India has never got whitewashed in an ODI series for last 31 years

[Rajdeep]

Last time India got whitewashed in an ODI series was in 1989 when they toured West Indies. It was so far ago that Sachin Tendulkar didnt even made his debut, Vengsarkar was captain and I wasn't even born.

Its a tremendous achievement for any team not to get whitewashed in a single series for 31 years, many of which were 3 match series. Considering the amount of matches Indian team plays, it makes it even more special.

India is currently trailing 2-0 in NZ with one game to go. Stakes are high and if NZ wins this final match, this long streak will be broken.

Since Vengsarkar, India had 5 full time captains - Azhar, Sachin, Ganguly, Dravid and Dhoni. Under all of them, they managed to avoid ODI whitewash home or away. Will Kohli manage to salvage the pride and keep the streak intact? Or finally a team will be able to whitewash India in an ODI series?

 

[HappyWarsFan]

It'll happen today Inshallah!

 

[HappyWarsFan]

NZ NEARLY broke this in 2014 with a 4-0 win, one being tied.

 

[Titan24]

That is an impressive record.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Our kaptaan already declared it is an irrelevant series. So in all likelihood it will happen.

 

[Aman]

Incoming Blackwash by the Second XI

 

[Aman]

NZ NEARLY broke this in 2014 with a 4-0 win, one being tied.

They robbed that match too, IIRC Jadeja was dead set out earlier but ended up getting them to a tie.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Incoming Blackwash by the Second XI

second XI beating another second XI lol So no real big deal.

 

[Rajdeep]

Apart from NZ series in 2014 which my fellow posters mentioned above, England came very close in 2011 when India toured there. But no body could really get the job done and officially 1989 was the last time. Today NZ has got a chance to record history - 1st team to whitewash India after 31 years. Question is, can they do it?

 

[tyron_woodley]

It'll happen today Inshallah!

yes n.z can whitewash this current second 11 of india.

If india pick the best players vs n.z's best players like last year we all know what would happen. 4-1 phainta. one fluke world cup semi final win means nothing.

pakistan fluked a champions trophy too in 2017. They received a phainta in that exact same tournament and then 2 beautiful phaintas in Asia cup.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Should have happened in the 2006 tour to SA. They beat us senseless in the ODIs, one match got abandoned without a ball being bowled. Then we won the solitary T20 and stunned them in the first test. Won't talk about other close shaves (Eng 2011, SA 2013, NZ 2014) because you never know, in 2006 SA we were violated. Luckily we didn't have bilaterals when Aussies were at their peak, in the 1999-00 tri-series we lost all group matches against them.

 

[Rajdeep]

Should have happened in the 2006 tour to SA. They beat us senseless in the ODIs, one match got abandoned without a ball being bowled. Then we won the solitary T20 and stunned them in the first test. Won't talk about other close shaves (Eng 2011, SA 2013, NZ 2014) because you never know, in 2006 SA we were violated. Luckily we didn't have bilaterals when Aussies were at their peak, in the 1999-00 tri-series we lost all group matches against them.

India played bilaterals with Steve Waugh's Australia in 2001 and Ponting's Australia in 2006. Though Aussies won both the series (expected), none of them were whitewashes. It was 3-2 in 2001 and 4-2 in 2006.

At that time, most ODI series involving Australia were tri series. We eventually won the tri series in Australia in 2008 under MSD. That series kind of marked the end of Australian dominance.

 

[Abdullah]

Pak should have done it in aane do.
Shambles that we didn't chase 170 in the last odi

 

[sweep_shot]

This is impressive! Didn't know actually.

NZ have a great opportunity to win 3-0 here.

 

[HappyWarsFan]

yes n.z can whitewash this current second 11 of india.

If india pick the best players vs n.z's best players like last year we all know what would happen. 4-1 phainta. one fluke world cup semi final win means nothing.

pakistan fluked a champions trophy too in 2017. They received a phainta in that exact same tournament and then 2 beautiful phaintas in Asia cup.

That was a one off fluke. New Zealand ODI team is better than India's in SENA Conditons. NZ also hammered you guys in 2014 and back then both teams had almost the same players, just a few years younger. They also best you in WC as well. And don't give me that 2 day ******** excuse.

 

[jnaveen1980]

That was a one off fluke. New Zealand ODI team is better than India's in SENA Conditons. NZ also hammered you guys in 2014 and back then both teams had almost the same players, just a few years younger. They also best you in WC as well. And don't give me that 2 day ******** excuse.

Almost ? lol Chahal took 9 wickets at 24. Kuldeep took 8 wickets at 15 in 2018/19. Neither of them played in 2014. India started winning more matches everywhere after Kulcha partnership was formed.

