Only 2 captains of India could defeat Australia in the ICC Final, one was out of the team for 3 years, the other could not even debut.
On the night of Sunday 11 February 2024, India had to face defeat at the hands of Australia in another final of the ICC tournament. This is the third consecutive time that the Indian team has lost to Australia in the final of an ICC tournament. There are only two captains under whose leadership India has defeated Australia in the final of the ICC tournament. However, one of them could not debut at the senior level, while the other has not been able to make a place in the team (playing eleven) for the last three years. Yes, we are talking about Unmukt Chand and Prithvi Shaw.
Unmukt Chand has retired from Indian cricket
Unmukt Chand has retired from Indian cricket. He now plays for America. He will be a part of the US team in the T20 World Cup 2024. Under the leadership of Unmukt Chand, India defeated Australia by 6 wickets with 14 balls remaining in the ICC Under-19 World Cup final in August 2012. Unmukt Chand played an unbeaten inning of 111 runs in that match.
Unmukt scored a century in the final against Australia
It was only because of Unmukt Chand’s innings that India was able to achieve the target of 226 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 47.4 overs. While chasing the target, India lost 4 wickets at the score of 97, but after that Unmukt Chand and Smit Patel made India the champion by making an unbeaten partnership of 130 runs for the fifth wicket. Smit Patel remained unbeaten after scoring 62 runs. Smit Patel has also now settled in America. He has played for many American teams. He is also likely to be selected in the national team for the T20 World Cup 2024.
India became champion by defeating Australia under the leadership of Prithvi Shaw.
Now let’s talk about Prithvi Shaw. Under the leadership of Prithvi Shaw, India defeated Australia by 8 wickets with 67 balls remaining in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand in February 2018. Prithvi Shaw played an innings of 29 runs in that match, while his fellow opener Manjot Kalra scored an unbeaten 101 runs. Shubman Gill was out after scoring 31 runs. Harvik Desai had scored unbeaten 47 runs.
Prithvi Shaw could not make a place in the playing eleven for last 3 years
Talking about Prithvi Shaw’s international career at the senior level, he played his first Test match against West Indies in Rajkot in October 2018. Prithvi Shaw had scored a century in that match. He started his ODI career on 5 February 2020 in the match against New Zealand in Hamilton. He made his T20 International debut on 25 July 2021 in the match against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Prithvi became a golden duck on T20 International debut
However, after this he has not been able to be a part of India’s playing eleven in even a single T20 International match. He also played in this match for the last time at the international level. Prithvi Shaw got a golden duck in that match. The special thing is that during the last 3 years, Prithvi Shaw has made many records at the domestic level. Despite this he could not win the trust of the team management.
