The first Indian cricketer to be presented with the ODI Debut Cap was Syed Abid Ali in 1974, at Leeds, against England. The match was played on 13th July 1974, and India lost that match by 4 wickets. The captain of India in that match was Ajit Wadekar. India was all out in the first innings for 265 runs, and England chased the target in the second innings. Syed Abid Ali scored 17 runs off 24 balls and gave a crucial contribution, and later in the second innings, he didn’t take any wickets but was economical.
The most recent players who were presented with the ODI Debut Cap were Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav, and Harsh Dubey against Afghanistan in the ODI series, and the trio performed well. Gurnoor Brar took 3 wickets, while Harsh Dubey dismissed 3 batters of Afghanistan in the 1st ODI match, which was held at Dharamshala.
In the second ODI match, which was played at Lucknow, Prince Yadav made his ODI debut and left his mark with 2 wickets and economical bowling. As Prince Yadav is the 263rd Indian cricketer to be presented with the ODI Debut Cap.
All Indian ODI Debut Cap Recipients: Complete Players List (1974-2026)
Syed Abid Ali – 1974 – Leeds – vs England
Bishan Singh Bedi – 1974 – Leeds – vs England
Farokh Engineer – 1974 – Leeds – vs England
Sunil Gavaskar – 1974 – Leeds – vs England
Madan Lal – 1974 – Leeds – vs England
Sudhir Naik – 1974 – Leeds – vs England
Brijesh Patel – 1974 – Leeds – vs England
Eknath Solkar – 1974 – Leeds – vs England
- Venkataraghavan – 1974 – Leeds – vs England
Gundappa Viswanath – 1974 – Leeds – vs England
Ajit Wadekar – 1974 – Leeds – vs England
Gopal Bose – 1974 – The Oval – vs England
Ashok Mankad – 1974 – The Oval – vs England
Mohinder Amarnath – 1975 – Lord’s – vs England
Anshuman Gaekwad – 1975 – Lord’s – vs England
Karsan Ghavri – 1975 – Lord’s – vs England
Syed Kirmani – 1976 – Christchurch – vs New Zealand
Parthasarathy Sharma – 1976 – Christchurch – vs New Zealand
Dilip Vengsarkar – 1976 – Christchurch – vs New Zealand
- Chandrasekhar – 1976 – Auckland – vs New Zealand
Pochiah Krishnamurthy – 1976 – Auckland – vs New Zealand
Sudhakar Rao – 1976 – Auckland – vs New Zealand
Surinder Amarnath – 1978 – Quetta – vs Pakistan
Chetan Chauhan – 1978 – Quetta – vs Pakistan
Kapil Dev – 1978 – Quetta – vs Pakistan
Yashpal Sharma – 1978 – Sialkot – vs Pakistan
Bharat Reddy – 1978 – Sahiwal – vs Pakistan
Surinder Khanna – 1979 – Birmingham – vs West Indies
Kirti Azad – 1980 – Melbourne – vs Australia
Roger Binny – 1980 – Melbourne – vs Australia
Dilip Doshi – 1980 – Melbourne – vs Australia
Sandeep Patil – 1980 – Melbourne – vs Australia
- E. Srinivasan – 1980 – Melbourne – vs Australia
Yograj Singh – 1980 – Brisbane – vs New Zealand
Randhir Singh – 1981 – Ahmedabad – vs England
Ravi Shastri – 1981 – Ahmedabad – vs England
Krishnamachari Srikkanth – 1981 – Ahmedabad – vs England
Suru Nayak – 1981 – Jalandhar – vs England
Arun Lal – 1982 – Cuttack – vs England
Ashok Malhotra – 1982 – Cuttack – vs England
Ghulam Parkar – 1982 – Leeds – vs England
Balwinder Sandhu – 1982 – Gujranwala – vs Pakistan
Maninder Singh – 1983 – Karachi – vs Pakistan
- A. Sekar – 1983 – Karachi – vs Pakistan
Chetan Sharma – 1983 – Jamshedpur – vs West Indies
Raju Kulkarni – 1983 – Guwahati – vs West Indies
Manoj Prabhakar – 1984 – Sharjah – vs Sri Lanka
Ashok Patel – 1984 – New Delhi – vs Australia
Rajinder Ghai – 1984 – Pune – vs England
Kiran More – 1984 – Pune – vs England
Mohammad Azharuddin – 1985 – Bengaluru – vs England
