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Harsh Dubey: These days a three-match ODI series is being played between India and Afghanistan. Whose first match was played on 13 June at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, Dharamshala. In this match, Harsh Dubey and Gurnoor Brar, who were making their international debut for Team India, bowled brilliantly and put Afghanistan’s batsmen on the backfoot by taking 3-3 wickets in their very first match.

Harsh Dubey’s blast in the debut match

In the first ODI match played between India and Afghanistan, captain Shubman Gill won the toss and decided to bowl first. In this match, Harsh Dubey took 3 wickets for 47 runs in 5 overs. During this period his economy was 9.40. Apart from Harsh, Gurnoor Brar also bowled brilliantly in his debut match and troubled the Afghanistan batsmen a lot. In this match, while bowling 4.5 overs, he spent only 27 runs and took 3 wickets. During this period his economy was 5.40. In the very first over of the match, he gave the first blow to Afghanistan in the form of Ibrahim Zadran.

This happened for the seventh time in ODI history

Let us tell you, this is the seventh time in the history of ODI cricket that two debutants of a team have taken at least three wickets each in the innings. Apart from this, this feat has happened only for the third time for a full-member team. This had happened twice before, the first time being Ashley Mallett (3/34) and Keith Stackpole (3/40) for Australia against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in January 1971; And for the second time, Colin Croft (3/50) and Joel Garner (3/27) did this for West Indies against Pakistan at Albion in March 1997.

Best bowling performance for India in ODI debut

• 4/54 – Prasidh Krishna vs England, Pune, 2021
• 3/21 – Noel David vs West Indies, Port of Spain, 1997
• 3/24 – Varun Aaron vs England, Mumbai WS, 2011
• 3/27 – Gurnoor Brar vs AFG, Dharamshala, 2026
• 3/30 – Subroto Banerjee vs West Indies, Perth, 1991