 

[tyron_woodley]

That was a one off fluke. New Zealand ODI team is better than India's in SENA Conditons. NZ also hammered you guys in 2014 and back then both teams had almost the same players, just a few years younger. They also best you in WC as well. And don't give me that 2 day ******** excuse.

one off fluke hahahahha. smashing them 4-1. that ain't no fluke. India will wallop them if they field their full strength team. They did beat us in a 2 day game in the world cup. That's the truth.

India smashed them in 2003 world cup semi final in south africa. India is far better than new zeland in Australian and south african conditions. n.z can Only beat us in n.z or England where there is swing.

beating their full strength team 4-1 is never a fluke. 2014 team was not the same as current team. Not even close. Whole bowling unit was different.

 

[andy0204]

one off fluke hahahahha. smashing them 4-1. that ain't no fluke. India will wallop them if they field their full strength team. They did beat us in a 2 day game in the world cup. That's the truth.

India smashed them in 2003 world cup semi final in south africa. India is far better than new zeland in Australian and south african conditions. n.z can Only beat us in n.z or England where there is swing.

beating their full strength team 4-1 is never a fluke. 2014 team was not the same as current team. Not even close. Whole bowling unit was different.

Sorry to interrupt but Semi final Wc match in 2003 was between India and Kenya.

 

[Slog]

This stat has as much worth as the stat about Victor Lindelof not being beaten one-on-one once this season

 

[Titan24]

India will wallop them if they field their full strength team.

Well to be honest injuries and unavailability of players is part and parcel of cricket. Otherwise Aus was also without their full strength team when India was able to beat them. For Pak as well even many Pak fans dont realize, Shaheen and Hasan Ali who were really important in T20s (Stats can be seen) missed the series vs Srl and Aus. Amir and Wahab left test cricket while Hasan Ali was injured before the Aus test tour.

So these kind of things do happen with every team and effect them too. So these things should be considered for other teams as well when judging them.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Sorry to interrupt but Semi final Wc match in 2003 was between India and Kenya.

can't remember. But I remember india smashing n.z in south africa.

Might have been in the super 6s.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Well to be honest injuries and unavailability of players is part and parcel of cricket. Otherwise Aus was also without their full strength team when India was able to beat them. For Pak as well even many Pak fans dont realize, Shaheen and Hasan Ali who were really important in T20s (Stats can be seen) missed the series vs Srl and Aus. Amir and Wahab left test cricket while Hasan Ali was injured before the Aus test tour.

So these kind of things do happen with every team and effect them too. So these things should be considered for other teams as well when judging them.

you mean in odi when india beat them. They only missed Maxwell. India also missed bhuvi and pandya.

or do you mean for tests? well yea. The last time India lost a test series to australia back in 2004 india also missed key players.

Let's see how the full strength teams fare next time.

India for some ungodly reason pick mediocre players like jhadav and thakur yet the whole world knows there are far better players in the reserve team than these 2.

 

[Titan24]

you mean in odi when india beat them. They only missed Maxwell. India also missed bhuvi and pandya.

or do you mean for tests? well yea. The last time India lost a test series to australia back in 2004 india also missed key players.

Let's see how the full strength teams fare next time.

India for some ungodly reason pick mediocre players like jhadav and thakur yet the whole world knows there are far better players in the reserve team than these 2.

I meant test series against Aus, they were missing Smith and Warner.

Regarding mediocre players, most of the Pak fans you see also feel the team selections havent been based upon the best talents. So its nothing new as well for fans to feel and its also part and parcel of cricket, its not like its something Indian fans feel.

Which key player of India was missing in 2004? Tendulkar missed one match and I guess Ganguly missed 3. One player doesnt mean players were missing.

 

[tyron_woodley]

I meant test series against Aus, they were missing Smith and Warner.

Regarding mediocre players, most of the Pak fans you see also feel the team selections havent been based upon the best talents. So its nothing new as well for fans to feel and its also part and parcel of cricket, its not like its something Indian fans feel.

Which key player of India was missing in 2004? Tendulkar missed one match and I guess Ganguly missed 3. One player doesnt mean players were missing.

tendulkar missed 2. Would have definitely changed the outcome had he played. ganguly missed 3.

 

[Titan24]

tendulkar missed 2. Would have definitely changed the outcome had he played. ganguly missed 3.

Ganguly also missed 2, he played first 2. Tendulkar missed 2 as well and had scores of 8,2,5,55 in the 2 tests he played.

Warne didnt play all as well.

 

[ManFan]

Pakistan was 10 runs away in India (2012).

 

[tyron_woodley]

Ganguly also missed 2, he played first 2. Tendulkar missed 2 as well and had scores of 8,2,5,55 in the 2 tests he played.

