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| Nickname(s) | Men in Blue[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Association | Board of Control for Cricket in India | ||||||||||||
| Personnel | |||||||||||||
| Test captain | Rohit Sharma | ||||||||||||
| One Day captain | Rohit Sharma | ||||||||||||
| T20I captain | Suryakumar Yadav | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Gautam Gambhir | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Test status acquired | 1931 | ||||||||||||
| International Cricket Council | |||||||||||||
| ICC status | Full Member (1926) | ||||||||||||
| ICC region | ACC | ||||||||||||
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| Tests | |||||||||||||
| First Test | v  England at Lord's, London; 25–28 June 1932 | ||||||||||||
| Last Test | v  Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney; 3–5 January 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| World Test Championship appearances | 3 (first in 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Best result |  Runners-up(2021, 2023) | ||||||||||||
| One Day Internationals | |||||||||||||
| First ODI | v England at Headingley, Leeds; 13 July 1974 | ||||||||||||
| Last ODI | v  New Zealand at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai; 9 March 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| World Cup appearances | 13 (first in 1975) | ||||||||||||
| Best result |  Champions(1983, 2011) | ||||||||||||
| T20 Internationals | |||||||||||||
| First T20I | v  South Africa at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg; 1 December 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Last T20I | v England at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai; 2 February 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 9 (first in 2007) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2007, 2024) | ||||||||||||
| Official website | bcci | ||||||||||||
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Men's (1926–present) |
Women's U19 (2022–present) |
Men's U19 (1979–present) |
Blind Men's (2012–present) |
The India men's national cricket team, also known as Men in blue, represents India in international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and is a full member nation of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, ODI and T20I status. The team is the current ICC T20 World Cup and ICC Champions Trophy winners.
The team has played 589 Test matches, winning 181, losing 184, with 223 draws and 1 tie. As of March 2025, India is ranked third in the Test Championship on 109 rating points. India have played in two of the three World Test Championship finals, finishing runners-up in 2021 and 2023, while finishing third in 2025.
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 1,066 ODI matches, winning 567, losing 445, tying 10 and with 44 ending in a no-result. As of March 2025, India is ranked first in the ICC ODI Championship on 122 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 Champions trophies in 2002, 2013 and 2025. In addition, they have also won the ODI Asia Cup 7 times in 1984, 1988, 1990–91, 1995, 2010, 2018, and 2023.
The team has played 247 Twenty20 International matches, winning 164, losing 71, tying 6 and with 6 ending in a no-result. As of March 2025, India is ranked first in the ICC T20I Championship on 269 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 gold medal at the Asian Games in 2022.
India are the reigning One Day Asian and T20 World Champions, winning the former in 2023 against Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka and the latter in 2024 against South Africa at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.[12] They are also current Champions Trophy holders, winning it in 2025 against New Zealand at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, UAE.
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- ^ "Finally, Team India is No.1 in Test cricket". The Times of India. 7 December 2009.
- ^ "India retain No.1 ODI ranking after annual ICC update".
- ^ "India topple Sri Lanka to become No. 1 team in ICC T20 rankings". News 18. 2 April 1974. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Test matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "ODI matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "India crowned champions after clinching thrilling final". Cricbuzz. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.