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| Nickname(s) | Men in Blue[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Association | Board of Control for Cricket in India | ||||||||||||
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| Test captain | Rohit Sharma | ||||||||||||
| One Day captain | Rohit Sharma | ||||||||||||
| T20I captain | Suryakumar Yadav | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Gautam Gambhir | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Test status acquired | 1931 (94 years ago) (1931) | ||||||||||||
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| ICC status | Full Member (1926) | ||||||||||||
| ICC region | ACC | ||||||||||||
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| First Test | v England atLord's,London; 25–28 June 1932 | ||||||||||||
| Last Test | v Australia atSydney Cricket Ground,Sydney; 3–5 January 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| World Test Championship appearances | 3 (first in2021) | ||||||||||||
| Best result |  Runners-up(2021,2023) | ||||||||||||
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| First ODI | v England atHeadingley,Leeds; 13 July 1974 | ||||||||||||
| Last ODI | v New Zealand atDubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai; 9 March 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| World Cup appearances | 13 (first in1975) | ||||||||||||
| Best result |  Champions(1983,2011) | ||||||||||||
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| First T20I | v South Africa atWanderers Stadium,Johannesburg; 1 December 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Last T20I | v England atWankhede Stadium,Mumbai; 2 February 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 9 (first in2007) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2007,2024) | ||||||||||||
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 Women's (1976–present) | Men's (1926–present) | Women's U19 (2022–present) | Men's U19 (1979–present) | Blind Men's (2012–present) |
TheIndia men's national cricket team, also known asMen in Blue, representsIndia ininternational cricket. It is governed by theBoard of Control for Cricket in India and is afull member nation of theInternational Cricket Council withTest,ODI andT20I status. India are the currentT20 World Champions andChampions Trophy holders.
The team has played 589 Test matches, winning 181, losing 184, with 223 draws and 1 tie. As of November 2024, India is ranked second in theTest Championship on 111 rating points. India have played in two of the threeWorld Test Championship finals, finishing runners-up in2021 and2023, while finishing third in2025.
Test rivalries include theBorder–Gavaskar Trophy withAustralia,Freedom Trophy withSouth Africa,Anthony de Mello Trophy andPataudi Trophy both withEngland.
The team has played 1,066 ODI matches, winning 567, losing 445,tying 10 and with 44 ending in ano-result. As of March 2025, India is ranked first in theICC ODI Championship on 122 rating points. India have appeared in theWorld Cup final four times (1983,2003,2011,2023) and won twice in 1983 and 2011. It was the second team, after theWest Indies, to win the World Cup, and the first to win the competition on home soil after winning it in2011. India have also wonChampions trophies in2002,2013 and2025. In addition, they have also won theODI Asia Cup 7 times in1984,1988,1990–91,1995,2010,2018, and2023.
The team has played 247 Twenty20 International matches, winning 164, losing 71,tying 6 and with 6 ending in ano-result. As of November 2024, India is ranked first in theICC T20I Championship on 268 rating points. India have won theICC Men's T20 World Cup twice in2007 and2024. They have also won theTwenty20 Asia Cup in2016 and gold medal at theAsian Games in2022.
India are the reigningOne Day Asian andT20 World Champions, winning the formerin 2023 against Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka and the latterin 2024 against South Africa at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.[12] They are also currentChampions Trophy holders, winningit in 2025 against New Zealand at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, UAE.
The British first brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721.[13] It was played and adopted byKolis ofGujarat who were seapirates andoutlaws who often looted theBritish ships. TheEast India Company tried to manage the Kolis through cricket and were successful,,[14][15][16] In 1848, theParsi community in Mumbai 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.[17] By 1912, the Parsis,Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims of Bombay played aquadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year.[17] In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the England cricket team. Some of these, such asRanjitsinhji andDuleepsinhji were greatly appreciated by the British and their names went on to be used for theRanji Trophy andDuleep Trophy – two major first-class tournaments in India. In 1911, an Indian men's cricket team, captained byBhupinder Singh of Patiala, went on theirfirst official tour of the British Isles, but only played English county teams and not the England cricket team.[18][19]
India was invited to theInternational Cricket Council in 1926, and made their debut as a Test playing nation inEngland in 1932, led by C. K. Nayudu, who was considered the best Indian batsman at the time.[20] The one-off Test match between the two sides was played atLord's inLondon. The team was not strong in their batting[21] at this point and went on to lose by 158 runs.[22] India hosted its first men'sTest cricket series in 1933 whenEngland toured India. The visitors won the three-test series 2–0 with the matches held atBombay (now Mumbai),Calcutta (now Kolkata) andMadras (now Chennai).[23] The Indian team continued to improve throughout the 1930s and 1940s but did not achieve an international victory during this period. In the early 1940s, India did not play any men's Test cricket due toWorld War II. The team's firstseries as an independent country was in late 1947 againstDon Bradman'sAustralia.[24] It was also the first Test series India played which was not against England. Australia men's cricket team won the five-match series 4–0, with Bradman tormenting the Indian bowling in his final Australian summer.[25] India subsequently played their first Test series at home not against England, but against theWest Indies in 1948. West Indies won the five Test series 1–0.[26] India recorded their first Test victory, in their 24th match, against England at Madras in 1952.[27] Later in the same year, they won their first Test series, which was againstPakistan.[28] They continued their improvement throughout the early 1950s with a series win againstNew 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 Test to complete the only 5–0 whitewash ever inflicted by England.[29] 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.[30]
