Team India's ODI report card for 2014-15 season

New Delhi: Team India has completed 2014-15 cricket season with a disappointing 2-1 loss to neighbours Bangladesh in three match One day International(ODI) series.It is sheer co incidence that Team India started this season playing against the same opponent in 2014 also.Let's have a look at the performance of Team India in ODIs during last one year: India Tour to Bangladesh (2014): Team India began its campaign in 2014 against Bangladesh under the leadership of Suresh Raina. India went to play against Bangladesh in short three matches ODI series.The series was significant due to more than one reason. It was for the first time that a player from Jammu and Kashmir Pervez Rasool represented Team India at an international level. Taskin Ahmed of Bangladesh became the first bowler to take five wickets on a debut match.However, the most striking event was that of a fiery spell bowled by Stuart Binny who took six wickets by giving away just 4 runs in the second ODI. India defeated Bangladesh by a scoreline of 2-0 in the three match series after the final game was called off due to inclement whether.India's Tour to England (2014): It was Team India's first major tournament and playing England in England was always going to be a tough task for Team India. England had already won the five matches test series with a scoreline of 4-1 after India won a historic test match at Lords after 28 years. The first ODI between both the countries were abandoned at Bristol were abandoned without a ball being bowled. India won the 2nd ODI at Cardiff with some impressive performance by Suresh Raina and Indian spinners which resulted in Team India winning by 133 runs (India 304/6 (50/50 ov); England 161 (38.1/47 ov, target: 295).Team India continued their superb performance against the Alistair Cook's side with some quality spin bowling from Ashwin and some superb display to win the next two fixtures with a margin of six and nine wickets respectively and to take an unassailable lead of 3-0 .It was only in the fifth ODI that England gained some momentum to defeat India by 41 runs with a fine century scored by Englands's emerging batting star Joe Root and make the final scoreline read 3-1 in the five match ODI series.West Indies Tour to India (2014): This series will be remembered because of the sudden pull out by the West Indian cricketers in the middle of a series after a they reached d discussion with the West Indies Cricket Board(WICB) remain inconclusive over the players payment. India won the five match ODI series 2-1 after the third ODI at Vishakapatnam was called off due to cyclone Hudhud and the final ODI at Kolkata was cancelled.Team India who lost the first ODI by a huge 124 runs played at Kochi to bounce back and win the 2nd and 4th ODI matches by 48 and 59 runs respectively. Virat Kohli played some crucial knocks to help Team India win another bilateral ODI series.Srilanka Tour to India(2014): With the sudden departure of West Indies in the middle of a series, BCCI arranged a alternative five match bilateral series against Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka under Angelo Mathews seemed to be not at all prepared for the tour and it was reflected in the final scoreline also. India Won the five match ODI series 5-0 and drubbing the Sri Lankan team a worst series defeat in the recent times.It was a series in which the Indian batsmen made a run feast on the Sri Lankan bowlers with batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu and Ajinkya Rahane winning the man of the match award in the three games for India. Dhoni's boys won the first match by a huge margin of 169 runs and continuing the winning streak in the following four ODI. It was just the right momentum that Team India needed before they start for their tour Down Under. Team India played poorly in the Carlton Mid ODI series as was not able to qualify for the final also. Many cricket experts raised eyebrows as World Cup 2015 was just a few days away and loosing Team India's ability to qualify for the final in the triangular ODI series just ahead of the World cup was certainly not a good news for the Indian cricket fans.World Cup 2015: Team India had a disastrous preparation for the World Cup and was slated to play against the arch rivals Pakistan in the first game of the quadrennial event. Indian bowlers in the World Cup 2015 were a complete revolution at the World since it was the only team in its pool to bowl out its six opponents and take sixty wickets a feat which was really commendable considering the fact that it is generally considered that the main strength of Team India is their batsmen. India reached the semifinals of the tournament where it faced the ultimate champions Australia and lose to them and ending their World cup 2015 as a semifinalist. India Tour to Bangladesh (2015) : Team India were seen by the cricket pundits to win the ODI bilateral series against Bangladesh but this was the series when for the first time many believed that MS Dhoni who is also known as ‘captain cool' lost his cool and gave a statement to express his frustration. Bangladesh had a new star in the making as Mustafizur Rahman , gave Bangladesh its first historic win against India in a bilateral series.It was shocking series defeat for Dhoni's boys but Mustafizur who is the most talked about cricket became the second Bangladeshi bowler and tenth overall to take 5 wickets in an ODI debut game. India avoided a humiliating white wash by winning the final game of the season and readinga scoreline of 2-1.