chases in ODIs. Kohli made 122 runs in this ODI which eventually is the highest score by an Indian captain against England in an ODI. The previous record was held by Sourav Ganguly who scored 117 not out against England in Colombo (RPS) in 2002. 

• However, Kohli broke Tendulkar’s record of 14 centuries in successful chases in ODIs in Pune. His average of 90.90 in successful ODI chases is the second best for any batsman among batsmen who have scored at least 1000 runs in successful ODI chases.
• Kedar Jadhav played a match-winning innings for India in the first ODI by scoring 120 runs from 76 balls. He completed his century in just 65 balls and it was the fifth quickest century by an Indian player in ODIs. He became the first Indian batsman to score two ODI centuries batting at No.6.

• Jadhav-Kohli added 200 runs for the fifth wicket in Pune which is now the second highest      partnership for India in ODIs for the fifth or lower wicket. 

• In the second ODI, India made 381 runs by losing six wickets which was their second highest total against England in ODIs.

• India won the second ODI despite losing three wickets at the score of 25 thanks to comeback man Yuvraj Singh and former captain MS Dhoni’s. Yuvraj scored 150 runs in the second ODI at Cuttack which is now his highest score in ODIs and highest by any Indian batsman against England in this format. He also became the sixth player to score 150 or more runs against England in an ODI match. The others who have achieved this milestone are Vivian Richards, Martin Guptill, Shane Watson, Sanath Jayasuriya and Hashim Amla.

• During the second ODI, by hitting six sixes, MS Dhoni became the first Indian batsman to hit 200 sixes in ODIs. He also holds the record of hitting most sixes as a captain and also as a wicket-keeper in this format.

• In the second ODI match, Yuvraj and Dhoni both scored a century at an age of 35 or more which is only the third such instance in ODI cricket history. 

• The Yuvraj-Dhoni partnership of 256 runs for the fourth wicket in the second ODI is now the fifth highest for any wicket in Indian ODI cricket history.

• The Yuvraj-Dhoni partnership at Cuttack is the second highest partnership in ODI history for the fourth wicket. This partnership was also the highest for India against England for any wicket in ODIs.

• England made 366 runs in reply of India’s 381 runs in the second ODI which is now the second highest total in a losing cause in ODIs while chasing. 

• This is the first time in a bilateral ODI series of three matches where every innings saw a 300-plus score. 2090 runs were scored in the series which is also the highest in a bilateral ODI series of three or fewer matches.

• In the third ODI, Kohli completed his 1000 runs as a captain in ODIs and he is the quickest to reach the landmark in terms of innings.

• India’s defeat against England in the third ODI also ended Kohli’s eight-match winning streak in ODIs which is the joint second best for any Indian captain.