The key to India'sbowling in the 1970s were theIndian spin quartet –Bishan Singh Bedi,E. A. S. Prasanna,B. S. Chandrasekhar andSrinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan. This period also saw the emergence of two of India's best ever batsmen, Sunil Gavaskar andGundappa Viswanath. Indianpitches have had the tendency to supportspin and the spin quartet exploited this to create collapses in opposing batting line-ups.[31][32] These players were responsible for the back-to-back series wins in 1971 in the West Indies and in England, under the captaincy ofAjit Wadekar. Gavaskar scored 774 runs in the West Indian series whileDilip Sardesai's 112 played a big part in their one Test win.[33][34][35]
The advent of men'sOne 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 theCricket World Cup.[36] 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.[37]
In contrast, India fielded a strong team in Test matches and was particularly strong at home, where their combination of stylish batsmen and beguiling spinners were at their best. India set a then Test record in the third Test against the West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 1976, when they chased 403 to win, thanks to 112 from Viswanath.[38] 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.[39] There were six fifties, the highest being 70 byMohinder Amarnath.[40] This innings was only the eighth instance in Test cricket where all eleven batsmen reached double figures.[41]
During the 1980s, India developed a more attack-minded batting line-up with stroke makers such as the wristyMohammad Azharuddin,Krishnamachari Srikanth,Dilip Vengsarkar and all-roundersKapil Dev andRavi Shastri. India won the Cricket World Cup in 1983, defeating the favourites and the two-time defending champions West Indies in the final at Lord's, owing to a strong bowling performance.[42][43] In spite of this, the team performed poorly in the Test arena, including 28 consecutive Test matches without a victory. In 1984, India won theAsia Cup and in 1985, won theWorld Championship of Cricket in Australia. Apart from this, India remained a weak team outside theIndian subcontinent. India's Test series victory in 1986 against England remained the last Test series win by India outside thesubcontinent 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.[44] The period was also marked by an unstable leadership, with Gavaskar and Kapil exchanging the captaincy several times.[45][46]
The addition ofSachin Tendulkar andAnil Kumble to the national side in 1989 and 1990 further improved the team. The following year,Javagal Srinath, India's fastest bowler sinceAmar Singh made his debut. Despite this, during the 1990s, India did not win any of its 33 Tests outside thesubcontinent while it won 17 out of its 30 Tests at home. After being eliminated by neighboursSri Lanka on home soil at the1996 Cricket World Cup semi-final, the team underwent a year of change asSourav Ganguly andRahul 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.[47]
After failing to reach the semi-finals at the1999 Cricket World Cup, Tendulkar was again made captain, and had another poor run, losing 3–0 on a tour of Australia and then 2–0 at home to South Africa. Tendulkar resigned, vowing never to captain the team again.[48]
The team was further damaged in 2000 when former captain Azharuddin and fellow batsmanAjay Jadeja were implicated in amatch-fixing scandal and given life and five-year bans respectively.[49][50] This period was described by the BBC as "the Indian cricket's worst hour".[51] However, the new core – Tendulkar, Dravid, Kumble and Ganguly – swore not to let this happen to them again, and led Indian cricket out of the dark times. The first three put aside personal ambitions to let Ganguly lead them into a new era.[52]
The Indian team underwent major improvements under the captaincy of Ganguly and the guidance ofJohn Wright, India's first foreign coach.[53][54] In theKolkata Test match, India became only the third team in the history of Test cricket to win a Test match after following on.Australian captainSteve Waugh labelled India as the "Final Frontier" because of his side's inability to win a Test series in India.[55] In 2002, India were joint-winners of theICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka and then went to the2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa, where they reached the final, only to be beaten by 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.[56]
In September 2007, India won the first-everICC Men's T20 World Cup held in South Africa, beating Pakistan by five runs in the final.[57] On 2 April 2011, India won the2011 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.[58] India also became the first team to win the World Cup on home soil.[59] India defeated England in the2013 ICC Champions Trophy final and captainM. S. Dhoni became the first men's cricket team captain in history to win the three major ICC trophies, namely theCricket World Cup,ICC Men's T20 World Cup andICC Champions Trophy.[60][61]
In the2014 ICC Men's World Twenty20 hosted in Bangladesh, India narrowly missed out on another ICC trophy by losing to Sri Lanka in the final.[62] India was knocked out of the2015 Cricket World Cup in the semi-final to eventual winners Australia.[63] India then began 2016 by winning the2016 Asia Cup, remaining unbeaten throughout the tournament.[64] The team were favourites to win the2016 ICC World Twenty20, which was being held at home, but lost in the semi-final to eventual champions West Indies.[65] India defeated Pakistan in their first game of the2017 ICC Champions Trophy but lost to the same opponents in the final, the first time they had met at this stage of a tournament since 2007.[66][67]
The Indian team's next major global tournament was the2019 Cricket World Cup where the team finished first in the group stage with seven wins and only one loss which came against host nation England.[68] They made the semis but lost to New Zealand by 18 runs.[69]Rohit Sharma was the highest run-scorer for the team with 648 runs. India played the2021 ICC World Test Championship Final against New Zealand inSouthampton in which they lost by eight wickets.[70] India qualified for the semi-finals in the2022 T20 World Cup, but lost to England by ten wickets.
