Who was the Indian cricketer who scored the first century in ODI for India? Do you know his/her name?

New Delhi. Former Indian cricketer Lala Amarnath scored the first century in Tests for India. Suresh Raina scored the first century in T20 Internationals. But do you know who was the first player to score a century for India in ODIs? If not, then this news is for you. Today we will tell you who was the first player to score a century for India in ODIs.

Kapil Dev was the first player to score a century for India in ODIs. he/she scored a century in the 1983 ODI World Cup. Actually, the 20th match of the World Cup was being played between Zimbabwe and India. In that match, only Kapil Dev played a brilliant innings for India. he/she scored 175 runs.

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India played its first ODI match against England in 1974. From then till 1982, no player could score a century for India. But India got its first ODI century after 9 years. Which was achieved by Kapil Dev. Kapil Dev came to bat at number 6 in the match. Talking about the match, India won the toss and chose to bat. Openers Sunil Gavaskar and Chris Srikkanth were out on zero.

Then Mohinder Amarnath scored 5 runs and Sandeep Patil scored 1 run. After this Kapil Dev took over the innings of India and played a big innings by hitting 16 fours and 6 sixes. India won this match by 31 runs. Talking about Kapil Dev’s career, he/she has scored 5248 and 3783 runs in Test and ODI respectively. he/she has 434 wickets in Test and 253 wickets in ODI cricket.

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