India national cricket team

The India national cricket team, also known as Team India and
India
Men in Blue, represents India in international cricket. Governed by
the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it is a full member
of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day
International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.

Although cricket was introduced to India by European merchant

sailors in the 18th century, and the first cricket club was established in
Calcutta [currently known as Kolkata] in 1792, India's national cricket
team did not play its first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord's,
becoming the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status. In its first
fifty years of international cricket, India was one of the weaker teams,
India cricket crest
winning only 35 of the first 196 Test matches it played. From 1932
India had to wait until 1952, almost 20 years for its first Test victory. Nickname(s) Men in Blue, Team India
The team, however, gained strength in the 1970s with the emergence Association Board of Control for Cricket in
of players such as batsmen Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath, India
all-rounder Kapil Dev and the Indian spin quartet of Erapalli
Personnel
Prasanna, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and
Captain Virat Kohli
Bishen Singh Bedi.
Coach Ravi Shastri
Traditionally much stronger at home than abroad, the Indian team has
History
improved its overseas form, especially in limited-overs cricket, since
Test status 1932
the start of the 21st century, winning Test matches in Australia,
acquired
England and South Africa. It has won the Cricket World Cup twice –
in 1983 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev and in 2011 under the International Cricket Council
captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. After winning the 2011 World ICC status Full member (1926)
Cup, India became only the third team after West Indies and Australia
ICC region Asia
to have won the World Cup more than once,[8] and the first cricket
team to win the World Cup at home. It also won the 2007 ICC World
ICC Rankings Current [1] Best-ever
Twenty20 and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, under the captaincy of Test 1st 1st
MS Dhoni. It was also the joint champions of 2002 ICC Champions ODI 1st 1st
Trophy, along with Sri Lanka.
T20I 3rd 1st
As of 10 February 2018, India is ranked first in Test and ODIs and Tests
third in T20Is by the ICC.[9] Virat Kohli is the current captain of the
First Test v England at Lord's,
team across all formats, while the head coach is Ravi Shastri.[10] The
London; 25–28 June 1932
Indian cricket team has rivalries with other Test-playing nations, most
Last Test v South Africa at Bidvest
notably with Pakistan, the political arch-rival of India. However, in
Wanderers Stadium,
recent times, rivalries with nations like Australia and England have
Johannesburg; 24–27
also gained prominence.
January 2018
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total [2] 521 144/160
Contents (216 draws, 1 tie)

History This year [3] 3 1/2

Early History
 Test-Match Status (0 draws)
One-Day Cricket and World Cup Success
One Day Internationals
Late 20th Century
Turn of the Millennium First ODI v England at Headingley,
Controversy and World Cup Flop Leeds; 13 July 1974
Success under Dhoni Last ODI v South Africa at
Transition Period
SuperSport Park, Centurion;
Worldwide Limited-Overs Success
16 February 2018
Dominance at Home under Kohli
2017 ICC Champions Trophy and onwards ODIs Played Won/Lost
Governing body Total [4] 939 483/409
Selection committee (7 ties, 40 no result)
Team colours This year [5] 6 5/1
International grounds (0 ties, 0 no result)
Captains
World Cup 11 (first in 1975)
Results and fixtures
Appearances
Personnel
Squad
Best result Champions (1983, 2011)

Support staff Twenty20 Internationals

Tournament history First T20I v South Africa at the

Individual records Wanderers Stadium,
Statistics
Johannesburg; 1 December
Tests 2006
One-Day Internationals Last T20I v Bangladesh at the R
Twenty20 Internationals Premadasa Stadium,
Fan following Colombo; 18 March 2018
Indian women's cricket team
T20Is Played Won/Lost
See also
Total [6] 96 59/34
References
(1 tie, 2 no result)
External links
This year [7] 8 6/2
(0 ties, 0 no result)

History World Twenty20 6 (first in 2007)

Appearances
Best result Champions (2007)
Early History
The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first
cricket match played in 1721.[11] In 1848, the Parsi community in
Bombay formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be
established by Indians. After slow beginnings, the Europeans
eventually invited the Parsis to play a match in 1877.[12] By 1912, the
Parsis, Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular
tournament with the Europeans every year.[12] In the early 1900s, Test kit ODI kit T20I kit
some Indians went on to play for the England cricket team. Some of
these, such as Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji were greatly As of 6 March 2018
appreciated by the British and their names went on to be used for the
Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy – two major first-class tournaments in India. In 1911, an Indian team went on their first official tour
[13]
of the British Isles, but only played English county teams and not the England cricket team.
Test-Match Status
India was invited to TheImperial Cricket Councilin 1926, and made their debut as a
Test playing nation in England in 1932, led by CK Nayudu, who was considered as
the best Indian batsman at the time.[14] The one-off Test match between the two
sides was played at Lord's in London. The team was not strong in their batting at this
point and went on to lose by 158 runs.[15] In 1933, the first Test series in India was
played between India and England with matches in Bombay, Calcutta (now Kolkata)
and Madras (now Chennai). England won the series 2–0.[16] The Indian team
continued to improve throughout the 1930s and '40s but did not achieve an
international victory during this period. In the early 1940s, India didn't play any Test
cricket due to the Second World War. The team's first series as an independent
country was in late 1947 against Sir Donald Bradman's Invincibles (a name given to
the Australia national cricket teamof that time). It was also the first Test series India
played which was not against England. Australia won the five-match series 4–0,
with Bradman tormenting the Indian bowling in his final Australian summer.[17]
Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji Jadejawas
India subsequently played their first Test series at home not against England against an Indian who played for the English
the West Indies in 1948. West Indies won the 5-Test series 1–0.[18] cricket team

India recorded their first Test victory, in their 24th match, against England at Madras
in 1952.[19] Later in the same year, they won their first Test series, which was against Pakistan.[20] They continued their
improvement throughout the early 1950s with a series win against New Zealand in 1956. However, they did not win again in the
remainder of the decade and lost badly to strong Australian and English sides. On 24 August 1959, India lost by an innings in the
estT
to complete the only 5–0 whitewash ever inflicted by England. The next decade saw India's reputation develop as a team with a
strong record at home. They won their first Test series against England at home in 1961–62 and also won a home series against New
Zealand. They managed to draw home series against Pakistan and Australia and another series against England. In this same period,
India also won its first series outside the subcontinent, against New Zealand in 1967–68.

Panoramic View of the Eden Gardens Stadium during IPL 2008

The key to India's bowling in the 1970s were the Indian spin quartet – Bishen Bedi, E.A.S. Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar and Srinivas
Venkataraghavan. This period also saw the emergence of two of India's best ever batsmen, Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath.
Indian pitches have had the tendency to support spin and the spin quartet exploited this to create collapses in opposing batting line-
ups. These players were responsible for the back-to-back series wins in 1971 in the West Indies and in England, under the captaincy
of Ajit Wadekar. Gavaskar scored 774 runs in the West Indian series while Dilip Sardesai's 112 played a big part in their one Test
win.