Sadanand Viswanath – 1985 – Bengaluru – vs England
Lalchand Rajput – 1985 – Nagpur – vs England
- Sivaramakrishnan – 1985 – Melbourne – vs Pakistan
Gopal Sharma – 1985 – Colombo SSC – vs Sri Lanka
Shivlal Yadav – 1986 – Brisbane – vs New Zealand
Chandrakant Pandit – 1986 – Sharjah – vs New Zealand
Raman Lamba – 1986 – Jaipur – vs Australia
- P. Singh – 1986 – Hyderabad – vs Australia
Bharat Arun – 1986 – Kanpur – vs Sri Lanka
Navjot Singh Sidhu – 1987 – Chennai – vs Australia
Arshad Ayub – 1987 – Nagpur – vs West Indies
- V. Raman – 1988 – Eden Gardens – vs West Indies
Ajay Sharma – 1988 – Eden Gardens – vs West Indies
Sanjeev Sharma – 1988 – Eden Gardens – vs West Indies
Sanjay Manjrekar – 1987 – Rajkot – vs West Indies
Narendra Hirwani – 1987 – Gwalior – vs West Indies
- B. Chandrasekhar – 1988 – Visakhapatnam – vs New Zealand
Rashid Patel – 1988 – Vadodara – vs New Zealand
- Venkataramana – 1988 – Vadodara – vs New Zealand
Robin Singh – 1989 – Port of Spain – vs West Indies
Salil Ankola – 1989 – Gujranwala – vs Pakistan
Vivek Razdan – 1989 – Gujranwala – vs Pakistan
Sachin Tendulkar – 1989 – Gujranwala – vs Pakistan
Venkatapathy Raju – 1990 – Dunedin – vs New Zealand
Atul Wassan – 1990 – Dunedin – vs New Zealand
Gursharan Singh – 1990 – Hamilton – vs Australia
Anil Kumble – 1990 – Sharjah – vs Sri Lanka
Sardindu Mukherjee – 1990 – Chandigarh – vs Bangladesh
Vinod Kambli – 1991 – Sharjah – vs Pakistan
Javagal Srinath – 1991 – Sharjah – vs Pakistan
Pravin Amre – 1991 – Eden Gardens – vs South Africa
Subroto Banerjee – 1991 – WACA – vs West Indies
Sourav Ganguly – 1992 – Brisbane – vs West Indies
Ajay Jadeja – 1992 – Mackay – vs Sri Lanka
Vijay Yadav – 1992 – Bloemfontein – vs South Africa
Rajesh Chauhan – 1993 – Colombo RPS – vs Sri Lanka
Nayan Mongia – 1994 – Rajkot – vs Sri Lanka
Venkatesh Prasad – 1994 – Christchurch – vs New Zealand
Atul Bedade – 1994 – Sharjah – vs UAE
Bhupinder Singh Sr. – 1994 – Sharjah – vs UAE
Ashish Kapoor – 1995 – Dunedin – vs Australia
Prashant Vaidya – 1995 – Dunedin – vs Australia
Utpal Chatterjee – 1995 – Sharjah – vs Bangladesh
Rahul Dravid – 1996 – Singapore – vs Sri Lanka
Vikram Rathour – 1996 – Sharjah – vs Pakistan
Paras Mhambrey – 1996 – The Oval – vs England
Sunil Joshi – 1996 – Colombo SSC – vs Zimbabwe
Sujit Somasunder – 1996 – Hyderabad – vs South Africa
Pankaj Dharmani – 1996 – Jaipur – vs South Africa
Saba Karim – 1997 – Bloemfontein – vs South Africa
Dodda Ganesh – 1997 – Bulawayo – vs Zimbabwe
Abey Kuruvilla – 1997 – Port of Spain – vs West Indies
Noel David – 1997 – Port of Spain – vs West Indies
Nilesh Kulkarni – 1997 – Colombo RPS – vs Sri Lanka
Harvinder Singh – 1997 – Toronto – vs Pakistan
Debasis Mohanty – 1997 – Toronto – vs Pakistan
Sairaj Bahutule – 1997 – Guwahati – vs Sri Lanka
Hrishikesh Kanitkar – 1997 – Indore – vs Sri Lanka
Rahul Sanghvi – 1998 – Dhaka – vs Pakistan
Ajit Agarkar – 1998 – Kochi – vs Australia
VVS Laxman – 1998 – Cuttack – vs Zimbabwe
Harbhajan Singh – 1998 – Sharjah – vs New Zealand
Gagan Khoda – 1998 – Mohali – vs Bangladesh
MSK Prasad – 1998 – Mohali – vs Bangladesh
Nikhil Chopra – 1998 – Gwalior – vs Kenya
Jatin Paranjape – 1998 – Gwalior – vs Kenya
Sanjay Raul – 1998 – Toronto – vs Pakistan
Laxmi Shukla – 1999 – Nagpur – vs Sri Lanka
Gyanendra Pandey – 1999 – Jaipur – vs Pakistan
Amay Khurasiya – 1999 – Pune – vs Sri Lanka
Sadagoppan Ramesh – 1999 – Pune – vs Sri Lanka
Virender Sehwag – 1999 – Mohali – vs Pakistan
Jacob Martin – 1999 – Toronto – vs West Indies
