Five or more cricketers making their debut in one day internationals
India capped five cricketers for the third one day game against Sri Lanka on 23 Jul 2021 to provide the 38th occasion of a team capping five or more cricketers in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list does not include team’s first game in one day internationals in which eleven cricketers had made their one day game. However the South African team which made its one day debut against India at Kolkata on 10 Nov 1991 is included in the list. Ten South Africa cricketers made their one day debut
| No | Team | Opp | Ground | Players | Start Date |
| 1 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | 05 | 24 Aug 1972 |
| 2 | Aus | Eng | Manchester | 05 | 24 Aug 1972 |
| 3 | Eng | Win | Leeds | 06 | 05 Sep 1973 |
| 4 | Aus | NZl | Dunedin | 05 | 30 Mar 1974 |
| 5 | Eng | Win | Scarborough | 05 | 26 Aug 1976 |
| 6 | Aus | Eng | Manchester | 05 | 02 Jun 1977 |
| 7 | Pak | Eng | Sahiwal | 05 | 23 Dec 1977 |
| 8 | Aus | Win | St John’s | 09 | 22 Feb 1978 |
| 9 | Win | Aus | St John’s | 05 | 22 Feb 1978 |
| 10 | Win | Aus | Castries | 06 | 12 Apr 1978 |
| 11 | Ind | Aus | Melbourne | 05 | 06 Dec 1980 |
| 12 | Srl | Pak | Kandy | 05 | 02 Mar 1986 |
| 13 | Ban | Ind | Chattogram | 06 | 27 Oct 1988 |
| 14 | RSA | Ind | Kolkata | 10 | 10 Nov 1991 |
| 15 | Ban | Ind | Sharjah | 05 | 05 Apr 1995 |
| 16 | Eng | Pak | Manchester | 05 | 29 Aug 1996 |
| 17 | Net | Srl | Col-RPS | 07 | 16 Sep 2002 |
| 18 | NZl | Pak | Lahore | 06 | 29 Nov 2003 |
| 19 | USA | NZl | The Oval | 10 | 10 Sep 2004 |
| 20 | Can | Zim | Port of Spain | 07 | 16 May 2006 |
| 21 | Sco | Pak | Edinburgh | 08 | 27 Jun 2006 |
| 22 | Net | Srl | Amstelveen | 06 | 04 Jul 2006 |
| 23 | Can | Ken | Nairobi-G | 06 | 18 Oct 2007 |
| 24 | UAE | Ban | Lahore | 08 | 24 Jun 2008 |
| 25 | HKG | Pak | Karachi | 07 | 24 Jun 2008 |
| 26 | Ire | NZl | Aberdeen | 05 | 01 Jul 2008 |
| 27 | UAE | Sco | Lincoln | 07 | 01 Feb 2014 |
| 28 | HKG | Afg | Kuala Lumpur | 07 | 01 May 2014 |
| 29 | UAE | Afg | Kuala Lumpur | 05 | 02 May 2014 |
| 30 | PNG | HKG | Townsville | 10 | 08 Nov 2014 |
| 31 | UAE | HKG | ICCA Dubai | 06 | 16 Nov 2015 |
| 32 | UAE | Sco | Dubai -DSC | 05 | 24 Jan 2017 |
| 33 | Net | Nep | Amstelveen | 05 | 01 Aug 2018 |
| 34 | USA | PNG | Windhoek | 10 | 27 Apr 2019 |
| 35 | UAE | USA | Sharjah | 06 | 08 Dec 2019 |
| 36 | Win | Ban | Dhaka | 06 | 20 Jan 2021 |
| 37 | Eng | Pak | Cardiff | 05 | 08 Jul 2021 |
| 38 | Ind | Srl | Col-RPS | 05 | 23 Jul 2021 |
India became the second team to have five or more cricketers making their one day debut against Sri Lanka after Netherlands. It also provides the third occasion of team capping five or more cricketers against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Team | Opp | Ground | Players | Start Date |
| 1 | Net | Srl | Col-RPS | 07 | 16 Sep 2002 |
| 2 | Net | Srl | Amstelveen | 06 | 04 Jul 2006 |
| 3 | Ind | Srl | Col-RPS | 05 | 23 Jul 2021 |