After a 3–1 series win against Australia on home soil.[71] India played the2023 ICC World Test Championship final againstAustralia atThe Oval in which they lost by 209 runs.[72] India went on to win the2023 Asia Cup final againstSri Lanka inR. Premadasa Stadium by ten wickets .[73]Kuldeep Yadav was the player of the tournament with nine wickets. Meanwhile, the Indian men's cricket team secured a gold medal in2022 Asian games due to higher seeding after the final against Afghanisthan was washed out.[74]
India had an unbeaten campaign in the 2023 Cricket World Cup, starting with a win over Australia with six wickets. They stormed into the final after a strong win against Sri Lanka by 302 runs, and then won their semi-final against New Zealand by 70 runs. The game was marked by Virat Kohli becoming the first to ever achieve 50 ODI Centuries, surpassing the previous record set by Sachin Tendulkar. As well, Mohammed Shami took the best bowling figures for an Indian in the ODI World Cup, 7/57. However, they were ultimately defeated in thefinal by Australia.[75]Virat Kohli was the highest run scorer of the ODI World Cup with 765 runs, the most ever in a single edition of the World Cup.[76]
Rohit Sharma,Virat Kohli, andRavindra Jadeja played in T20Is during this period however retired from the format following the2024 T20 World Cup.[77]
India won the2024 T20 World Cup by defeatingSouth Africa in thefinal.[78][79] They became the third team after England and West Indies to win the cup twice and also the first team to win the tournament undefeated.Arshdeep Singh was the joint-highest wicket taker at 17 wickets.[80][81] On 15 November 2024, during the fourthTwenty20 International (T20I) match of India's tour of South Africa, which consisted of four matches, bothSanju Samson andTilak Varma achieved the remarkable feat of scoring centuries. This marks the first instance in the history ofTwenty20 International (T20I) match where multiple batters from a full-member team have surpassed the three-figure mark in the sameinnings.[82]
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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 theInternational Cricket Council (ICC). Its headquarters is situated in the 'Cricket centre' atChurchgate inMumbai, Maharashtra. Amongst the richest sporting organisations in the world, it sold media rights for India's matches from 2006 to 2010 for $612,000,000.[85]Roger Binny is present BCCI president andDevajit Saikia is secretary.
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 withBangladesh orZimbabwe.[86] In the past, the BCCI has also come into conflict with the ICC regardingsponsorships.[87]
Selection for the Indian cricket team occurs through the BCCI's zonal selection policy, where each of the five zones is represented by one selector and one of the members nominated by BCCI as the chairman of the selection committee. This has sometimes led to controversy as to whether these selectors are biased towards their zones.[88]
Until 18 November 2022,Chetan Sharma was the chief selector andDebashish Mohanty,Harvinder Singh andSunil Joshi were members. The entire panel was sacked after the unsuccessful performance of the team in2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[89] On 7 January 2023, Sharma was again appointed as the chief selector along withShiv Sunder Das,Subroto Banerjee,Salil Ankola, andSridharan Sharath.[90] On 17 February 2023, Sharma resigned from his post after a sting operation by a private news channel saw him make several loose comments on the Indian team with Shiv Sunder Das replacing him and acting as an interim chief selector.[91] On 4 July 2023,Ajit Agarkar was appointed as the new chief selector and replaced Sharma.[92] He joined Das, Banerjee, Ankola and Sharath on the selection committee.[93]
India plays its Test cricket matches with the traditionalcricket whites with navy blue caps and helmets. The uniforms worn in limited-overs matches have different shades of blue for ODIs and T20Is, with sometimes a splash of the colours that are present in the Indian flag.[94]
During the1992 and1999 Cricket World Cups, the Indian team's kit was sponsored byISC andAsics respectively,[95][96] but had been without an official kit sponsor until 2001. With no official kit sponsor for the Indian team, Omtex manufactured theshirts and pants for the team, while some players chose to wear pants provided to them by their individual sponsors likeAdidas andReebok until December 2005. In December 2005,Nike outbid its competitors Adidas and Reebok, and acquired the contract for five years which started in January 2006 ahead ofIndian team's tour to Pakistan.[97] Nike was a long time kit supplier to team India with two extensions for a period of five years each time; in 2011[98] and 2016[99] respectively.
After Nike ended its contract in September 2020,[100] MPL Sports Apparel & Accessories, a subsidiary of online gaming platformMobile Premier League replaced Nike as the kit manufacturer in November 2020 ahead ofIndian team's tour to Australia, which was supposed to run until December 2023.[101][102]
In November 2022, MPL Sports decided to exit the deal before the end of their contract and hand over their rights to Kewal Kiran Clothing Limited (KKCL).[103] In January 2023, MPL appointed Kewal Kiran Clothing Limited (KKCL) and Killer Jeans (a brand owned by KKCL) as interim sponsors until May 2023.[104][105] In February 2023, it was announced that Adidas will begin a five-year sponsorship deal in June 2023 ahead ofICC World Test Championship final, replacing KKCL.[106] In May 2023,BCCI officially announced Adidas as their kit sponsor for the next five years running until March 2028.[107][108][109]
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor[110] |
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| 1992 | ISC | – |
| 1999 | Asics | ITC Limited (Wills &ITC Hotels) |
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| 2001–2005 | Omtex | Sahara |
| 2006–2013 | Nike | |
| 2014–2017 | Star India | |
| 2017–2019 | Oppo | |
| 2019–2020 | Byju's | |
| 2020–2022 | MPL Sports | |
| 2023 | Killer Jeans | |
| 2023 – present | Adidas | Dream11 |