Vijay Bharadwaj – 1999 – Nairobi Gymkhana – vs South Africa
- Kumaran – 1999 – Guwahati – vs New Zealand
Devang Gandhi – 2000 – Delhi – vs New Zealand
Sameer Dighe – 2000 – Brisbane – vs Pakistan
Sriram Sridharan – 2000 – Nagpur – vs South Africa
Hemang Badani – 2000 – Dhaka – vs Bangladesh
Amit Bhandari – 2000 – Dhaka – vs Pakistan
Vijay Dahiya – 2000 – Nairobi – vs Kenya
Zaheer Khan – 2000 – Nairobi – vs Kenya
Yuvraj Singh – 2000 – Nairobi – vs Kenya
Reetinder Singh Sodhi – 2000 – Cuttack – vs Zimbabwe
Dinesh Mongia – 2001 – Pune – vs Australia
Ashish Nehra – 2001 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
Shiv Sundar Das – 2001 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
Deep Dasgupta – 2001 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
Ajay Ratra – 2002 – Eden Gardens – vs England
Sanjay Bangar – 2002 – Chennai – vs England
Mohammad Kaif – 2002 – Kanpur – vs England
Sarandeep Singh – 2002 – Delhi – vs England
Murali Kartik – 2002 – Hyderabad – vs Zimbabwe
Tinu Yohannan – 2002 – Bridgetown – vs West Indies
JP Yadav – 2002 – Jamshedpur – vs West Indies
Lakshmipathy Balaji – 2002 – Vadodara – vs West Indies
Parthiv Patel – 2003 – Queenstown – vs New Zealand
Gautam Gambhir – 2003 – Dhaka – vs Bangladesh
Avishkar Salvi – 2003 – Dhaka – vs Bangladesh
Amit Mishra – 2003 – Dhaka – vs South Africa
Abhijit Kale – 2003 – Dhaka – vs Bangladesh
Irfan Pathan – 2004 – Melbourne – vs Australia
Rohan Gavaskar – 2004 – Brisbane – vs Australia
Ramesh Powar – 2004 – Rawalpindi – vs Pakistan
Dinesh Karthik – 2004 – Lord’s – vs England
Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 2004 – Chattogram – vs Bangladesh
Joginder Sharma – 2004 – Chattogram – vs Bangladesh
Suresh Raina – 2005 – Dambulla – vs Sri Lanka
- Venugopal Rao – 2005 – Dambulla – vs Sri Lanka
- P. Singh – 2005 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Sreesanth – 2005 – Nagpur – vs Sri Lanka
Munaf Patel – 2006 – Margao – vs England
VRV Singh – 2006 – Jamshedpur – vs England
Robin Uthappa – 2006 – Indore – vs England
Wasim Jaffer – 2006 – Durban – vs South Africa
Piyush Chawla – 2007 – Mirpur – vs Bangladesh
Rohit Sharma – 2007 – Belfast – vs Ireland
Ishant Sharma – 2007 – Belfast – vs South Africa
Praveen Kumar – 2007 – Jaipur – vs Pakistan
Manoj Tiwary – 2008 – Brisbane – vs Australia
Yusuf Pathan – 2008 – Mirpur – vs Pakistan
Manpreet Gony – 2008 – Karachi – vs Hong Kong
Pragyan Ojha – 2008 – Karachi – vs Bangladesh
Virat Kohli – 2008 – Dambulla – vs Sri Lanka
- Badrinath – 2008 – Dambulla – vs Sri Lanka
Ravindra Jadeja – 2009 – Colombo RPS – vs Sri Lanka
Abhishek Nayar – 2009 – Gros Islet – vs West Indies
Sudeep Tyagi – 2009 – Delhi – vs Sri Lanka
Abhimanyu Mithun – 2010 – Ahmedabad – vs South Africa
Murali Vijay – 2010 – Ahmedabad – vs South Africa
Ashok Dinda – 2010 – Bulawayo – vs Zimbabwe
Vinay Kumar – 2010 – Bulawayo – vs Zimbabwe
Umesh Yadav – 2010 – Bulawayo – vs Zimbabwe
Ravichandran Ashwin – 2010 – Harare – vs Sri Lanka
Naman Ojha – 2010 – Harare – vs Sri Lanka
Pankaj Singh – 2010 – Harare – vs Sri Lanka
Shikhar Dhawan – 2010 – Visakhapatnam – vs Australia
Saurabh Tiwary – 2010 – Visakhapatnam – vs Australia
Wriddhiman Saha – 2010 – Guwahati – vs New Zealand
Ajinkya Rahane – 2011 – Chester-le-Street – vs England
Varun Aaron – 2011 – Wankhede – vs England
Rahul Sharma – 2011 – Indore – vs West Indies
Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 2012 – Chennai – vs Pakistan
Mohammed Shami – 2013 – Delhi – vs Pakistan
