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India national cricket team The Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, was the team's captain for 36 Test matches from 1961–62 to 1969–70, returning for another four matches against West Indies in 1974–75. In the early years of his captaincy tenure, the team was whitewashed in the West Indies, England and Australia. However, in 1967–68, Pataudi led India on its maiden New Zealand tour, which ended in India winning the Test series 3–1. In 1970–71, Ajit Wadekar took over the captaincy from Pataudi. Under Wadekar's captaincy, India registered its first Test series win in the West Indies and England. India played its first ODI in 1974, also under his captaincy. India won its first ODI under the captaincy of Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan in the 1975 Cricket World Cup, against East Africa. Between 1975–76 and 1978–79, Bishen Singh Bedi captained the team in 22 Tests and 4 ODIs, winning 6 Tests and one ODI.
Rest of India cricket team Rest of India cricket team is a First-class cricket team in India.[1][2] The team was officially instituted in season 1959-60 and played its first match on 18 March 1960 against Bombay(Mumbai). The team competes annually against the winner of the Ranji Trophy for Irani Cup, the tournament being forged as to be "The Best vs Best of the Rest". Rest of India has won the tournament 26 times and shared the trophy 1 time with Bombay in season 1965-66.