One-Day Cricket and World Cup Success

The advent of One Day International (ODI) cricket in 1971 created a new dimension
in the cricket world. However, India was not considered strong in ODIs at this point
and batsmen such as the captain Gavaskar were known for their defensive approach
to batting. India began as a weak team in ODIs and did not qualify for the second
round in the first two editions of the Cricket World Cup. Gavaskar infamously
blocked his way to 36 not out off 174 balls against England in the first World Cup in
1975, India scored just 132 for 3 and lost by 202 runs.

In contrast, India fielded a strong team in Test matches and was particularly strong at
A graph showing India's Test match
home, where their combination of stylish batsmen and beguiling spinners were at results against all Test match teams
their best. India set a then Test record in the third Test against the West Indies at from 1932 to September 2006
Port-of-Spain in 1976, when they chased 403 to win, thanks to 112 from Viswanath.
This West Indian defeat is considered to be a watershed in the history of their cricket
because it led to captain Clive Lloyd dispensing with spin altogether and relying entirely on a four-man pace attack instead. In
November 1976, the team established another record by scoring 524 for 9 declared against New Zealand at Kanpur without any
individual batsman scoring a century. There were six fifties, the highest being 70 by Mohinder Amarnath. This innings was only the
eighth instance in Test cricket where all eleven batsmen reached double figures.

During the 1980s, India developed a more attack-minded batting line-up with stroke makers such as the wristy Mohammed
Azharuddin, Dilip Vengsarkar and all-rounders Kapil Dev and Ravi Shastri. India won the Cricket World Cup in 1983, defeating the
favourites and the two-time defending champions West Indies in the final at Lords, owing to a strong bowling performance. In spite
of this, the team performed poorly in the Test arena, including 28 consecutive Test matches without a victory. In 1984, India won the
Asia Cup and in 1985, won theWorld Championship of Cricketin Australia. Apart from this, India remained a weak team outside the
Indian subcontinent. India's Test series victory in 1986 against England remained the last Test series win by India outside the
subcontinent for the next 19 years. The 1980s saw Gavaskar and Kapil Dev (India's best all-rounder to date) at the pinnacle of their
careers. Gavaskar made a Test record 34 centuries as he became the first man to reach the 10,000 run mark. Kapil Dev later became
the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket with 434 wickets. The period was also marked by an unstable leadership, with Gavaskar and
Kapil exchanging the captaincy several times.

Late 20th Century

The addition of Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble to the national side in 1989 and
1990 further improved the team. The following year, Javagal Srinath, India's fastest
bowler since Amar Singh made his debut. Despite this, during the 1990s, India did
not win any of its 33 Tests outside the subcontinent while it won 17 out of its 30
Tests at home. After being eliminated by neighbours Sri Lanka on home soil at the
1996 Cricket World Cup semifinal, the team underwent a year of change as Sourav
Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, later to become captains of the team, made their debut in
the same Test at Lord's. Tendulkar replaced Azharuddin as captain in late 1996, but
after a personal and team form slump, Tendulkar relinquished the captaincy and
Azharuddin was reinstated at the beginning of 1998. With the captaincy burden
removed, Tendulkar was the world's leading run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs, as
India enjoyed a home Test series win over Australia, the best-ranked team in the
world.

After failing to reach the semifinals at the 1999 Cricket World Cup, Tendulkar was With 619 wickets, Anil Kumble is the
again made captain, and had another poor run, losing 3–0 on a tour of Australia and world's third highest wicket-taker in
then 2–0 at home to South Africa. Tendulkar resigned, vowing never to captain the Tests and India's highest Test and
team again. Ganguly was appointed the new captain and the team was further ODI wicket taker .[21]
damaged in 2000 when former captain Azharuddin and fellow batsman Ajay Jadeja
were implicated in a match-fixing scandal and given life and five years bans
respectively. This period was described by the BBC as "the Indian cricket's worst hour". However, the new core – Tendulkar, Dravid,
Kumble and Ganguly – swore not to let this happen to them again, and lead Indian cricket out of the dark times. And the first three
[22]
put aside personal ambitions to let Ganguly lead them into a new era.

Turn of the Millennium

Since 2000, the Indian team underwent major improvements with the appointment of John Wright as India's first ever foreign coach.
India maintained their unbeaten home record against Australia in Test series after defeating them in 2001. The series was famous for
the Kolkata Test match, in which India became only the third team in the history of Test cricket to win a Test match after following
on. Australian captain Steve Waugh labelled India as the "Final Frontier" as a result of his side's inability to win a Test series in
India.[23] Victory in 2001 against the Australians marked the beginning of a dream run for India under their captain Ganguly
, winning
Test matches in Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, West Indies and England. The England series is also known for India's highest ODI run-chase
of 325 runs at Lord's which came in the Natwest ODI Series final against England. In the same year, India were joint-winners of the
ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka and then went to the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa where they reached the final,
only to be beaten by Australia. The 2003–04 season also saw India play out a Test series in Australia where they drew 1–1 with the
world champions, and then win a Test and ODI series in Pakistan.

Controversy and World Cup Flop

At the end of the 2004 season, India suffered from lack of form and fitness from its
older players. A defeat in a following home Test series against Australia was
followed by an ODI home series defeat against Pakistan followed by a Test series
levelled 1–1. Greg Chappell took over from John Wright as the coach of the Indian
cricket team following the series, and his methods proved to be controversial during
the beginning of his tenure. The tension resulted in a fallout between Chappell and
Ganguly, resulting in Rahul Dravid being made captain. This triggered a revival in
the team's fortunes, following the emergence of players like Mahendra Singh Dhoni,
Suresh Raina, and the coming of age of players like Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh. The Indian cricket team in action in
A thumping home series victory over Sri Lanka in 2005 and a drawn series with the Wankhede Stadium
South Africa put India at second place in the ICC ODI rankings. Dravid, Tendulkar
and Virender Sehwag were selected to play for the ICC World XI in the 2005
"SuperTest" against Australia. A convincing ODI series win in Pakistan in early 2006, following a loss in the Test series, gave India
the world record of 17 successive ODI victories while batting second.[24] Towards the middle of 2006, however, a 4–1 series loss in
the West Indies gave rise to a slump in India's ODI form, while they achieved a 1–0 victory in the Test series that followed, giving
them their first Test series victory in the Caribbean since 1971. India's ODI form slumped further iw
th a disappointing performance in
the 2006 Champions Trophy and a drubbing in the ODI series in South Africa. This was followed yet again by an initial good
performance in the Tests, giving India its first Test match win in South Africa, although they went on to lose the series 2–1. This Test
[25]
series was marked by Ganguly's comeback to the Indian team.

In December 2006, India played and won its first everTwenty20 international in South Africa, becoming the most recent Test team to
play Twenty20 cricket. The beginning of 2007 had seen a revival in the Indian team's ODI fortunes before the 2007 Cricket World
Cup. Series victories against the West Indies and Sri Lanka, marked by the comeback of Ganguly, and strong form by Tendulkar, and
the emergence of young players like Robin Uthappa saw many pundits to tip India as a real contender to win the 2007 Cricket World
Cup. However, defeats to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka saw India fail to reach the second round.

