India’s first Check in opposition to Sri Lanka on Saturday (August 14) will likely be a particular one for a few causes. It’s the staff’s males’s 600th Check, which additionally occurs to start on Independence Day. Talking on the eve of the primary Check in opposition to Sri Lanka, captain Gill highlighted the importance of main his nation in such a historic match, describing the chance as a ‘huge honour and privilege’.
August 14-19, 1952 — The Oval, Check: This marked India’s first worldwide look on August 15 after independence, in the course of the 1952 tour of England. England posted 326 for six declared earlier than India had been bowled out for 98, with the match finally washed out as a draw. Vijay Hazare (in photograph) captained the staff that day with the likes of Polly Umrigar, Vinoo Mankad and Vijay Manjrekar additionally within the 11. (ICC Picture)
August 14-17, 2001 — Galle Worldwide Stadium, Check: India did not play one other Independence Day match within the century. The following such sport was in opposition to Sri Lanka in 2001, in a extremely difficult fixture. The staff managed solely 187 and 180 runs throughout their two innings. Sanath Jayasuriya scored a commanding century, whereas Muttiah Muralitharan claimed eight wickets within the match handy the hosts a complete 10-wicket victory. (Picture by ARKO DATTA / AFP)
August 15-17, 2014 — The Kia Oval, Check: The five-Check collection’ finale concluded inside three days as England fully dismantled the Indian batting order, bowling them out for 148 and 94. Joe Root was named Participant of the Match for his unbeaten 149, guiding England to an enormous victory by an innings and 244 runs. It was India’s 2nd consecutive defeat in a Check that included the Independence Day. (Picture by IAN KINGTON / AFP)
August 12-15, 2015 — Galle Worldwide Stadium, Check: Regardless of establishing a 192-run lead with first-innings centuries from Virat Kohli (103) and Shikhar Dhawan (134), India suffered a dramatic batting collapse on Independence Day. Chasing 176, the guests had been bowled out for 112, with Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath taking a devastating 7 for 48 to seal a 63-run win. (Picture by Ishara S.KODIKARA / AFP)
August 14, 2019 — Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, ODI: Though the match began on August 14 domestically, it concluded within the early hours of August 15 based on Indian Customary Time (IST) and is broadly recorded as India’s first Independence Day males’s cricket victory. In a rain-curtailed 35-over match, West Indies posted 240 for 7. Chasing a revised DLS goal of 255, India secured a six-wicket win to clinch the collection 2-0. Kohli anchored the chase with a stunning, unbeaten 114—his forty third ODI century—whereas sharing a game-changing 120-run partnership with Shreyas Iyer, who smashed a 41-ball 65 (Picture by Randy Brooks / AFP)
August 12-16, 2021 — Lord’s, Check: India achieved a historic and arguably their most well-known Check win in opposition to England — a 151-run triumph on the iconic venue, fueled by an unbeaten 89-run ninth-wicket partnership between Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami. Mohammed Siraj’s distinctive bowling efficiency of 4 for 32 within the ultimate innings then bowled England out for 120 on the ultimate day. (Picture by Glyn KIRK / AFP)
The staff is scheduled to face Sri Lanka within the first match of a two-Check collection. The sport is ready to begin on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at 10:00 AM IST. This may mark a 3rd Independence Day fixture between India and Sri Lanka in Galle and Shubman Gill’s males will hope to show the tide round this time. (Image Credit score: PTI)
