The Indian team played its first ODI match against England on July 13, 1974, about 48 years ago. The match took place at the Leeds Cricket Ground in Headingley, in which the Indian team was captained by Ajit Wadekar. At that time, star players like Madanlal and Sunil Gavaskar were also included in the Indian team. However, in the first ODI match, the Indian team had to face defeat.

The Indian team won the ODI World Cup in 1983 and Kapil Dev was the captain of the Indian team at that time. Let us tell you that India did not perform very well in the first ODI. In that match, England captain Mike Dennis won the toss and decided to bowl first. That match was of 55-55 overs. In that match, the Indian team managed to score 265 runs.

However, this target was achieved by England in 51.1 overs. John Edrich played an excellent inning of 90 runs for England. England's team managed to win the match by 4 wickets and John Edrich has adjudged the player of the match.

The team that played 1st ODI match for India

Ajit Wadekar (Captain), Sunil Gavaskar, Sudhir Naik, Gundappa Vishwanath, Farooq Engineer (WK), Brijesh Patel, Eknath Solkar, Syed Abid Ali, Madan Lal, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Bishan Singh Bedi.