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28 years on, history repeats: When India last played two men's senior international matches on the same day

For only the second time in cricket history, India's senior men will deploy two separate squads in international fixtures on the exact same date. The upcoming October schedule features the T20I squad playing their medal match at the Asian Games, while the ODI roster simultaneously contests the third fixture of their bilateral series against the West Indies.

This rare scheduling echoes a similar occurrence from September 1998, when concurrent matches took place in Kuala Lumpur against Canada and in Toronto against Pakistan, resulting in a pair of victories for India. The Asian Games matches are set for Nisshin following an interrupted quarter-final slate where Shreyas Iyer's team advanced over Sri Lanka due to higher rankings after rain abandoned play.

Meanwhile, the fifty-over squad led by Shubman Gill enters their fixtures following an opening-game triumph over the West Indies. In that initial contest, Kuldeep Yadav claimed four wickets before centuries by Gill and Virat Kohli secured an eight-wicket victory.

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