T20 World Cup 2022 is to be played in Australia. The T20 World Cup was started in 2007 and India became the first champion. Team India played its first T20 International match against South Africa in December 2006, in which India won by 6 wickets. Today we will tell you about 3 Indian players whose first match of T20 career became the last match.
Dinesh Mongia
Dinesh Mongia played more than 50 ODI matches for Team India, but he got to play only one match in T20. Mongia was part of the playing 11 in the very first T20 match of Team India’s history. In this match, Dinesh Mongia faced 45 balls and scored 38 runs. In this innings, his bat had four fours and a six. This match was his first and last T20 match. Mongia never got a chance to play in IPL as well. Dinesh Mongia retired after a long career spanning 18 years.
Sachin Tendulkar
The world’s most successful batsman Sachin Tendulkar also played only one T20 International match in his career. Sachin made his T20 International debut against the South African team. Sachin scored only 10 runs in 12 balls in this match. At the same time, he also bowled 2.3 overs in which he spent 12 runs and took 1 wicket in his name. After that he never played for the Indian team in T20 International cricket. The name of Sachin Tendulkar is the most shocking in this list.
Rahul Dravid
The current head coach of the Indian team, Rahul Dravid, has also played only one T20 International match for India. Rahul Dravid made his debut against England in T20 cricket on 31 August 2011. Rahul Dravid had scored 31 runs in 21 balls while batting in this match, the special thing is that in this match, Dravid also hit three consecutive sixes in an over. This match was the first and last T20 International match of Rahul Dravid.