| Team sponsor | Dream11 |
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| Kit sponsor | Adidas |
| Title sponsor | IDFC FIRST Bank |
| Official partner(s) | SBI Life Campa Atomberg Technologies |
| Official broadcaster | JioStar |
Dream11 (Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) was announced as the sponsor for the team on 1 July 2023.[113] Their sponsorship is supposed to run until 31 March 2026 for a period of three years.[114] Previously,Byju's was the sponsor for the Indian team from 5 September 2019 until 31 March 2023, afterOppo handed over the rights to them.[115] Oppo's sponsorship was supposed to run from 2017 until 2022, but they handed over to Byju's. On 7 March 2022, Byju's extended its sponsorship for one year.[116][117] Previously, the Indian team has been sponsored by Byju's from September 2019 until March 2023,Oppo from May 2017 until August 2019,Star India from January 2014 until March 2017,[118]Sahara India Pariwar from June 2001 until December 2013[119][120] andITC Limited (withWills andITC Hotels brands) from June 1993 until May 2001.[121][122]
On 9 January 2024, BCCI announcedCampa and Atomberg Technologies as official partners for its domestic & international season during 2024–26.[123] On 20 September 2023, BCCI announcedSBI Life as the official partner for its domestic & international season during 2023–26.[124] In August 2023,IDFC First Bank replacedMastercard as the current title sponsor for all international and domestic matches played in India for the 2023–26 season.[125] The title sponsorship was initially given toPaytm for all matches played between 2015 and 2023[126] but they handed over to Mastercard in 2022. On 30 August 2019, following the conclusion of the expression of interest process for official partners' rights, the BCCI announced that Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Dream11),LafargeHolcim (ACC Cements, andAmbuja Cements) andHyundai Motors India Ltd. have acquired the official partners' rights for the BCCI International and Domestic matches during 2019–2023.[127]Disney Star andAirtel have been title sponsors previously.[128][129]
Viacom18 is the official broadcaster until March 2028 for all the men's international and domestic matches played in India.[130][131]Sports18 telecasts the international and domestic matches on TV, while it is live streamed onJioCinema as OTT (over the top) platform.[132]
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 inBombay in 1933, the only Test it ever hosted. The second and third Tests in the 1933 series were hosted atEden Gardens andChepauk. TheFeroz Shah Kotla Ground 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 five-Test series. There are 21 stadiums in India that have hosted at least oneofficial Test match. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of world-class cricket stadiums in India.[133][134]
India currently has the world's largest cricket stadium.[135][136] The Narendra Modi Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Eden Gardens in Kolkata has hosted the most Tests, and also has the third-largestseating capacity of any cricket stadium in the world. Founded in 1864, it is one of the most historical stadiums in India, having hosted numerous historical and controversial matches.[137][138] Other major stadiums in India include theArun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, which was established in 1883 and hosted memorable matches including Anil Kumble's ten wickets in an innings haul against Pakistan.[139]
The Bombay Gymkhana hosted the first Test match in India which is the only Test it has hosted to date.[140]Wankhede Stadium, established in 1974, has a capacity to hold 33,100 spectators and is currently the most 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 (seeMumbai cricket team). Thus the stadium regularly hosts major Test matches.[141] TheM. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk is also considered to be an important historical Indian cricket ground, established in the early 1900s, and it was the site of India's first Test victory.[142]
A total of 35 men have captained the Indian men's cricket team in at least one Test match, although only six have led the team in more than 25 matches, and six have captained the team in men's ODIs but not Tests. India's first captain of the men's cricket team wasC. K. 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 of the men's cricket team and the first Indian to score a century inTest cricket while playing for India, led the team in its first Test match afterIndian 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 men's cricket team had a number of captains such asVijay Hazare,Polly Umrigar andNari Contractor.[143][144]
The Nawab of Pataudi,Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, was the men's 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 men's cricket team on its maiden New Zealand tour, which ended in India winning the Test series 3–1.[145] 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 men's ODI in 1974, also under his captaincy.[146] India won its first men's ODI under the captaincy ofSrinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan in the1975 Cricket World Cup, againstEast Africa. Between 1975–76 and 1978–79,Bishan Singh Bedi captained the team in 22 men's Tests and four ODIs, winning six Tests and one ODI.[147][148]
Sunil Gavaskar took over as men's Test and ODI captain in 1978–79, leading India in 47 Test matches and 37 ODIs, winning nine Tests and 14 ODIs. He was succeeded byKapil Dev in the 1980s, who captained for 34 Test matches, including four victories. Kapil Dev led India to victory in 39 of his 74 ODIs in charge, including the1983 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 andKrishnamachari 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).[149][150]
India has had six regular Test captains of the men's cricket team sinceMohammad 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 men's cricket team in 25 Test matches and 73 ODIs in the late 1990s; Tendulkar was relatively unsuccessful[151][152] as a captain, winning only four Test matches and 23 ODIs.
