5 Indian Players With The Highest Score In Their Last ODI Game
Updated - 27 Nov 2023, 04:11 PM
Playing for India is one of the toughest as the population allows intense competitions inside the country and the retirement gets even tougher with a lot of emotions connected with people. The 50 over format has changed over the years from being the short form of test cricket to the long-form of T20 cricket at the moment.
Careers could be ending soon if the performances aren’t up to the mark and it becomes mandatory for the Indian players to keep performing. The cricketers are loved in the country for their contributions to the national side and the game is certainly popular in the nation as well. Here are 5 Indian players with the highest score in their last ODI game.
5 Indian Players With The Highest Score In Their Last ODI Game:
Surinder Amarnath:
Surinder Amarnath is the eldest son of Lala Amarnath who played 10 Tests and 3 ODI’s from the period of 1976 to 1978. He was part of the Indian tour to Pakistan in 1978 and scored 62 off 75 balls in the 3rd ODI game which happened to be his last for India.
Surinder Amarnath had some fantastic first-class numbers with 8185 runs in 145 first-class matches with a best of an unbeaten 235. He was an aggressive left-hander and was often portrayed as a “schoolboy prodigy”.
Rahul Dravid:
Dravid played his last ODI series in England in 2011 when he was picked up on the back of good performances in Tests. In the final ODI, Dravid scored a magnificent 69 off 79 balls with four boundaries but couldn’t sign off with a win as India lost the game by 6 wickets.
Syed Abid Ali:
His last ODI game was held in Manchester in the 1975 Prudential World cup against New Zealand and he scored a brilliant 70 off 98 balls in the middle order to take India to a decent score on the board. However, Glenn Turner’s century helped New Zealand win the game comfortably.
Gagan Khoda:
The right-hander opened the inning alongside Sourav Ganguly in the last ODI he played and scored a fantastic 89 off 129 balls with 4 boundaries against Kenya in 1998. It is the second-highest score by an Indian cricketer in ODIs in his last game.
Ajay Jadeja:
Jadeja scored 93 off 103 balls in his last ODI for India playing against the arch-rivals Pakistan and he hit eight fours and four sixes in the innings. However, he couldn’t take India to victory and is currently serving as a commentator.
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