Success under Dhoni

After winning the Test series against England in August 2007, Dravid stepped down as the captain of the team, following which
Dhoni was made the captain of the Twenty20 and ODI team. In September 2007, India won the first-ever Twenty20 World Cup held
in South Africa, beating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final. In 2007–08, they toured Australia where India lost the highly controversial
home Test series 2–1 but managed to win the CB series the following month with a whitewash final of Australia.

In April 2009, India secured their first Test series win in New Zealand in 41 years. After beating Sri Lanka 2–0 in December 2009,
India became the No. 1 Test team in the world. They retained the ranking by drawing series against South Africa and Sri Lanka. In
October 2010, India whitewashed Australia 2–0 in the home test series, giving them back-to-back series wins against them. Later that
year, India managed to draw the Test series in South Africa at 1–1.[26]

India's results in international matches

Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result Inaugural Match Latest Match

Test[27] 521 144 160 216 1 – 25 June 1932 27 January 2018

ODI[28] 939 483 409 – 7 40 13 July 1974 16 February 2018

T20I[29] 91 55 33 – 1 2 1 December 2006 24 December 2017

On 2 April 2011, India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup by defeating Sri Lanka in the final, thus becoming the third team after West
Indies and Australia to win the World Cup twice, the previous win being in 1983. Gautam Gambhir and the skipper Dhoni led the
way with 97 and 91* respectively.[30] India also became the first team to win the W
orld Cup on home soil.

Transition Period
India were whitewashed 4–0 in away Test series by England in August 2011 due to which England replaced India as the No. 1 Test
team in the rankings.[31] This series was followed by another 4–0 whitewash of India in January 2012 in Australia. The disastrous
whitewashes saw the retirement of Dravid and VVS Laxman from Test cricket in 2012. Tendulkar retired in November 2013 after his
200th Test match. With Ganguly having retired in 2008, this period signalled the end of the fabled middle-order batting line-up India
had for a decade. 2012 signalled a rough period for Indian cricket as they were beaten 2–1 by England at home in theestT series. This
was the first Team India were beaten by England at home in the modern era. This was followed by a 2–1 loss in the ODI series
against Pakistan, India's arch-rivals, at home. India was then knocked out in the second round of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.
India also failed to qualify for the 2012 Asia Cup final which closed out a disappointing 2012 for the Indian cricket team. 2013 saw a
resurgence in Indian cricket.

Worldwide Limited-Overs Success

In early 2013, India returned the favour to Australia and whitewashed them 4–0 at home in a Test series. India then beat the Aussies
3–2 in the 7-match ODI series and won the one-off T20I. However, India lost heavily against New Zealand and South Africa away
from home and led to heavy criticism of Indian cricketers for not being able to perform overseas. India defeated England in the 2013
ICC Champions Trophy final and Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first captain in history to win the three major ICC trophies,
namely- ICC Cricket World Cup, ICC World Twenty20 and ICC Champions Trophy. This was followed by a victory in the West
Indies Triangular Series in 2013 consisting of India, West Indies and Sri Lanka. In 2014, India toured Bangladesh and England.
Although they beat the former 2–0 in 3 One Day Internationals, Team India were beaten 3–1 in 5 Test matches by England. This
series included a famous win for the Indian team in the first match of the series at Lord's. The Test series was followed by a 3–1 win
for the Indians in a 5-match ODI series and a loss in a one-of
f T20, both against England.

India failed to reach the final of the Asia Cup yet again in 2014. In the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 hosted in Bangladesh, India
narrowly missed out on another ICC trophy by losing to Sri Lanka in the final. This tournament saw the rise of Virat Kohli as one of
the best limited overs batsmen in world cricket, as he was adjudged the man of the series. India soon comprehensively beat Sri Lanka
and West Indies in ODI series to cement their position at the top of the ODI rankings. India toured Australia towards the end of 2014
for a 4-match Test series, which is remembered for MS Dhoni's sudden retirement from Test cricket after the end of the second Test.
Virat Kohli was appointed as the captain of T
eam India in Test matches but he was unable to turn the series around and India lost 2–0.
Kohli's first series win as captain came away from home in a 3-match Test series vs Sri Lanka, which signalled the beginning of an
unbeaten Test series run for India.
Dominance at Home under Kohli
2015 saw the beginning of India's dominance at home in Test matches under new captain Virat Kohli when they comprehensively
beat South Africa. This series was the beginning of an unbeaten streak of 19 Test matches for India which was brought to an end by
Australia in early 2017. This series also saw the emergence of Ravichandran Ashwinand Ravindra Jadeja as two of the best spinners
and all-rounders. They spun webs around touring batsmen, much like the spinning quartet of the 1970s. This was followed by limited
overs victories over Australia and Sri Lanka away from home. India was knocked out of the 2015 World Cup in the semi-final stage,
to eventual winners Australia. India began 2016 by winning the 2016 Asia Cup, remaining unbeaten throughout the tournament,
beating Pakistan along the way. India were favourites to win the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 which was being held at home, but they
lost in the semi-final to eventual champions W
est Indies. Virat Kohli was again named the man of the series.

In 2016, "The Grand Home Season" began for India, including series at home against New Zealand, England, Bangladesh and
Australia. India whitewashed New Zealand to regain the number one ranking in Test cricket after almost 10 years. Before the series
against England in November 2016, MS Dhoni resigned as captain of India in limited overs, thus handing the captaincy to Virat
Kohli across all formats. India beat England across all three formats, with a notable 4–0 win in the Test series. This was followed by
Test series wins against Bangladesh and Australia, which meant India reclaimed the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Ravichandran Ashwin
became the fastest cricketer of all time to reach 250 wickets; he and Ravindra Jadeja occupied the top two spots in both the ICC
Bowlers and All-Rounders rankings at the time. In the process, India became the third team (after South Africa and Australia) to have
won their most recent Test series against all the other Test-playing nations. India holds an unbeaten streak of 8 consecutive Test series
wins as of 19 August 2017.

2017 ICC Champions Trophy and onwards

India defeated Pakistan in their first game of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, winning by a convincing 124-run margin,[32] but lost
their second game of the group against Sri Lanka by 7 wickets despite posting a total of 321.[33] In their final group game against
South Africa, a must-win encounter, India won comfortably and sealed a spot in the semi-finals, against Bangladesh.[34] India
comfortably won the match by 9 wickets, and faced arch-rivals Pakistan in the final, the first time they had met at this stage of a
tournament since 2007.[35] In an anti-climax, considering India were the clear favourites, Pakistan defeated India comfortably by 180
[36]
runs in the final, outclassing them across all three departments.

