Published: Jun 11, 2016, 01:43 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 11, 2016, 01:44 PM (IST)
When the young Indian team led by MS Dhoni left the shores of the country to travel to Zimbabwe, it was a certainty that few players will get to make their debut. There were as many as six players in the squad who were yet to play a limited-overs game. On Saturday, when the first ODI between the two teams began, three Indians made their debut. ALSO READ: India tour of Zimbabwe 1st ODI, Pick of the tweets: Zimbabwe vs India at Harare
KL Rahul — who has played Test cricket for India — Karun Nair and Yuzvendra Chahal got their India caps before the beginning of the match in a customary ceremony. The pictures of that small function with Team India in a huddle were shared by BCCI’s official Twitter handle. This was the first instance of three players making their ODI debut for India in the same match in last six years. In June 2010, Ravichandran Ashwin, Naman Ojha and Pankaj Singh had made their debut in the same match at this very venue. ALSO READ: India vs Zimbabwe 2016: Six Indian players who can make debut during the ODI series.
Three debutants for 1st #ZIMvIND ODI – @klrahul11 (ODI),@karun126 and @yuzi_chahal #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/zxj0tal1WB
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 11, 2016
The players who missed out on making their debuts in this game were Mandeep Singh, Jayant Yadav and Faiz Fazal. If they get to play their first game together in any of the coming matches, it will be yet another occasion of three players getting ODI caps in the same match.