Sourav Ganguly became the regular captain of the men's team in both Tests and ODIs in 2000.[153] 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 the2002 ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka, and the runners-up of the2003 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 men's Test captain in 2005. In 2006, he led India to its first Test series victory in the West Indies in more than 30 years.[154]
In September 2007,MS Dhoni was named as the new captain of the men's ODI and T20I teams, after Dravid stepped down from the post. Soon after taking up the captaincy, Dhoni led the team to theinaugural World men's 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 men's Test captain, making him the captain in all formats. Under the captaincy of Dhoni, the Indian men's cricket team held the number one position in theICC Men's Test Team 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).[155] Dhoni also led the team to victory in2011 Cricket World Cup and2013 ICC Champions Trophy. Thus,Dhoni became the first captain in history to win all three major ICC trophies, namely- the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011,ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2007 and the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013.[156] However, the team performed poorly in away Tests from 2011 to 2014 and Dhoni retired from Test cricket in December 2014, withVirat Kohli being named as the new Test captain.[157] Dhoni resigned as captain of the ODI and T20I teams in January 2017 and Kohli succeeded him at the position.[158]
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 also had an unbeaten streak of winning nine consecutive Test series, starting with a 3–0 series win over Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka and ending with a 1–0 series win over Sri Lanka at home. 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 was India's second most successful Test captain, behindAjinkya Rahane, having won more than 58% of Test matches (at least two games).[159]
In November 2021,Rohit Sharma was appointed as the new T20I captain of the Indian men's cricket team after Kohli resigned from the role.[160] Kohli led India one last time in T20Is at theT20 World Cup 2021. Under Rohit Sharma's first series as permanent captaincy, Indiawhitewashed New Zealand at home in the T20I series 3–0.[161] In December 2021, Sharma was also appointed as the new ODI captain of the Indian men's cricket team, replacing Kohli ahead of theiraway series against South Africa.[162] Kohli later quit as Test captain as well, after theirTest series loss to South Africa.[163]Sharma replaced Kohli as Test captain before theTest series against Sri Lanka[164] and is now the full-time captain of the Indian men's cricket team.
| Rank | Matches | Player | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | %Won | %Lost | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 332 | MS Dhoni | 178 | 120 | 6 | 15 | 53.61 | 36.14 | 2007-2018 |
| 2 | 221 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 104 | 90 | 2 | 19 | 47.05 | 40.72 | 1990-1999 |
| 3 | 213 | Virat Kohli | 135 | 60 | 3 | 11 | 63.38 | 28.16 | 2013-2022 |
| 4 | 195 | Sourav Ganguly | 97 | 78 | 0 | 15 | 49.74 | 40.00 | 1999-2005 |
| 5 | 141 | Rohit Sharma | 102 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 72.34 | 23.40 | 2017-present |
| Last updated: 4 March 2025[165] | |||||||||
TheBCCI released the list of their 2023–24 annual player contracts on 28 February 2024.[166] Players can still be upgraded to a Grade C annual player contract on a pro-rata basis by meeting the criteria of playing a minimum of three Tests or eight ODIs or ten T20Is in the specified period (1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024).
This is a list of every active player who is contracted to BCCI, has played for India since February 2024 or was named in the recent Test, ODI or T20I squads. Uncapped players are listed initalics.[167]
Last updated: 2 March 2025
| Symbol | Meaning |
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| CG | Contract grade with BCCI |
| No. | Shirt number of the player in all formats |
| Format | Denotes the player recently played in which particular format, not his entire career |
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Domestic team | IPL Team | CG | Forms | No. | Captaincy | Last Test | Last ODI | Last T20I |
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| Batters | ||||||||||||
| Shubman Gill | 25 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | Punjab | Gujarat Titans | A | Test, ODI, T20I | 77 | ODI (VC) | 2025 | 2025 |  2024 |
| Shreyas Iyer | 30 | Right-handed | Right-armleg spin | Mumbai | Punjab Kings | — | ODI | 96 | 2024 | 2025 | 2023 | |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 23 | Left-handed | Right-armleg spin | Mumbai | Rajasthan Royals | B | Test, ODI | 64 | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Sarfaraz Khan | 27 | Right-handed | — | Mumbai | — | C | Test | 97 | 2024 | — | — | |
| Virat Kohli | 36 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | Delhi | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | A+ | Test, ODI | 18 | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Devdutt Padikkal | 24 | Right-handed | — | Karnataka | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | — | Test | 37 | 2024 | — | 2021 | |
| Riyan Parag | 23 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break,leg break | Assam | Rajasthan Royals | — | — | 12 | — | 2024 |  2024 | |
| Rohit Sharma | 37 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | Mumbai | Mumbai Indians | A+ | Test, ODI | 45 | Test, ODI (C) | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 |
| Rinku Singh | 27 | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | Uttar Pradesh | Kolkata Knight Riders | C | T20I | 35 | — | 2023 | 2025 | |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 34 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | Mumbai | Mumbai Indians | B | T20I | 63 | T20I (C) | 2023 | 2023 | 2025 |
| All-rounders | ||||||||||||
| Shivam Dube | 31 | Left-handed | Right-armmedium | Mumbai | Chennai Super Kings | C | T20I | 25 | — | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 36 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Saurashtra | Chennai Super Kings | A+ | Test, ODI | 8 | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Hardik Pandya | 31 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | Baroda | Mumbai Indians | A | ODI, T20I | 33 | 2018 | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Axar Patel | 31 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Gujarat | Delhi Capitals | B | ODI, T20I | 20 | T20I (VC) | 2024 | 2025 | 2025 |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | 21 | Right-handed | Right armmedium-fast | Andhra Pradesh | Sunrisers Hyderabad | — | Test, T20I | 88 | 2025 | — | 2025 | |
| Abhishek Sharma | 24 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Punjab | Sunrisers Hyderabad | — | T20I | 4 | — | — | 2025 | |
