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| Cricket format | One Day International |
|---|---|
| Host(s) | 1987, 1996, 2011, 2023 |
| Champions | 2 (1983, 2011) |
| Runners-up | 2 (2003, 2023) |
| Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar (2278) |
| Most wickets | Mohammed Shami (55) |
India is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body of cricket. There have been thirteen editions of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial event hosted by the ICC in the ODI format since 1975. India has participated in every edition of the Cricket World Cup since its introduction. India has won it twice in 1983 and 2011, joint second most behind Australia.
The Indian team captained by Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan won a single match across the first two editions in 1975 and 1979. Kapil Dev led India to victory in the 1983 edition, thereby becoming the second team ever to lift the World Cup after the West Indies. India hosted its first ever World Cup in 1987, but could not defend the title and was eliminated in the semifinals. The Indian team was captained by Mohammed Azharuddin for the next three editions with the best result being reaching the semifinals in the 1996 edition, co-hosted by India.
The Indian side led by Sourav Ganguly reached its second ever World Cup final in 2003 and finished as runners-up. India registered its worst ever performance in the next edition, being elimianted in the group stage. In the 2011 edition co-hosted by India, the Indian team led by M S Dhoni won its second ever World Cup title. India won 14 of the 17 matches across the next two editions, but did not progress beyond the semifinals in both the tournaments. In the 2023 edition hosted exclusively by India, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team did not lose a single match enroute to its fourth final and finished as runners-up for the second time.
Sachin Tendulkar is the leading run scorer for India with 2278 runs and holds the record for the most runs across World Cups. Mohammed Shami is the leading wicket taking bowler for India with 55 wickets. Virat Kohli holds the record for the most runs scored in a single edition of the World Cup with 765 runs in the 2023 World Cup. Rohit Sharma has scored seven centuries across World Cups with five in a single edition in 2019.