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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