| Washington Sundar | 25 | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | Tamil Nadu | Gujarat Titans | C | Test, ODI, T20I | 5 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Tilak Varma | 22 | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | Hyderabad | Mumbai Indians | C | T20I | 72 | — | 2023 | 2025 | |
| Wicket-keeper-batters | ||||||||||||
| Dhruv Jurel | 24 | Right-handed | — | Uttar Pradesh | Rajasthan Royals | C | Test, T20I | 16 | 2024 | — | 2025 | |
| Rishabh Pant | 27 | Left-handed | — | Delhi | Lucknow Super Giants | B | Test, ODI | 17 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| KL Rahul | 32 | Right-handed | — | Karnataka | Delhi Capitals | A | Test, ODI | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | 2022 | |
| Sanju Samson | 30 | Right-handed | — | Kerala | Rajasthan Royals | C | T20I | 9 | — | 2023 | 2025 | |
| Pace bowlers | ||||||||||||
| Jasprit Bumrah | 31 | Right-handed | Right-armfast | Gujarat | Mumbai Indians | A+ | Test, T20I | 93 | Test (VC) | 2025 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Yash Dayal | 27 | Right-handed | Left-armmedium-fast | Uttar Pradesh | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | F | — | 133 | — | — | — | |
| Akash Deep | 28 | Right-handed | Right-armfast-medium | Bengal | Lucknow Super Giants | F | Test | 41 | 2024 | — | — | |
| Vidwath Kaverappa | 26 | Right-handed | Right-armfast-medium | Karnataka | — | F | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Prasidh Krishna | 29 | Right-handed | Right armfast-medium | Karnataka | Gujarat Titans | C | Test | 24 | 2025 | 2023 | 2023 | |
| Umran Malik | 25 | Right-handed | Right-armfast | Jammu and Kashmir | — | F | — | 21 | — |  2023 | 2023 | |
| Harshit Rana | 23 | Right-handed | Right armfast | Delhi | Kolkata Knight Riders | — | Test, ODI, T20I | 22 | 2024 |  2025 | 2025 | |
| Mohammed Shami | 34 | Right-handed | Right-armfast | Bengal | Sunrisers Hyderabad | A | ODI, T20I | 11 | 2023 | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Arshdeep Singh | 26 | Left-handed | Left-armmedium-fast | Punjab | Punjab Kings | C | ODI, T20I | 2 | — | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Mohammed Siraj | 31 | Right-handed | Right-armfast | Hyderabad | Gujarat Titans | A | Test | 73 | 2025 | 2024 | 2024 | |
| Vijaykumar Vyshak | 28 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | Karnataka | Punjab Kings | F | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Mayank Yadav | 22 | Right-handed | Right-armfast | Delhi | Lucknow Super Giants | — | T20I | — | — | — | 2024 | |
| Spin bowlers | ||||||||||||
| Ravi Bishnoi | 24 | Right-handed | Right-armleg spin | Gujarat | Lucknow Super Giants | C | T20I | 56 | — | 2022 | 2025 | |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 33 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | Tamil Nadu | Kolkata Knight Riders | — | ODI, T20I | 29 | — | 2025 | 2025 | |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 30 | Left-handed | Left-arm wrist spin | Uttar Pradesh | Delhi Capitals | B | Test, ODI, T20I | 23 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
BCCI awards central contracts to its players, their pay is graded according to the importance of the player. Players' salaries are as follows:[166]
Players also receive a match fee of₹15 lakh (US$17,000) per Test match,₹6 lakh (US$6,900) per ODI, and₹3 lakh (US$3,400) per T20I.
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach[168] |  Gautam Gambhir |
| Assistant coach[169] | Abhishek Nayar |
 Ryan ten Doeschate | |
| Batting Coach[170] | Sitanshu Kotak |
| Bowling coach[171] | Morné Morkel |
| Fielding coach[172] | T. Dilip |
Keki TaraporeHemu AdhikariGulabrai RamchandDatta GaekwadSalim DurraniAshok MankadPR Man SinghChandu BordeBishan Singh BediAbbas Ali BaigAjit WadekarSandeep PatilMadan LalAnshuman GaekwadKapil DevJohn WrightGreg ChappellRavi Shastri(Interim)Lalchand RajputGary Kirsten
Duncan FletcherRavi Shastri(Team director)Sanjay Bangar (Interim)Anil KumbleSanjay Bangar(Interim)Ravi ShastriRahul DravidVVS Laxman(Interim)Gautam GambhirA red box around the year indicates tournaments played withinIndia
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Semi-finals |
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR | Ref |
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 2028 | ||||||||
| Total |
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR | Squad | Ref |
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| 1975 | Group Stage | 6/8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [173] |
| 1979 | Group Stage | 7/8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [174] |
 1983 | Champions | 1/8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [175] |
| 1987 | Semi Finals | 3/8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [176] |
| 1992 | Group Stage | 7/9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Squad | [177] |
| 1996 | Semi Finals | 3/12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [178] |
  1999 | Super Six | 6/12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [179] |
 2003 | Runners-up | 2/14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [180] |
| 2007 | Group Stage | 9/16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [181] |
| 2011 | Champions | 1/14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Squad | [182] |
| 2015 | Semi Finals | 3/14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [183] |
| 2019 | Semi Finals | 3/10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Squad | [184] |
| 2023 | Runners Up | 2/10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [185] |
 2027 | TBD | [186] | |||||||
| 2031 | Qualified as co-hosts | [187] | |||||||
| Total | 2 Titles | 13/13 | 96 | 63 | 30 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR | Squad | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Champions | 1/12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Squad | [188] |
| 2009 | Super 8s | 7/12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [189] |
| 2010 | Super 8s | 8/12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [190] |
| 2012 | Super 8s | 5/12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [191] |
| 2014 | Runners-up | 2/16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [192] |
| 2016 | Semi-finals | 4/16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [193] |
  2021 | Super 12s | 6/16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [194] |
| 2022 | Semi-finals | 3/16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [195] |
| 2024 | Champions | 1/20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Squad | [196] |
| 2026 | Qualified as co host | [197] | |||||||
| 2028 | TBD | [198] | |||||||
| 2030 | TBD | [199] | |||||||
| Total | 2 Titles | 9/9 | 53 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Season | League stage | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Standing | Matches | DED | PC | Points | PCT | Venue | Final | Position | Ref | |||||
| P | W | L | D | T | ||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | 1/9 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 720 | 520 | 72.2 | Rose Bowl, England | Lost to New Zealand by 8 wickets | Runners Up | [200] |
