Flashback 2019: Here’s how team India dominated in 2019
The men in blue wrapped up the year 2019 on a high note as they triumph over West Indies by four wickets to spare to clinch the three match ODI series.
The Indian side won at Cuttack’s Barabati Stadium on Sunday to round off a superb year for the Indian cricket team. The year kicked off with India’s epoch-making Test series win in Australia, a first in 71 years.
2019 was the year where India secured four Test series. Also, Indian side got into the ICC World Cup 2019 semi-final. The men in blue had a great streak till the Knockout stage and only missed out on final following ‘45 minuted’ of bad cricket, as termed by the Indian skipper.
Indian opener Rohit Sharma too had a grand 2019 as the latter smashed five hundreds in the World Cup in England.
With the inauguration of ICC World Test Championship (WTC), team India dominated all their games and now sits at the helm of the pointts table with 360 points.
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Here’s a glimps at all the achievements of Indian Cricket:
January 2019 ( India tour of Australia, New Zealand)
January 3-7: 4th Test vs Aus: Draw, India won the Test series 2-1. This was the first time India won a Test series in Australia.
January 12th: 1st ODI vs Australia in Sydney: Australia won by 34 runs.
January 15th: 2nd ODI in Adelaide: Indian team won by 6 wickets.
January 18th: 3rd ODI in Melbourne: India won by 7 wickets to clinch the series 2-1.
January 23rd: 1st ODI vs NZ: India won by 8 wickets.
January 26th: 2nd ODI vs NZ: India won by 90 runs.
January 28th: 3rd ODI vs NZ: India won by 7 wickets.
January 31st: 4th ODI vs NZ: India won by 8 wickets.
February ( India tour of NZ, Aus tour of India)
February 3rd: 5th ODI vs NZ: India won by 35 runs to clinch the series 4-1.
February 6th: 1st T20I vs NZ: New Zealand won by 80 runs.
February 8th: 2nd T20I vs NZ: India won by 7 wickets.
February 10th: 3rd T20I vs NZ: New Zealand won by 4 runs. NZ won the series 2-1.
February 24th: 1st T20I vs Aus: Australia won by 3 wickets.
February27th: 2nd T20I: Australia won by 7 wickets and series 2-0.
March (Aus tour of India)
March 2nd: 1st ODI vs Aus: India won by 6 wickets.
March 5th: 2nd ODI: India won by 8 runs.
March 8th: 3rd ODI: Aus won by 32 runs.
March 10th: 4th ODI: Aus won by 4 wickets.
March 13th: 5th ODI: Aus won by 35 runs and series 3-2.
April (No games due to IPL)
May (ICC World Cup 2019 warm-up matches)
May 25th: Ind vs NZ: New Zealand won by 6 wickets.
May 28th: India beat Bangladesh by 95 runs.
June (ICC World Cup 2019)
June 5th: vs South Africa: India won by 6 wickets.
June 9th: vs South Africa: India won by 36 runs.
June 13th: vs New Zealand: Match abandoned.
June 16th: vs Pakistan: India won by 89 runs (DLS method).
June 22nd: vs Afghanistan: India won by 11 runs.
June 27th: vs West Indies: India won by 125 runs.
June 30th: vs England: India lost by 31 runs.
July (ICC World Cup 2019)
July 2nd: vs Bangladesh: India won by 28 runs.
July 6th: vs Sri Lanka: India won by 7 wickets.
July 9th-10th (Semi Final): vs New Zealand: India lost by 18 runs. Rain interrupted day 1.
August (India tour of West Indies, ICC World Test Championship)
August 3rd: 1st T20I vs WI: India won by 4 wickets.
August 4th: 2nd T20I vs WI: India won by 22 runs (DLS method)
August 6th: 3rd T20I vs WI: India won by 7 wickets. India won the series 3-0.
August 8th: 1st ODI vs WI: No result.
August 11th: 2nd ODI vs WI: India won by 59 runs (DLS method).
August 14th: 3rd ODI vs WI: India won by 6 wickets (DLS method).
August 22nd-25th: 1st Test vs WI: India won by 318 runs, grabbed 60 points.
August 30th- Sept 2nd: 2nd Test vs WI: India won by 257 runs and won the series. India collected 120 points from the series.
September (India tour of WI, ICC World Test Championship)
August 30th- Sept 2nd: 2nd Test vs WI: India won by 257 runs and won the series. India collected 120 points from the series.
October (South Africa tour of India, WTC)
October 2-6: 1st Test vs SA: India won by 203 runs.
October 10-13: 2nd Test vs SA: India won by an innings and 137 runs.
October 19-22: 3rd Test vs SA: India won by an innings and 202 runs and collected another 120 points.
November (Bangladesh tour of India, WTC)
Novenber 14-16: 1st Test vs Bangladesh: India won by an innings and 130 runs.
Novenber 22-24: 2nd Test vs Bangladesh: India won by an innings and 46 runs. India won the series 2-0.
December (West Indies tour of India)
December 6th: 1st T20I vs WI: India won by 6 wickets.
December 8th: 2nd T20I vs WI: India won by 8 wickets.
December 11th: 3rd T20I vs WI: India won by 67 runs and clinched the series 2-1.
December 15th: 1st ODI: West Indies won by 8 wickets.
December 18th: 2nd ODI: India won by 107 runs.
December 22nd: 3rd ODI: India won by 4 wickets and won the series 2-1.
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