Cricket

India breaks even at last

Almost thirty years after the ODIs were incepted, India has finally been able to achieve what only a handful of other countries have done so far, and that is to have more victories than losses in its list of ODIs.

After their win over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, India have more victories than losses in the 50-overs format of the game and even this is for the first time. For India have had a dismal record previously as underlined by their form when the format was first introduced in the 70s and also in the early 90s. So much so, that they didn’t have a good run of victories even after the world cup win in 1983 or the win Down Under in 1985.

It was only near the final of the 2003 world cup under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly that India gained the momentum needed for reducing the gap between victories and losses. Even in 2006 they managed to equate the two, but weren’t able to get more wins than losses.

India’s ODI record:

Comparing with the regular ODI-playing countries, only Australia, Pakistan, West Indies, South Africa and England have won more games than they lost, while New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Kenya all have lost more games than they won.

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