It would take India another 25 years (2006) to win their Test series in the Caribbean and almost 15 (1986) and 21 years (2007) in England to register the other two series wins, putting into context why the summer of 1971 was truly special. But, India, buoyed by Chandrashekar 6-38 in the second innings rattled England for a mere 101, leaving themselves a target of 173, which they duly achieved courtesy valuable contributions from Sardesai (40), Vishwanath (33) and Engineer (28*). England had not lost their last 24 Test matches which they would take to 26 after drawing the first two Tests. Now, in 2021, the men have joined them as champions of the format and will go. Back in 2020, the Australian women's team won the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in front of a record crowd at home at the MCG. Riding on their maiden series win in the Caribbean, India went to England riding high on confidence. Australia, under Aaron Finch, lifted their first ICC Men's T20 World Cup trophy with an emphatic win against New Zealand in Dubai. The opening batsman had a breakout debut series where he scored 774 runs across 4 Tests and along with Dileep Sardesai, who scored a double hundred in the opening Test was a key contributor in the series win. The series in the West Indies unleashed Sunil Gavaskar to the world. Wadekar and his team did that twice during the summer of 1971, beating West Indies and England in their own den. It was a year where the Ajit Wadekar-led side did what the captains of both present, past or even future would have as the first thing to achieve on their bucket list: win a Test series in overseas conditions. First, several local media reports claimed that Durga Puja pandals and idols were vandalised in Bangladesh, following which the Hindu leaders announced they. If 1983 kickstarted the ODI cricket revolution in India, the year 1971 was equally symbolic for its Test side. Test series win in WI and England, 1971 The ceremony following India’s Test series victory at the Oval. Just like English cricket this summer, Indian cricket during the course of its history has had multiple magnanimous moments one that not only inspired the younger generation but also changed the game forever. The ridiculousness of Ben Stokes’ performance in the World Cup final and the Headingley Test against the improbability of odds, the renaissance of Steve Smith and the emergence of Jofra Archer and off-course that World Cup final and whatever happened around it hooked and inspired a plethora of ten-year-olds to take up the game. Just look at the just concluded summer in England. It would have been better to get 140 but with 127, we thought if we could get a couple of wickets early on, which our bowlers did, Taskin, Fizz, Mahedi, we were very close but the credit goes to their last two batters.Cricket, just like any other sport, needs its iconic moments and superstars to inspire the young generation. Hopefully, we can come up with a better plan tomorrow. We could have bowled them earlier, we ended up conceding 15-20 runs extra but that happens in cricket."īangladesh captain Mahmud Ullah reflects on the loss: "I think when we chose to bat first, it looked a pretty good wicket to bat on but there was help for bowlers too. So the credit goes to our middle order - Fakhar, Khushdil and how Nawaz finished. Pakistan captain Babar Azam after the win in the first game: "The wicket was a bit difficult, not easy to bat on. Fakhar Zaman and Khushdil Shah, who scored 34 each, strung together a game-changing 56-run partnership before Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz put on a show for the crowd in Dhaka with an unbeaten 36-run stand in just 15 balls to take Pakistan home and give them a 1-0 series lead. Like Bangladesh, Pakistan too faltered early, losing four wickets in the fielding restrictions. Hasan Ali put the disappointing World Cup semi-final showing behind him and returned with figures of 3/22 in four overs. In hot and sunny conditions, the Pakistan pacers made life difficult for the batters with whatever little movement the new ball was offering.Īfif Hossain, Nurul Hasan and Mahedi Hasan were the only three batters to reach double figures, with the latter two providing some late impetus to put a target of 128 for Pakistan to chase down. #BANvPAK | /pexaatiKASĮlecting to bat first, Bangladesh stuttered early on in their innings and were three down inside the Powerplay. In Bangladeshs innings, Mohammad Naim (62) and Mushfiqur Rahim (57) smartly read the slow wicket at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, which was relaid last year. Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz's 36-run partnership in just 15 balls takes Pakistan across the finish line.