Vikrant Shekhawat : Oct 06, 2023, 02:02 PM
ODI World Cup: ODI World Cup has started in India. India has to play its first match in the World Cup against Australia. Team India has reached Chennai for this match. Where Indian players are participating in the practice session. Let us tell you that Team India will take the field to play the ODI World Cup match after 1552 days. India last played an ODI World Cup match on 9 July 2019. Where Team India had to face defeat against New Zealand. Meanwhile, when India will play the match against Australia on October 08, they will be missing a special player.Team India will miss this playerThe player whom Team India will be missing in the ODI World Cup is none other than MS Dhoni. Dhoni has previously participated in four ODI World Cups for India. This will be the first time after his debut that MS Dhoni will not play for Team India in the ODI World Cup. Dhoni retired from international cricket in the year 2020. Under the captaincy of Dhoni, India last won the ODI World Cup title in the year 2011. Dhoni played an important inning of 91 runs in the final match of 2011. For which he was also chosen Player of the Match. From then till today, Team India has been waiting for the World Cup for 12 years.Dhoni's last World Cup matchMS Dhoni played his last ODI World Cup as a player. He played his last ODI World Cup match on 9 July 2019. This match was played against New Zealand. Where Dhoni played an inning of 50 runs in 72 balls. That was the semi-final match of the ODI World Cup. After the defeat, the Indian team's journey in the World Cup 2019 ended there. Under the captaincy of Dhoni, India played the World Cup of 2011 and 2015.Team India's squad for ODI World CupRohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, R Ashwin and Shardul Thakur.