India beat the West Indies 3–1 in a 5-match ODI series in the Caribbean in July 2017,[37] but lost to the same opposition in a one-off
T20I.[38] India then toured Sri Lanka, and comprehensively defeated them 3-0 in a three-match Test series, the first time India had
est series with at least three games.[39]
whitewashed a team away from home in a T

Governing body
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body for the Indian cricket team and first-class cricket in India.
The Board has been operating since 1929 and represents India at the International Cricket Council. It is amongst the richest sporting
organisations in the world. It sold media rights for India's matches from 2006–2010 for US$612,000,000.[40] It manages the Indian
team's sponsorships, its future tours and team selection.

The International Cricket Council determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program. However, the BCCI, with
its influential financial position in the cricketing world, has often challenged the ICC's program and called for more series between
India, Australia and England which are more likely to earn more revenue as opposed to tours with Bangladesh or Zimbabwe.[41] In
the past, the BCCI has also come into conflict with the ICC regarding sponsorships[42] and the legitimacy of the ICC Champions
Trophy.

Selection committee
Selection for the Indian cricket team occurs through the BCCI's zonal selection policy, where each of the five zones is represented
with one selector and one of the members nominated by BCCI as the Chairman of the selection committee. This has sometimes led to
[43]
controversy as to whether these selectors are biased towards their zones.

The current chairman of the selection committee is M. S. K. Prasad. Devang Gandhi, Sarandeep Singh, Jatin Paranjpe, and Gagan
Khoda are the other members of the selection committee from 21 September 2016.

Team colours
Since colours have made their way into international cricket, the
Indian cricket team has chosen blue as their primary colour and Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
orange/red as their secondary colour and have worn one or the other 2003-2004
Sahara
shade of blue. The blue colour of their uniform has also earned them 2005-2013
the nickname of "Men in Blue". With the advent of the World Series
2014-2016 Nike Star India
Cup in the 1970s, each team was to don a primary and secondary
colour on their uniforms. The Indian team elected to wear light-blue 2017-present Oppo
as their primary colour and yellow as their secondary colour. Even
during the 1999 Cricket World Cup, the secondary colour on the Indian cricket team's clothing was yellow. However, this has since
been replaced with the tricolour. In the past, the Indian ODI outfits were changed to different shades of blue, mostly darker than the
current,[44] and the team donned navy blue during 1992,[45] and then the sky blue colour for the next decade. Indian team has got a
[46] From October 2010, the team is once again using a light
new kit from 2009 which is feroza blue with India written on it in orange.
blue shade though not as light as the previous sky blue one, with India written in orange, and shades of the tricolour at the sides. The
[47]
kit sponsor for the Indian cricket team isNike, which in 2005 bought the kit rights in a $27.2 million contract with BCCI.

Due to their love for blue colour Nike with Board for Control of Cricket in India launched the mega campaign called "Bleed Blue"
for the support of Indian team in2011 ICC Cricket World Cup which turned out to be a huge success and people over the internet and
places adopted this to cheer for India.[48]

A new ultramarine blue coloured jersey of the one-day cricket team was released on 20 October 2010[49] for the upcoming tours and
ICC Cricket World Cup. The jersey has been designed by team's apparel and kit sponsor Nike. Previously, the Indian cricket team has
worn a darker shade of blue and before that, the team has worn sky blue. The vertical tricolour band has been made on both sides in
comparison to just one side in the previous shirt. OPPO, the manufacturer of Chinese electronics is the official team sponsor logo is
on the central part of the jersey (above orange coloured INDIA logo) and on the right arm Nike logo is visible. The name and jersey
number of the player are printed in orange at the back while on the chest the logo of BCCI is on the left side. The one-day cap was
also sky blue with the BCCI logo on the front.

When playing first-class cricket, in addition to their cricket whites, Indian fielders sometimes wear a sunhat, which is dark blue and
has a wide brim, with the BCCI logo in the middle of the front of the hat. Helmets are coloured similarly. Some players sport the
Indian flag on their helmet. The current kit sponsor for the Indian team is Nike and current team sponsor is OPPO (since April,
2017).[50] Previously, the Indian team was sponsored by Star India (2014-2017),[51] Sahara India Pariwar (2002-2013) and Wills
(1994-2000).

International grounds
There are numerous world-renowned cricket stadiums located in India. Most grounds are under the administration of various state
cricket boards as opposed to being under the control of the BCCI. The Bombay Gymkhana was the first ground in India to host a full-
scale cricket match featuring an Indian cricket team. This was between the Parsis and the Europeans in 1877. The first stadium to
host a Test match in India was also the Gymkhana Ground in Bombay in 1933, the only Test it ever hosted. The second and third
Tests in the 1933 series were hosted at Eden Gardens and Chepauk. The Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi was the first stadium to host a
Test match after independence, a draw against the West Indies in 1948, the first of a 5-Test series. 21 stadiums in India have hosted at
least one official Test match. In recent years, there has been an increase
in the number of world-class cricket stadiums in India, with multiple
Test venues in Indore, Chandigarh Mohali, Chennai, Mumbai, HPCA

Hyderabad, Rajkot, Ranchi, Pune, Dharamshala and Nagpur. Gandhi

Mohali

Noida Kotla
Eden Gardens in Kolkata has hosted the most Tests, and also has the Roop
Barkatullah Green Guwahati Barsapara
second-largest seating capacity of any cricket stadium in the world, Jaipur
being capable of holding more than 66,000 spectators. Founded in Motera Indore Ranchi
Eden Gardens
1864, it is one of the most historical stadiums in India, having hosted Vidarbha
Barabati
numerous historical and controversial matches.[52] Other major Wankhede Brabourne/Gymkhana
MCA
LB Shastri Rajiv ACA-VDCA
stadiums in India include the Feroz Shah Kotla, which was established
in 1883 and hosted memorable matches including Anil Kumble's ten MAC
wickets in an innings haul against Pakistan. For the last two years, the Chinnaswamy

ground has been undergoing renovation.[53] Kaloor

Greenfield
The Bombay Gymkhana hosted the first ever T
est match in India which
is the only Test it has hosted to date. Wankhede Stadium, established in
Locations of all stadiums which have hosted an
1974, has a capacity to hold 33,000 spectators and is currently the most international match within India
popular venue in the city. It has hosted 24 Test matches. It was the
unofficial successor of the Brabourne Stadium, which is also located in
Mumbai. Mumbai is often considered the cricketing capital of India because of its fans and the talent it produces (see Mumbai cricket
team) and thus the stadium regularly hosts major Test matches.[54] The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk is also considered
T victory.[55]
to be an important historical Indian cricket ground, established in the early 1900s it was the site of India's firstest
 Test
Stadium City Ref
matches

Eden Gardens Kolkata 41 [56]

Feroz Shah Kotla [57]

Delhi 34
Ground
M. A.
Chepauk, [58]
Chidambaram 32
Chennai
Stadium

Wankhede Stadium Mumbai 25 [59]

Green Park Kanpur 22 [60]

M. Chinnaswamy [61]
Bangalore 22
Stadium

Brabourne Stadium Mumbai 18 [62]