Warne didnt play all as well.

warne was a non factor in India. He rarely ever did well in india.

doesn't matter. The point is 2 best players of indian conditons dint play all games.

 

[andy0204]

warne was a non factor in India. He rarely ever did well in india.

doesn't matter. The point is 2 best players of indian conditons dint play all games.

Actually Warne was there and did well in that tour but Gillespie was one who troubled Indian batting attack.

 

[msb314]

NZ NEARLY broke this in 2014 with a 4-0 win, one being tied.

They robbed that match too, IIRC Jadeja was dead set out earlier but ended up getting them to a tie.

Apart from NZ series in 2014 which my fellow posters mentioned above, England came very close in 2011 when India toured there. But no body could really get the job done and officially 1989 was the last time. Today NZ has got a chance to record history - 1st team to whitewash India after 31 years. Question is, can they do it?

WE got so close during the Aane Do series but our rubbish batting couldn’t even chase 165 in the final ODI...

 

[BreadPakoda]

Goes to show the value that Rohit Sharma brings into this side. Shaw was looking in fine touch but it takes a top player to convert a nice 40-50 into a big hundred. India needs more such tours without one of Kohli or Rohit to get exposed.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

This stat has as much worth as the stat about Victor Lindelof not being beaten one-on-one once this season

Not really, all major teams have gotten whitewashed quite a few times in the time period. It shows how India didn't have a prolonged bad period in ODIs since 1990s. For example, Australia got whitewashed 5-0 in South Africa a few years ago, which was a dark time in their ODI history.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Didn't realise that. Not easy to beat India continuously I suppose. No team has remained without being whitewashed for as long as we have. Pity it is going to end today. 31 years! Some teams were whitewashed nearly twice in 2 consecutive 5 match series in the last 1 year itself !

 

[Ahmed216]

India came very close to being whitewashed 3-0 when QD Kock scored three centuries in a row in 2013. But rain saved them in last match.

 

[ind_win]

thank you kohli

 

[Aman]

At least this should be the end of Thakur, my god what a passenger.

India are playing with like 9 because of how many runs he gives away with the ball.

 

[ind_win]

At least this should be the end of Thakur, my god what a passenger.

India are playing with like 9 because of how many runs he gives away with the ball.

https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cr...ith-freedom-shardul-thakur-1644888-2020-02-10

 

[Space Cat]

yes n.z can whitewash this current second 11 of india.

If india pick the best players vs n.z's best players like last year we all know what would happen. 4-1 phainta. one fluke world cup semi final win means nothing.

pakistan fluked a champions trophy too in 2017. They received a phainta in that exact same tournament and then 2 beautiful phaintas in Asia cup.

Let the excuses flow and pass the salt please.

 

[andy0204]

Let the excuses flow and pass the salt please.

Are you at space right now?

 

[Usman Chadda]

According to Cricinfo, it's 14 years, not 31

 

[Joseph Gomes]

According to Cricinfo, it's 14 years, not 31

In 2006 one of the match of South Africa series was cancelled due to rain, so that doesn't count as whitewash.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

In 2006 one of the match of South Africa series was cancelled due to rain, so that doesn't count as whitewash.

I mean, the entire point of talking about this is to mention the fact that there hasn’t been a prolonged “bad” period in India’s LOI history. It’s disingenuous not to count a 4-0 loss in a 5 match series or a 3-0 loss in a 4 match series, etc. Those are basically whitewashes.

It is false and moreover misleading to claim that India haven’t been thrashed in a LOI series in 31 years as that does not reflect the entire story. Kohli deserves some criticism, yes, but don’t hang his head over a record like this.

 

[Ab Fan]

Well deserved thrashing to Kohli boys from NZ. Hopefully, a learning lesson for India.

The best 15- man squad that India can field is as follows:-

Rohit Sharma
Shikhar Dhawan
Prithvi Shaw
Virat Kohli
Shreyas Iyer
KL Rahul(wkt)
Rishabh Pant(wkt)
Manish Pandey
Hardik Pandya
Ravindra Jadeja
Bhuvaneswar Kumar
Navdeep Saini
Yuzvendra Chahal
Mohammad Shami
Jasprit Bumrah

Outside this, they can fluctuate with Shubhman Gill, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini and Kuldeep Yadav.

 

[MenInG]

India getting whitewashed in a series (3+ ODIs)

0-5 vs WI 1983/84
0-5 vs WI 1988/89
0-3 vs NZ 2019/20
P.S. They lost 0-4 vs SA in 2006/07 with one ODI abandoned

 

[Hasan123]

Selecting rubbish will catch up with you eventually. Selecting Thakur and Jahdav is unacceptable.