Ambati Rayudu – 2013 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
Jaydev Unadkat – 2013 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
Cheteshwar Pujara – 2013 – Bulawayo – vs Zimbabwe
Mohit Sharma – 2013 – Bulawayo – vs Zimbabwe
Stuart Binny – 2014 – Hamilton – vs New Zealand
Parvez Rasool – 2014 – Mirpur – vs Bangladesh
Axar Patel – 2014 – Mirpur – vs Bangladesh
Dhawal Kulkarni – 2014 – Birmingham – vs England
Karn Sharma – 2014 – Eden Gardens – vs Sri Lanka
Kedar Jadhav – 2014 – Ranchi – vs Sri Lanka
Manish Pandey – 2015 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
Barinder Sran – 2016 – WACA – vs Australia
Rishi Dhawan – 2016 – Melbourne – vs Australia
Gurkeerat Singh Mann – 2016 – Melbourne – vs Australia
Jasprit Bumrah – 2016 – Sydney – vs Australia
Yuzvendra Chahal – 2016 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
Karun Nair – 2016 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
KL Rahul – 2016 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
Faiz Fazal – 2016 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
Hardik Pandya – 2016 – Dharamsala – vs New Zealand
Jayant Yadav – 2016 – Visakhapatnam – vs New Zealand
Kuldeep Yadav – 2017 – Port of Spain – vs West Indies
Shardul Thakur – 2017 – Colombo RPS – vs Sri Lanka
Shreyas Iyer – 2017 – Dharamsala – vs Sri Lanka
Washington Sundar – 2017 – Mohali – vs Sri Lanka
Siddarth Kaul – 2018 – Nottingham – vs England
Khaleel Ahmed – 2018 – Dubai – vs Hong Kong
Deepak Chahar – 2018 – Dubai – vs Afghanistan
Rishabh Pant – 2018 – Guwahati – vs West Indies
Mohammed Siraj – 2019 – Adelaide – vs Australia
Vijay Shankar – 2019 – Melbourne – vs Australia
Shubman Gill – 2019 – Hamilton – vs New Zealand
Shivam Dube – 2019 – Chennai – vs West Indies
Navdeep Saini – 2019 – Cuttack – vs West Indies
Mayank Agarwal – 2020 – Hamilton – vs New Zealand
Prithvi Shaw – 2020 – Hamilton – vs New Zealand
- Natarajan – 2020 – Canberra – vs Australia
Krunal Pandya – 2021 – Pune – vs England
Prasidh Krishna – 2021 – Pune – vs England
Ishan Kishan – 2021 – Colombo RPS – vs Sri Lanka
Suryakumar Yadav – 2021 – Colombo RPS – vs Sri Lanka
Rahul Chahar – 2021 – Colombo RPS – vs Sri Lanka
- Gowtham – 2021 – Colombo RPS – vs Sri Lanka
Nitish Rana – 2021 – Colombo RPS – vs Sri Lanka
Chetan Sakariya – 2021 – Colombo RPS – vs Sri Lanka
Sanju Samson – 2021 – Colombo (RPS) – vs Sri Lanka
Venkatesh Iyer – 2022 – Paarl – vs South Africa
Deepak Hooda – 2022 – Ahmedabad – vs West Indies
Avesh Khan – 2022 – Port of Spain – vs West Indies
Ruturaj Gaikwad – 2022 – Lucknow – vs South Africa
Ravi Bishnoi – 2022 – Lucknow – vs South Africa
Shahbaz Ahmed – 2022 – Ranchi – vs South Africa
Arshdeep Singh – 2022 – Auckland – vs New Zealand
Umran Malik – 2022 – Auckland – vs New Zealand
Kuldeep Sen – 2022 – Mirpur – vs Bangladesh
Mukesh Kumar – 2023 – Bridgetown – vs West Indies
Tilak Varma – 2023 – Colombo (RPS) – vs Bangladesh
Sai Sudharsan – 2023 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
Rinku Singh – 2023 – Gqeberha – vs South Africa
Rajat Patidar – 2023 – Paarl – vs South Africa
Riyan Parag – 2024 – Colombo (RPS) – vs Sri Lanka
Harshit Rana – 2025 – Nagpur – vs England
Yashasvi Jaiswal – 2025 – Nagpur – vs England
Varun Chakravarthy – 2025 – Cuttack – vs England
Nitish Kumar Reddy – 2025 – Perth – vs Australia
Harsh Dubey – 2026 – Dharamsala – vs Afghanistan
Gurnoor Brar – 2026 – Dharamsala – vs Afghanistan
Prince Yadav – 2026 – Lucknow – vs Afghanistan
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