Punjab Cricket
Mohali, [63]
Association 13
Chandigarh
Stadium
Sardar Patel Motera, [64]
12
Stadium (Gujarat) Ahmedabad

Nehru Stadium Chennai 9 [65]

Vidarbha Cricket [66]

Nagpur 9
Association Ground
Vidarbha Cricket
Association Nagpur 6 [67]
Stadium
Rajiv Gandhi
International Hyderabad 4 [68]
Cricket Stadium
Lal Bahadur Shastri [69]
Hyderabad 3
Stadium

Barabati Stadium Cuttack 2 [70]

Holkar Stadium Indore 1 [71]

Saurashtra Cricket
Association Rajkot 1 [72]
Stadium
ACA-VDCA Cricket [73]
Visakhapatnam 1
Stadium
Maharashtra
Cricket Association Pune 1 [74]
Stadium
JSCA International [75]
Ranchi 1
Stadium Complex
Himachal Pradesh
Cricket Association Dharamshala 1 [76]
Stadium

Bombay Gymkhana Mumbai 1 [77]

Gandhi Stadium Jalandhar 1 [78]

K. D. Singh Babu [79]

Lucknow 1
Stadium
Sawai Mansingh Jaipur 1 [80]
 Stadium

Sector 16 Stadium Chandigarh 1 [81]

University Ground Lucknow 1 [82]

Captains
Thirty-two men have captained the Indian cricket team in at least one est
T match, although only sixhave led the team in more than 25
matches, and six have captained the team in ODIs but not Tests. India's first captain was CK Nayudu, who led the team in four
matches against England: one in England in 1932 and a series of three matches at home in 1933–34. Lala Amarnath, India's fourth
captain, led the team in its first Test match after Indian independence. He also captained the side to its first Test victory and first
series win, both in a three-match series at home against Pakistan in 1952–53. From 1952 until 1961–62, India had a number of
captains such as Vijay Hazare, Polly Umrigar and Nari Contractor.

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.

Sunil Gavaskar took over as Test and ODI captain in 1978–79, leading India in 47 Test matches and 37 ODIs, winning 9 Tests and 14
ODIs. He was succeeded byKapil Dev in the 1980s, who captained for 34 Test matches, including 4 victories. Kapil Dev led India to
victory in 39 of his 74 ODIs in charge, including the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Kapil Dev also captained India's 2–0 Test series
victory in England in 1986. Between 1987–88 and 1989–90, India had three captains in Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri and
Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Vengsarkar took over the captaincy from Kapil Dev after the 1987 Cricket World Cup. Although he
started with two centuries in his first series as captain, his captaincy period was turbulent and he lost the job following a disastrous
tour of the West Indies in early-1989 and a stand-off with the Indian cricket board (BCCI).

India has had six regular Test captains since Mohammad Azharuddin took charge in 1989. Azharuddin led the team in 47 Test
matches from 1989–90 to 1998–99, winning 14, and in 174 ODIs, winning 90. He was followed by Sachin Tendulkar, who captained
the team in 25 Test matches and 73 ODIs in the late 1990s; Tendulkar was relatively unsuccessful[83][84] as a captain, winning only 4
Test matches and 23 ODIs. He was replaced as ODI captain byAjay Jadeja and then by Sourav Ganguly.

Ganguly became the regular captain of the team in both Tests and ODIs in 2000. He
remained captain until 2005–06 and became the then most successful Indian captain,
winning 21 of his 49 Test matches in charge and 76 of his 146 ODIs. Under his
captaincy, India became the joint-winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy with
Sri Lanka, and the runners-up of the 2003 Cricket World Cup. India lost only three
Tests at home under Ganguly and managed to draw Test series in England and
Australia. Rahul Dravid took over as Test captain in 2005. In 2006, he led India to
its first Test series victory in the West Indies in more than 30 years.

In September 2007, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named as the new captain of the Mahendra Singh Dhoni holds the
ODI and T20I teams, after Dravid stepped down from the post. Soon after taking up record for most Tests wins (27) by an
Indian captain.
the captaincy, Dhoni led the team to the inaugural World Twenty20 title. Anil
Kumble was appointed Test captain in November 2007, but retired from
international cricket in November 2008 after captaining in 14 Tests. Dhoni succeeded him as the Test captain, making him the captain
in all formats. Under the captaincy of Dhoni, the Indian team held the number one position in the Test rankings for 21 months (from
November 2009 to August 2011), and set a national record for most back-to-back ODI wins (nine straight wins).[85] Dhoni also led
the team to victory in 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. Thus, Dhoni became the first captain in history to
win all three major ICC trophies, namely- ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011, ICC World Twenty20 in 2007 and ICC Champions
Trophy in 2013. He is widely regarded as India's best ever captain. However, the team performed poorly in away Tests from 2011 to
2014 and Dhoni retired from Test cricket in December 2014, with Virat Kohli being named as the new Test captain. Dhoni resigned
as captain of the ODI and T20 teams in January 2017 and Kohli succeeded him at the position.

Under Kohli's captaincy, India was unbeaten in 19 Test matches, starting from a 3–0 series win over New Zealand and ending with a
2–1 series win over Australia. India has an unbeaten streak of winning 9 consecutive Test series as of Dec 2017, starting with a 2–1
series win over Sri Lanka. India also became only the third team after Australia and South Africa to have won their most recent Test
series simultaneously against all the other Test playing nations. As per winning percentage in Test matches, Kohli is India's most
successful test captain, having won more than 61% of eTst matches (at least 2 games).

Results and fixtures

The recent results and forthcoming fixtures of India ininternational cricket:

Bilateral series and tours

Results [Matches]
Date Against H/A/N
Test ODI T20I

June–July 2017 West Indies Away – 3–1 [5] 0–1 [1]

July–September 2017 Sri Lanka Away 3–0 [3] 5–0 [5] 1–0 [1]

September–October 2017 Australia Home – 4–1 [5] 1–1 [3]

October–November 2017 New Zealand Home – 2–1 [3] 2–1 [3]

November–December 2017 Sri Lanka Home 1–0 [3] 2–1 [3] 3–0 [3]

January–February 2018 South Africa Away 1–2 [3] 5–1 [6] 2–1 [3]

June 2018 Afghanistan Home [1] – –

June 2018 Ireland Away – – [2]

July–September 2018 England Away [5] [3] [3]

Multiteam series and tournaments

Date Series Format Position Results [Matches]

June 2017 2017 ICC Champions Trophy ODI Runner-up 3–2 [5]

March 2018 2018 Nidahas Trophy T20I Winner 4–1 [5]

September 2018 2018 Asia Cup ODI

Personnel

Squad
This lists all the players who have played for India in the past 12 months and the forms in which they have played. Correct as of 7
March 2018.

