Israel XI vs India A: Israel is in the news these days regarding the ongoing destructive war with Iran. Months have passed but the fight still continues. What will be the outcome of Israel and America’s ongoing war with Iran? When will this stop? Don’t know at the moment. But, amidst this ongoing fierce war, do you know that a 3-match ODI series has been played between India and Israel. Yes, for this, India’s ‘A’ team had toured Israel in 2008, which included names like Cheteshwar Pujara, Wriddhiman Saha, Murali Vijay. The captain of the India A team that toured Israel was Jaydev Shah, son of former BCCI official Niranjan Shah.
Special thing about ODI series from Israel
What was even more surprising in the ODI series was that names like Jonty Rhodes of South Africa and Adam Bacher were included among the players playing for the Israeli team. One ODI match was over in just 12.3 overs. In the last match of the series, the Indian players were in a hurry to catch the flight, due to which the match was played for only 40 overs. That ODI series was played on the 60th anniversary of Israel.
Israel collapsed for 52 runs in the first ODI
The Indian team bowled out Israel XI for just 52 runs in the first ODI of the series. In this Jonty Rhodes scored only 11 runs. For India, medium pacer Rajat Bhatia took 4 wickets for 5 runs. In reply, India A chased the target of 53 runs by losing 1 wicket. Murali Vijay played an inning of 31 runs for India in the first ODI.
The second ODI was full of runs
The second ODI of the series between Israel and India A was high-scoring. Batting first, India A scored 313 runs, in which Pujara scored 74 runs, Murali Vijay scored 76 runs and Rajat Bhatia scored 55 runs. Israel XI got a big target of 314 runs, chasing which it fought this time. For Israel, Adam Bacher scored 74 runs in 57 balls, which included 8 sixes. Apart from him, Jason Molins played an inning of 55 runs. However, Israel still could not reach the target and was all out for 233 runs.
Last ODI of 40 overs
In the last match of the ODI series, which was played for only 40 overs because the Indian team had to catch a flight, India A, batting first, scored 225 runs for 7 wickets. In reply, Israel XI was all out after scoring 129 runs. Wriddhiman Saha scored 85 runs in the final ODI, for which he was adjudged player of the match. Captain Jaydev Shah and Ashok Dinda took 4 wickets each in the last ODI of the series.
Won the series 3-0 under the captaincy of Jaydev Shah.
Under the captaincy of Jaydev Shah, India A made a clean sweep of the 3-ODI series with Israel and won the series 3-0.