India national cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see India women's national cricket team.

India
Nickname(s)Men in Blue[1]
AssociationBoard of Control for Cricket in India
Personnel
Test captainRohit Sharma
One Day captainRohit Sharma
T20I captainSuryakumar Yadav
CoachGautam Gambhir
Bowling coachMorné Morkel
Fielding coachT Dilip
History
Test status acquired1931 (93 years ago) (1931)
International Cricket Council
ICC statusFull Member (1926)
ICC regionACC
ICC Rankings Current[6] Best-ever
Test 2nd 1st[2] (1 April 1973)
ODI 1st 1st[3] (January 2013)
T20I 1st 1st[4][5] (28 March 2014)
Tests
First Testv  England at Lord's, London; 25–28 June 1932
Last Testv  New Zealand at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai; 1–3 November 2024
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total[7] 584 180/181
(222 draws, 1 tie)
This year[8] 11 7/4
(0 draws)
World Test Championship appearances2 (first in 2021)
Best result Runners-up
(2021, 2023)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv  England at Headingley, Leeds; 13 July 1974
Last ODIv  Sri Lanka at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo; 7 August 2024
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[9] 1,058 559/445
(10 ties, 44 no results)
This year[10] 3 0/2
(1 tie, 0 no results)
World Cup appearances13 (first in 1975)
Best result Champions
(1983, 2011)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  South Africa at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg; 1 December 2006
Last T20Iv  South Africa at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg; 15 November 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[11] 242 160/70
(6 ties, 6 no results)
This year[12] 27 22/2
(2 ties, 1 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances9 (first in 2007)
Best result Champions
(2007, 2024)
Official websitebcci.tv

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 20 November 2024
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The India men's national cricket team, colloquially Team India, represents India in men's international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. India are the current Asian Champions and Twenty20 World Champions.[13]

The team has played 584 Test matches, winning 180, losing 181, with 222 draws and 1 tie. As of November 2024, India is ranked second in the ICC Test Championship on 111 rating points. India have played in each World Test Championship final, finishing runners-up in both (2021 and 2023).

Test rivalries include the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (with Australia), Freedom Trophy (with South Africa), Anthony de Mello Trophy and Pataudi Trophy (both with England).

The team has played 1,058 ODI matches, winning 559, losing 445, tying 10 and with 44 ending in a no-result. As of November 2024, India is ranked first in the ICC ODI Championship on 118 rating points. India have appeared in the World Cup final four times 1983, 2003, 2011, 2023 and won twice in 1983 and 2011. It was the second team (after the West Indies) to win the World Cup, and the first to win the competition on home soil after winning it in 2011. India have also won two ICC Champions trophies (2002 and 2013). In addition, they have also won the ODI Asia Cup 7 times in 1984, 1988, 1990–91, 1995, 2010, 2018, 2023.

The team has played 242 Twenty20 International matches, winning 160, losing 70, tying 6 and with 6 ending in a no-result. As of November 2024, India is ranked first in the ICC T20I Championship on 268 rating points. India have won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup twice in 2007 and 2024. They have also won the Twenty20 Asia Cup in 2016 and Asian Games in 2022.

India are the reigning Asian Champions and Twenty20 World Champions, winning the former in 2023 against Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and the latter in 2024 against South Africa at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.[13]

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