Key

C/G = Contract grade

S/N = Shirt number
 Batting Domestic
Name Age Bowling style Zone C/G[86][87] Forms S/N
style team
Captain and middle-order batsman
Right- Test, ODI,
Virat Kohli 29 Right medium Delhi North A+ 18
handed T20I
Test vice-captain and middle-order batsman
Right-
Ajinkya Rahane 29 Right medium Mumbai West A Test, ODI 27
handed
ODI, T20I vice-captain and middle-order batsman
Right- Test, ODI,
Rohit Sharma 30 Off break Mumbai West A+ 45
handed T20I
Opening batsmen
Left- Test, ODI,
Shikhar Dhawan 32 Off break Delhi North A+ 25
handed T20I
Left-
Abhinav Mukund 28 Leg break Tamil Nadu South – Test
handed
Right- Test, ODI,
K. L. Rahul 26 Off break Karnataka South B 1
handed T20I
Right-
Murali Vijay 34 Off break Tamil Nadu South A Test 8
handed
Middle-order batsmen
Right-
Shreyas Iyer 23 Leg break Mumbai West – ODI, T20I 41
handed
Right-
Kedar Jadhav 33 Off break Maharashtra West C ODI, T20I 81
handed
Right-
Manish Pandey 28 Right medium Karnataka South C ODI, T20I 9
handed
Cheteshwar Right-
30 Leg break Saurashtra West A Test 16
Pujara handed
Left- Uttar
Suresh Raina 31 Off break Central C T20I 3
handed Pradesh
All-rounders
Ravichandran Right- Test, ODI,
31 Off break Tamil Nadu South A 99
Ashwin handed T20I
Left- Test, ODI,
Ravindra Jadeja 29 Slow left arm Saurashtra West A 8
handed T20I
Right- Right medium- Test, ODI,
Hardik Pandya 24 Baroda West B 33
handed fast T20I
Left-
Axar Patel 24 Slow left arm Gujarat West C ODI, T20I 20
handed
Right-
Vijay Shankar 27 Right medium Tamil Nadu South – T20I 59
handed
Washington Left-
18 Off break Tamil Nadu South – ODI, T20I 55
Sundar handed
Left-
Yuvraj Singh 36 Slow left arm Punjab North – ODI 12
handed
Wicket-keepers
Mahendra Singh Right-
36 Right medium Jharkhand East A ODI, T20I 7
Dhoni handed
 Dinesh Karthik 32 Right- Off break Tamil Nadu South B ODI, T20I 21
handed
Left-
Rishabh Pant 20 Delhi North – T20I 77
handed
Left-
Parthiv Patel 33 Gujarat West C Test 42
handed
Right-
Wriddhiman Saha 33 Bengal East A Test 24
handed
Pace bowlers
Right- Right fast- Test, ODI,
Jasprit Bumrah 24 Gujarat West A+ 93
handed medium T20I
Bhuvneshwar Right- Right medium- Uttar Test, ODI,
28 Central A+ 15
Kumar handed fast Pradesh T20I
Mohammed Right- Right fast- Test, ODI,
27 Bengal East B 11
Shami handed medium T20I
Right- Right fast-
Ishant Sharma 29 Delhi North B Test 1
handed medium
Right- Right medium-
Mohammed Siraj 24 Hyderabad South – T20I 13
handed fast
Right- Right medium-
Shardul Thakur 26 Mumbai West – ODI, T20I 54
handed fast
Right- Left medium-
Jaydev Unadkat 26 Saurashtra West – T20I 77
handed fast
Right-
Umesh Yadav 30 Right fast Vidarbha Central B Test, ODI 19
handed
Spin bowlers
Right-
Yuzvendra Chahal 27 Leg break Haryana North B ODI, T20I 3
handed
Left- Left arm Uttar Test, ODI,
Kuldeep Yadav 23 Central B 23
handed chinaman Pradesh T20I

Other players with a central contract who have not played for India in the past 12 months: Karun Nair and Jayant Yadav (both Grade
C)

The BCCI awards central contracts to its players, its pay graded according to the importance of the player. Players' salaries are as
follows:

Grade A+ – ₹7 crore (US$1.1 million)

Grade A – ₹5 crore (US$766,000)
Grade B – ₹3 crore (US$459,000)
Grade C – ₹1 crore (US$153,000)
Players also receive a match fee of ₹15 lakh (US$23,000) per Test match, ₹6 lakh (US$9,200) per ODI, and ₹3 lakh (US$4,600) per
T20I.[88]

Support staff
Head coach - Ravi Shastri
Batting coach - Sanjay Bangar
Bowling coach - Bharat Arun
Fielding coach - Ramakrishnan Sridhar
Manager - Sunil Subramaniam
 Trainer - Basu Shanker
Physio - Patrick Farhart

Tournament history
World Cup record
Host Year Round Position GP W L T NR
England 1975 6/8 3 1 2 0 0
Round 1
England 1979 7/8 3 0 3 0 0
England 1983 Champions 1/8 8 6 2 0 0

India/Pakistan 1987 Semi-finals 4/8 7 5 2 0 0

Australia/New Zealand 1992 Round 1 7/9 8 2 5 0 1

India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka 1996 Semi-finals 4/12 7 4 3 0 0

England 1999 R2 (Super 6s) 6/12 8 4 4 0 0

South Africa/Zimbabwe/Kenya 2003 Runners-up 2/14 11 9 2 0 0

West Indies 2007 Round 1 10/16 3 1 2 0 0

India/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh 2011 Champions 1/14 9 7 1 1 0

Australia/New Zealand 2015 Semi-finals 3/14 8 7 1 0 0

England 2019 - – – – – – –

India 2023 - – – – – – –

Total 12/12 2 titles 75 46 27 1 1

World Twenty20 record

Host Year Round Position GP W L T NR
South Africa 2007 Champions 1/12 7 4 1 1 1
England 2009 7/12 5 2 3 0 0
West Indies 2010 Super 8s 8/12 5 2 3 0 0
Sri Lanka 2012 5/12 5 4 1 0 0
Bangladesh 2014 Runners-up 2/16 6 5 1 0 0
India 2016 Semi-finals 3/16 5 3 2 0 0
Total 6/6 1 title 33 20 11 1 1
 Other Major Tournaments
ICC Champions Trophy Asia Cup

1998: Semi-finals 1984: Champions

2000: Runners-up 1986: Boycott
2002: Joint Champions with Sri Lanka 1988: Champions
2004: Round 1 1990/1991: Champions
2006: Round 1 1995: Champions
2009: Round 1 1997: Runners-up
2013: Champions 2000: 3rd place
2017: Runners-up 2004: Runners-up
2008: Runners-up
2010: Champions
2012: 3rd place
2014: 3rd place
2016: Champions

Defunct Tournaments
Commonwealth Asian Test Austral-Asia
Hero Cup World Championship of Cricket
Games† Championship Cup

1998: Round 1993 Hero Cup: 1999: 3rd 1986: 1985 World Championship of
1 Champions place Runners- Cricket: Champions
2001: Boycott up
1990:
Round 1
1994:
Runners-
up

†Cricket was played only at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. †The Indian team that won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket was adjudged by Wisden
as the 'Team of the Century'.

