Indian batter Shubman Gill is all set to register his identify in the file books as he’s getting ready to a milestone achievement for India. Gill, who’s a part of the Indian staff for each the ODI and T20I sequence would look to make a press release after he missed out on the Indian staff for the T20 World Cup. Gill was a part of the fabulous Gujarat Titans (GT) facet that gained the IPL title and can look to stamp his authority on the shortest format for India.
Milestone Alert
Gill will create historical past as quickly as he steps on the sector on Friday (November 18) on the Sky Stadium in Wellington. The 23-year-old will change into the a hundredth participant to characterize India in the shortest format of the sport. So far 99 gamers have represented India in the T20I format since they first took guards in December 2006 towards South Africa. Gill was the 227th participant in the ODI format to characterize India through the New Zealand tour of 2018-19.
Who earned the primary cap?
Although towards South Africa in December 2006, 11 gamers made their debut in the identical match together with the good Sachin Tendulkar, it was his fellow Mumbai mate who’s credited with the primary cap. Ajit Agarkar is credited to have earned the primary cap for India because of his surname initials in alphabetical order. Tendulkar on the flip facet, regardless of making his debut in the identical match was credited with Cap No.11.
Who performed in the primary match?
The T20I match that India gained by six wickets included the likes of Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Dinesh Karthik. The latter was most lately concerned in the T20 World Cup and was additionally a part of the 2007 T20 World Cup profitable squad.
India’s Playing XI vs South Africa in first T20I
Virender Sehwag (c), Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Mongia, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar, S Sreesanth
Milestone Caps for India
1st T20I Cap – Ajit Agarkar, South Africa vs India, at Johannesburg 2006/07
fiftieth T20I Cap – Stuart Binny, Zimbabwe vs India, at Harare 2015
1st ODI Cap – Syed Abid Ali, England vs India, at Leeds 1974
a hundredth ODI Cap – Pankaj Dharmani, India vs South Africa, at Jaipur 1996/97
two hundredth ODI Cap – Stuart Binny, New Zealand vs India, at Hamilton 2013/14
1st Test Cap – Amar Singh, England vs India, at Lord’s 1932
a hundredth Test Cap – Baloo Gupte, India vs Pakistan, at Chennai 1960/61
two hundredth Test Cap – Nayan Mongia, India vs Sri Lanka, at Lucknow 1993/94
three hundredth Test Cap – T Natarajan, Australia vs India, at Brisbane 2020/21
India will play towards New Zealand in a three-match T20I sequence which can then be adopted by a three-match ODI sequence the place once more Shubman Gill be a part of the staff.
T20I Schedule:
Wellington (November 18)
Tauranga (November 20)
Napier (November 22)
ODI Schedule:
Auckland (November 25)
Hamilton (November 27)
Christchurch (November 30)
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