| 2021–2023 | 2/9 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 216 | 127 | 58.80 | The Oval, England | Lost to Australia by 209 runs | Runners Up | [201] |
| 2023–2025 | 3/9 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 228 | 114 | 50.00 | Lord's, England | Did Not Qualify | Third Place | |
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR | Squad | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Semi Finals | 3/9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [202] |
| 2000 | Runners Up | 2/11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [203] |
| 2002 | Champions | 1/12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Squad | [204] |
| 2004 | Group Stage | 7/12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [205] |
| 2006 | Group Stage | 5/10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [206] |
| 2009 | Group Stage | 5/8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Squad | [207] |
| 2013 | Champions | 1/8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [208] |
| 2017 | Runners Up | 2/8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [209] |
| 2025 | Champions | 1/8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Squad | [210] |
| 2029 | Qualified as hosts | [211] | |||||||
| Total | 3 Titles | 9/9 | 34 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1998 | Group Stage | 9/16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [212] |
 2030 | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Title | 1/1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2010 | Did not participate | |||||||
 2014 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 2022 | Gold | 1/14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | [213] |
 2026 | ||||||||
| Total | 1 Title | 1/3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR | Ref |
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| 1984 | Champions | 1/3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [214] |
| 1986 | Boycotted the tournament | [215] | ||||||
| 1988 | Champions | 1/4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [216] |
| 1990–91 | Champions | 1/3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [217] |
| 1995 | Champions | 1/4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [218] |
| 1997 | Runners Up | 2/4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | [219] |
| 2000 | First Round | 3/4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [220] |
| 2004 | Runners Up | 2/6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | [221] |
| 2008 | Runners Up | 2/6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [222] |
| 2010 | Champions | 1/4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [223] |
| 2012 | First Round | 3/4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [224] |
| 2014 | First Round | 3/5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [225] |
| 2016 | Champions | 1/5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [226] |
| 2018 | Champions | 1/6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [227] |
| 2022 | Super Fours | 3/6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [228] |
| 2023 | Champions | 1/6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [229] |
| 2025 | TBD | [230] | ||||||
| 2027 | TBD | |||||||
| Total | 8 Titles | 15/16 | 65 | 43 | 19 | 1 | 2 | |
| Year | Round | Position | P | W | L | T | NR | Ref |
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| 2016 | Did not participate | |||||||
 2019 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 2026 | TBA | |||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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| Australian Tri-Series | Asian Test Championship | Austral-Asia Cup | NatWest Series | World Championship of Cricket | Nehru Cup | Hero Cup |
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Australia) South Africa) England) England)Head-to-head record
| Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | % Won | % Lost | % Drew | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2018 | 2018 |
| Australia | 112 | 33 | 48 | 1 | 30 | 29.46 | 42.85 | 26.78 | 1947 | 2025 |
| Bangladesh | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 86.66 | 0.00 | 13.33 | 2000 | 2024 |
| England | 136 | 35 | 51 | 0 | 50 | 25.73 | 37.50 | 36.76 | 1932 | 2024 |
| New Zealand | 65 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 33.84 | 24.61 | 41.53 | 1955 | 2024 |
| Pakistan | 59 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 38 | 15.25 | 20.33 | 64.40 | 1952 | 2007 |
| South Africa | 44 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 36.36 | 40.90 | 22.72 | 1992 | 2023 |
| Sri Lanka | 46 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 47.82 | 15.21 | 36.95 | 1982 | 2022 |
| West Indies | 100 | 23 | 30 | 0 | 47 | 23.00 | 30.00 | 47.00 | 1948 | 2023 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 63.63 | 18.18 | 18.18 | 1992 | 2005 |
| Total | 589 | 181 | 184 | 1 | 223 | 30.73 | 31.23 | 37.86 | 1932 | 2025 |
| Statistics are correct as of India v Australia, 5th Test, 3-5 January 2025.[236][237] | ||||||||||
Most Test runs for India[238]
Most Test wickets for India[240][241]
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Head-to-head record
| Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result | % Won | First | Last | |
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| Afghanistan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | 2014 | 2023 | |
| Australia | 152 | 58 | 84 | 0 | 10 | 38.14 | 1980 | 2023 | |
| Bangladesh | 42 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 78.57 | 1988 | 2025 | |
| England | 110 | 61 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 55.45 | 1974 | 2025 | |
 Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2007 | 2015 | |
| New Zealand | 120 | 62 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 51.66 | 1975 | 2025 | |
| Pakistan | 136 | 58 | 73 | 0 | 5 | 42.64 | 1978 | 2025 | |
| South Africa | 94 | 40 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 42.55 | 1991 | 2024 | |
| Sri Lanka | 171 | 99 | 59 | 2 | 11 | 57.89 | 1979 | 2024 | |
| West Indies | 142 | 72 | 64 | 2 | 4 | 50.70 | 1979 | 2023 | |
| Zimbabwe | 71 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 81.81 | 1983 | 2024 | |
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 Bermuda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2007 | 2007 | |
 East Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1975 | 1975 | |
 Hong Kong | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2008 | 2018 | |
| Kenya | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 84.62 | 1996 | 2004 | |
| Namibia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2003 | 2003 | |
| Nepal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2023 | 2023 | |
| Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2003 | 2023 | |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2007 | 2007 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 1994 | 2015 | |