Individual records
Sachin Tendulkar, who began playing for India as a 16-year-old in 1989 and has since become the most prolific run-scorer in the
history of both Test and ODI cricket, holds a large number of national batting records. He holds the record of most appearances in
both Tests and ODIs, most runs in both Tests and ODIs and most centuries in Tests and ODIs. The highest score by an Indian is the
319 scored by Virender Sehwag in Chennai. It is the secondtriple century in Test cricket by an Indian, the first being a 309 also made
by Sehwag although against Pakistan. The team's highest ever score was a 759/7 against England at MA Chidambaram Stadium,
Chennai in 2016, while its lowest was 42 against England in 1974. In ODIs, the team's highest score is 418/5 against West Indies at
Indore in 2011–12. India score 413–5 in a match against Bermuda in 2007 World Cup which is the highest score ever in Cricket
World Cup history. In the same match, India set a world record of the highest winning mar
gin in an ODI match of 257 runs.

India has also had some very strong bowling figures, with spin bowler Anil Kumble being a member of the elite group of 3 bowlers
who have taken 600 Test wickets. In 1999, Anil Kumble emulated Jim Laker to become the second bowler to take all ten wickets in a
Test match innings when he took 10 wickets for 74 runs against Pakistan at the
Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.

Many of the Indian cricket team's records are also world records, for example Sachin Tendulkar's century tally (in Tests and ODIs)
and run tally (also in both Tests and ODIs). Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 183 not out against Sri Lanka in 2005 is the world record score
by a wicketkeeper in ODIs. The Indian cricket team also holds the record sequence of 17 successful run-chases in ODIs,[90] which
ended in a dramatic match against the West Indies in May 2006, which India lost by just 1 run when Yuvraj Singh was bowled by
Dwayne Bravo's full toss.
Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsman to score 200 runs (he was unbeaten on 200
from 147 deliveries including 25x4 and 3x6) in a single ODI innings, on 24
February 2010 against South Africa in Gwalior. On 8 December 2011, this
achievement was eclipsed by compatriot Virender Sehwag, who scored 219 runs
from 149 deliveries (25x4 | 7x6) versus West Indies in Indore. On 13 November
2014 the record was broken by another Indian opening batsmen, Rohit Sharma, who
scored 264 runs from 173 deliveries (33x4 | 9x6) against Sri Lanka in Kolkata. In
2013, MS Dhoni became the first captain in history to win all three major ICC
trophies- ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011, ICC World Twenty20 in 2007 and ICC
Champions Trophy in 2013.

In 2014, Virat Kohli became the first cricketer to win back-to-back man of the series
awards in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and 2014 ICC World Twenty20. In 2017,
Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his 38th
Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest cricketer in history to reach 250 wickets. Test century during a match against
He and Ravindra Jadeja are considered to be the best bowlers in Test cricket and Australia in 2008. Tendulkar holds
occupy the top two spots in the rankings for Test bowlers as of May 2017. Virat multiple world records including the
Kohli became the first captain in history to score double tons in three consecutive world's leading run-scorer and
series, against New Zealand, England and Bangladesh in 2017. century maker in both Tests and
ODIs.[89]

Statistics

Tests
Test record versus other nations

Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied Draw W/L Ratio First Last
Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 - - -

Australia 94 26 41 1 26 0.63 1947 2017

Bangladesh 9 7 0 0 2 - 2000 2017

England 117 25 43 0 49 0.58 1932 2016

Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 - - -

New Zealand 57 21 10 0 26 2.10 1955 2016

Pakistan 59 9 12 0 38 0.75 1952 2007

South Africa 36 11 15 0 10 0.73 1992 2018

Sri Lanka 44 20 7 0 17 2.85 1982 2017

West Indies 94 18 30 0 46 0.60 1948 2016

Zimbabwe 11 7 2 0 2 3.50 1992 2005

Total 521 144 160 1 216 0.90 1932 2018

Statistics are correct as of India v South Africa at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, 3rd Test, Jan 24-27, 2018.[91][92]

Most Test runs for India[93] Most Test wickets for India[94]
 Player Runs Average Player Wickets Average
Sachin Tendulkar 15,921 53.78 Anil Kumble 619 29.65
Rahul Dravid 13,265 52.63 Kapil Dev 434 29.64
Sunil Gavaskar 10,122 51.12 Harbhajan Singh 417 32.46
VVS Laxman 8,781 45.97 Ravichandran Ashwin 311 25.56
Virender Sehwag 8,586 49.34 Zaheer Khan 311 32.94
Sourav Ganguly 7,212 42.17 Bishan Singh Bedi 266 28.71
Dilip Vengsarkar 6,868 42.13 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 242 29.74
Mohammad Azharuddin 6,215 45.03 Javagal Srinath 236 30.49
Gundappa Vishwanath 6,080 41.93 Ishant Sharma 234 35.94
Virat Kohli 5,554 53.40 Erapalli Prasanna 189 30.38

One-Day Internationals
ODI record versus other nations
 Opponent Matches Won Lost Tied No Result % Won First Last
ICC Full Members
Afghanistan 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 2014 2014

Australia 128 45 73 0 10 38.13 1980 2017

Bangladesh 33 27 5 0 1 84.37 1988 2017

England 96 52 39 2 3 56.98 1974 2017

Ireland 3 3 0 0 0 100.00 2007 2015

New Zealand 101 51 44 1 5 53.64 1975 2017

Pakistan 129 52 73 0 4 41.60 1978 2017

South Africa 83 34 46 0 3 42.50 1988 2018

Sri Lanka 158 90 56 1 11 61.56 1979 2017

West Indies 121 56 61 1 3 47.88 1979 2017

Zimbabwe 63 51 10 2 0 82.53 1983 2016

Others
Bermuda 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 2007 2007

East Africa 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 1975 1975

Hong Kong 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 2008 2008

Kenya 13 11 2 0 0 84.61 1996 2004

Namibia 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 2003 2003

Netherlands 2 2 0 0 0 100.00 2003 2011

Scotland 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 2007 2007

United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0 0 100.00 1994 2015

Total 939 483 409 7 40 54.11 1974 2018

Statistics are correct as of India v South Africa at SuperSport Park, Centurion, 16 February 2018.[95][96]

Most ODI runs for India[97] Most ODI wickets for India[98]

Player Runs Average Player Wickets Average

Sachin Tendulkar 18,426 44.83 Anil Kumble 334 30.83
Sourav Ganguly 11,221 40.95 Javagal Srinath 315 28.08
Rahul Dravid 10,768 39.15 Ajit Agarkar 288 27.85
MS Dhoni 9,793 51.00 Zaheer Khan 269 30.11
Virat Kohli 9,588 58.11 Harbhajan Singh 265 33.47
Mohammad Azharuddin 9,378 36.92 Kapil Dev 253 27.45
Yuvraj Singh 8,609 36.47 Venkatesh Prasad 196 32.30
Virender Sehwag 7,995 35.37 Irfan Pathan 173 29.72
Rohit Sharma 6,594 44.55 Manoj Prabhakar 157 28.87
Suresh Raina 5,568 35.46 Ashish Nehra 155 31.60
Twenty20 Internationals
T20I record versus other nations

No %
Opponent Matches Won Lost Tie+Win Tie+Loss First Last
Result Won
ICC Full Members
Afghanistan 2 2 0 0 0 0 100.00 2010 2012

Australia 15 10 5 0 0 0 66.66 2007 2017

Bangladesh 8 8 0 0 0 0 100.00 2009 2018

England 11 5 6 0 0 0 45.45 2007 2017

Ireland 1 1 0 0 0 0 100.00 2009 2009

New Zealand 8 2 6 0 0 0 25.00 2007 2017

Pakistan 8 6 1 1 0 0 81.25 2007 2016

South Africa 13 8 5 0 0 0 61.53 2006 2018

Sri Lanka 16 11 5 0 0 0 68.75 2009 2018

West Indies 8 2 5 0 0 1 28.57 2009 2017

Zimbabwe 7 5 2 0 0 0 71.42 2010 2016

ICC Associate members

Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 1 – 2007 2007

United Arab
1 1 0 0 0 0 100.00 2016 2016
Emirates
Total 99 61 35 1 0 2 63.40 2006 2018

Statistics are correct as of India v Bangladesh at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, March 18, 2018.[99][100]

Most T20I runs for India[101] Most T20I wickets for India[102]

Player Runs Average Player Wickets Average

Virat Kohli 1,983 50.84 R Ashwin 52 22.94
Rohit Sharma 1,852 31.38 Jasprit Bumrah 41 20.43
Suresh Raina 1,499 28.82 Yuzvendra Chahal 35 18.45
MS Dhoni 1,444 37.02 Ashish Nehra 34 22.29
Yuvraj Singh 1,177 28.02 Ravindra Jadeja 31 31.70

Players in bold text are still active with India.

Fan following
Due to the massive Indian diaspora in nations like Australia, England and South Africa, a large Indian fan turnout is expected
whenever India plays in each of these nations.

There have been a number of official fan groups that have been formed over the years, including the Swami Army or Bharat
Army,[103] the Indian equivalent of the Barmy Army, that were very active in their support when India toured Australia in
[104]
2003/2004. They are known to attribute a number of popular Indian songs to the cricket team.
Fan rivalry and cross-border tension has created a strong rivalry between the Indian
and the Pakistani cricket teams. In tours between these two nations, cricket visas are
often employed to accommodate for the tens of thousands of fans wishing to cross
the border to watch cricket. This intense fan dedication is one of the major causes of
the BCCI's financial success.[105]

However, there are downsides to having such a cricket-loving population. Many

Indians hold cricket very close to their hearts and losses are not received well by the
Indian population. In some cases, particularly after losses to Pakistan or after a long Supporters of the Indian cricket team
string of weak performances, there have been reports of player effigies being burnt wave the Indian flag during match
in the streets and vandalism of player homes.[106] In many cases, players have come between India and Australia at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground.
under intense attention from the media for negative reasons, this has been considered
as one of the reasons for Sourav Ganguly being left out of the Indian team. At times,
when a match is surrounded by controversy, it has resulted in a debacle. For
example, when India slid to defeat against Australia at Brabourne Stadium in 1969,
fans began throwing stones and bottles onto the field as well as setting fire to the
stands, before laying siege to the Australian dressing rooms. During the same tour, a
stampede occurred at Eden Gardens when tickets were oversold and India fell to
another loss; the Australian team bus was later stoned with bricks.[107] A similar
event occurred during the 1996 Cricket World Cup, where India were losing the
semi-final to Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens. In this case, the fan behaviour was directed
at the Indian team in disappointment at their lacklustre performance. An armed
guard had to be placed at the home of captain Mohammad Azharuddin to ensure his
safety.[107] Indian fans have also been passionate in their following of Sachin
Tendulkar, who has been commonly thought of as one of the best batsmen in the
world. Glorified for the bulk of his career, a riot occurred in early 1999 in a Test
against Pakistan at Eden Gardens after a collision with Pakistani paceman Shoaib
Akhtar saw him run out, forcing police to eject spectators and the game to be played
in an empty stadium. Although in 2006, a string of low scores resulted in Tendulkar Sudhir Kumar Chaudharya fan of the
[108] Indian Cricket team, travels to all
being booed by the Mumbai crowd when he got out against England
Indian home games with his body
Often, fans engage in protests regarding players if they believe that regionalism has painted as the Indian Flag.

affected selection, or because of regional partisan support for local players. In 2005,
when Sourav Ganguly was dropped due to lack of form, Ganguly's home state of
West Bengal erupted in protests.[109] India later played a match against South Africa in Kolkata, West Bengal. The Indian team was
booed by the crowd who supported South Africa instead of India in response to Ganguly's dropping. Similar regional divisions in
India regarding selection have also caused protests against the team, with political activists from the regional Kalinga Kamgar Sena
party in Odisha disrupting the arrival of the team in Cuttack for an ODI over the lack of a local player in the team, with one activist
manhandling coach Greg Chappell.[110] Similar treatment was handed to Sunil Gavaskar in the 1987 World Cup Semi Finals by
crowds at Wankhede Stadium when he got bowled by Philip DeFreitas.[108]

A successful string of results, victories against arch-rivals Pakistan or victory in major tournaments such as the World Cup are
[111]
greeted with particular ecstasy from the Indian fans.

Indian women's cricket team

The Indian women's cricket team has a much lower profile than the men's team. For all national women's cricket teams, the female
players are paid much less their male counterparts, and the women's teams do not receive as much popular support or recognition as
the men's team. The women's teams also have a less packed schedule compared to men's teams and play fewer matches. The Indian
women's cricket team played its firstTest match in 1976/7, when they drew with theWest Indies in a six-match series.[112]
The Women's Cricket World Cup was held in India in 1978 and featured 4 teams.
India lost both the matches they have played. Their next appearance in the Test
and ODI circuit was against Australia in 1984, in which the Test series was tied
but the ODI series was lost in a whitewash.

The Indian women's cricket team has since picked up their form, reaching the
finals in the World Cup, but then losing to Australia. The Women's Asia Cup of
2005–06 was won by India, who beat Sri Lanka in the final. They also beat the
West Indies in the 2004–05 season, winning the 5 ODI series 5–0. They were
knocked out in the group stage of the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup held in
Members of the Indian cricket team
India. India reached the final of the 2017 World Cup but lost to England by 9
before a Women's Cricket World Cup
runs, following which the team was praised by many including Prime Minister
game in Sydney
Narendra Modi.

Jhulan Goswami is the world's leading ODI wicket-taker while Mithali Raj, the
captain, is the leading run-scorer in ODI cricket.

See also
Cricket in India
Indian Premier League
India A cricket team

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