| Total | 1066 | 567 | 445 | 10 | 44 | 53.18 | 1974 | 2025 | |
| Statistics are correct as of India v New Zealand atDubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai, 9 March 2025.[243][244] | |||||||||
Most ODI runs for India[245]
Most ODI wickets for India
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| Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Tie+Win | Tie+Loss | No Result | % Won | First | Last |
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| Afghanistan | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 77.78 | 2010 | 2024 |
| Australia | 32 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62.50 | 2007 | 2024 |
| Bangladesh | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94.11 | 2009 | 2024 |
| England | 29 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.62 | 2007 | 2025 |
| Ireland | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2009 | 2024 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48.00 | 2007 | 2023 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.23 | 2007 | 2024 |
| South Africa | 31 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58.06 | 2006 | 2024 |
| Sri Lanka | 32 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65.63 | 2009 | 2024 |
| West Indies | 30 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63.33 | 2009 | 2023 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.92 | 2010 | 2024 |
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| Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2023 | 2023 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | 2007 | 2021 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2016 | 2016 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 2024 | 2024 |
| Total | 247 | 164 | 71 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 66.39 | 2006 | 2025 |
| Statistics are correct as of India v England - 5th T20I atMumbai, 2 February 2025.[248][249] | ||||||||||
Most T20I runs for India[245][250]
Most T20I wickets for India[252]
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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.[255] The highest score by an Indian is the 319 scored byVirender 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 score was 36 against Australia in 2020.[256] In ODIs, the team's highest score is 418/5 against West Indies at Indore in 2011–12. India scored 413–5 in a match againstBermuda in2007 World Cup which was the highest score ever in Cricket World Cup history at the time. In the same match, India set a world record of the highest winning margin in an ODI match of 257 runs.[257]
India has also had some very strong bowling figures, with spin bowlerAnil Kumble being a member of the elite group of four bowlers who have taken 600 Test wickets.[258] In 1999, Kumble emulatedJim 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 theFeroz Shah Kotla inDelhi.[259][260]
Many of the Indian cricket team's records are alsoworld records, for example Tendulkar's century tally (in Tests and ODIs) and run tally (also in both Tests and ODIs).[261] Dhoni's 183 not out againstSri Lanka in 2005 is the world record score by a wicketkeeper in ODIs.[262] The Indian cricket team also holds the record sequence of 17 successful run-chases in ODIs,[263] which ended in a dramatic match against the West Indies in May 2006, which India lost by just one run.[264]
Tendulkar was the first batsman to score 200 runs (he was unbeaten on 200 from 147 deliveries including 25 fours and 3 sixes) in a single ODI innings, on 24 February 2010 against South Africa inGwalior.[265] On 8 December 2011, this achievement was eclipsed by compatriot Virender Sehwag, who scored 219 runs from 149 deliveries (25 fours and 7 sixes) versus the West Indies inIndore.[266] On 13 November 2014 the record was broken by another Indian opening batsmen,Rohit Sharma, who scored 264 runs from 173 deliveries (33 fours and 9 sixes) against Sri Lanka inKolkata, West Bengal. In 2013, 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.[267][268][269][270]
In 2014, Kohli became the first cricketer to win back-to-back Man of the Series awards in the2014 ICC World Twenty20 and2016 ICC World Twenty20. Rohit is the most runs scorer in T20Is as of July 2024[update] and also hold joint most T20I centuries.[271] In 2017, Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest cricketer in history to reach 250 wickets.[272]
Owing to the massiveIndian diaspora in nations likeAustralia,England andSouth 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 Bharat Army,[273] the Indian equivalent of theBarmy Army, that were very active in their support when India toured Australia in 2003/2004. They are known to attribute a number of popular Indian songs to the cricket team.[274]
Fan rivalry and cross-border tension has created astrong 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.[275]
However, there are downsides to having such a cricket-loving population. Many Indians holdcricket 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 string of weak performances, there have been reports of playereffigies being burnt in the streets and vandalism of player homes.[278] In many cases, players have come under intense attention from the media for negative reasons, this has been considered one of the reasons for 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 atBrabourne 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.[279] 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.[280] A similar event occurred during the1996 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.[280] In 1999, a riot occurred in a Test against Pakistan atEden Gardens after a collision withPakistani pacemanShoaib Akhtar saw Sachin run out, forcing police to eject spectators and the game to be played in an empty stadium.In 2006, a string of low scores resulted in Tendulkar being booed by the Mumbai crowd when he got out against England.[281]
Often, fans engage in protests regarding players if they believe that regionalism has affected selection, or because of regional partisan support for local players. In 2005, when Ganguly was dropped from the team, Ganguly's home townKolkata erupted in protests.[282] India later played a match againstSouth Africa in Kolkata. The Indian team was booed by the crowd who supported South Africa instead of India in response to Ganguly's dropping.[283] Similar regional divisions in India regarding selection have also caused protests against the team, with political activists from the regional Kalinga Kamgar Sena party inOdisha disrupting the arrival of the team inCuttack for an ODI over the lack of a local player in the team, with one activist manhandling coachGreg Chappell.[284] Similar treatment was handed toSunil Gavaskar in the1987 World Cup Semi Finals by crowds atWankhede Stadium when he gotbowled byPhillip DeFreitas.[281]
A successful string of results, especiallyvictories against the arch-rival Pakistan or victories in major tournaments such as theWorld Cup are greeted with particular ecstasy from the Indian fans.[285][286][287]
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