India National Cricket Team

The India national cricket team, fondly called Team India or the Men in Blue, represents India in international cricket. The team is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Team India is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and thus possess the Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.

India national cricket team got a taste of the game from the very early days. The game was first introduced in colonial India by the ruling European elites while the first cricket club was established in Calcutta (currently known as Kolkata) way back in 1792. However, it took India nearly 150 years more to play their first-ever Test match when they played a Test match on 25 June 1932 at Lord’s. In doing so, India became the sixth team to get the Test status.

Not surprisingly, Team India remained the underdogs in the first few decades after getting the Test status. In fact, they managed to end up on the winning side of a Test on only 35 occasions in 196 attempts.  It took them nearly two decades to win their first Test which came in 1952.

But the team’s fortunes took a turn for the good in the 1970s.  The likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Erapalli Prasanna, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and Bishen Singh Bedi gave India a new identity. India started winning series and beat the likes of England and West Indies to prove their immense credentials.

The miraculous win over the mighty West Indies in the 1983 World Cup final more or less established India as a cricketing powerhouse. Till date, the cricket-obsessed nation has won two 50-over World Cups – in 1983 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev and in 2011 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. After winning the 2011 World Cup, India became only the third team after West Indies and Australia to have won the World Cup more than once and the first cricket team to win the World Cup at home. It also won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.

History:

The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721. More than a century later, the  Parsi community in Bombay formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians. The Europeans, who were hesitant to play with the Indians, mellowed down after a while and invited the Parsis to play a match in 1877.

By 1912, the Parsis, Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year. In fact, the likes of Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji received lavish praise from the British. Currently two of the most prestigious competitions of the country – Ranji Trophy and the Duleep Trophy – are named after the two.

In 1911, an Indian team went on their first official tour of the British Isles. However, they returned to India after only playing against the county sides.

Test match status:

India began their journey in Test cricket in 1932 under the captaincy of CK Nayudu, considered as the finest Indian batsmen at that time. The game against England took place at the iconic Lord’s in London. As expected, England made light work of India, beating the Asian side by 158 runs.

In the following year, India national cricket team played their first Test series when they host England for three games. India’s wait for a win continued as England won the series 2-0. As time wore on, India improved but could not get success on the field in the 30s and 40s. 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. It was also the first Test series Team India played which was not against England.

Australia had gone on to thrash India by 4-0 in the five-match series.  In the following year, India hosted West Indies and narrowly lost the five-match series 1-0.

Finally after 23 Tests, India national cricket team registered their first win when they beat England at Madras in 1952. Later in the same year, they won their first Test series by beating arch-rivals Pakistan. In 1956, they beat New Zealand to win another series as they continued improving. But they did not win any more Test in the 50s while also suffering crushing defeats against England and Australia. In 1959, England thrashed India 5-0 to register their only clean sweep in a five-match series. In the 60s, India enhanced their reputation by doing well 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.

One of the reasons behind Team India’s success in 70s was their fearsome spin quartet – Bishen Bedi, E.A.S. Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar and Srinivas Venkataraghavan. The emergence of the legendary Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath further bolstered the team. The spin quartet experienced good success against the teams on spinner-friendly wickets at home. With this core of the team, India national cricket team registered historic back-to-back series wins in 1971 in the West Indies and in England, under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar. Gavaskar scored a staggering 774 runs against the West Indies.

The game of cricket soon witnessed a new aspect in the game with the arrival of One-Day Internationals where the teams were required to play a limited number of overs. And just like the Tests, India struggled to get going in ODIs too early on. India could not qualify for the second round in the first two editions of the Cricket World Cup.

But in Tests, India continued to be a threat.  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. In November 1976, the team created another record by scoring 524 for 9 declared against New Zealand at Kanpur without any individual batsman scoring a century.

The emergence of players like Mohammed Azharuddin, Dilip Vengsarkar and all-rounders Kapil Dev and Ravi Shastri gave the India national cricket team another dimension. In 1983, Indian cricket achieved one of their biggest achievements when they beat two-time defending champions West Indies to win the World Cup. In the following year, India won the Asia Cup and in 1985, won the World Championship of Cricket in Australia. But overall, India did not enjoy good outings outside home.

Apart from this, Team 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. But unlike the team, several Indian player continued to make merry. The likes of Gavaskar and Kapil became two of world cricket’s biggest players. 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.

Towards the end of the 1980, India national cricket team was further bolstered by the addition of the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble. In 1991,  Javagal Srinath, known for his express pace, made his debut. However, India’s fortunes did not improve much.  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. In the 1996 World Cup, India national cricket team lost to Sri Lanka National Cricket Team on home soil in the semifinal which sparked protests across the nation.

In the same year, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid made their Test debuts. Later, both the players went on to lead India across formats.  Tendulkar replaced Azharuddin as captain in late 1996, but after a personal and team form slump, Tendulkar stepped down 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.

In the 1999 World Cup, India failed to make it to the semifinal which saw Tendulkar taking up captaincy once again. However, he had a poor run once again, as India lost to Australia and South Africa. Tendulkar resigned, vowing never to captain the team again. Sourav Ganguly then took charge of the team. However, the India National Cricket Team was rocked in 2000 when former captain Azharuddin and fellow batsman Ajay Jadeja was found guilty of match-fixing.  But it turned out to be a blessing in disguise as Ganguly formed a team of youngsters who went on to shape up Indian cricket’s future.

New phase:

The turn of the millennium saw Indian cricket taking another turn for the good. The BCCI roped in John Wright, the first overseas coach, to oversee a team full of talented but inexperienced youngsters. The series win over Steve Waugh’s all-conquering Australian team in the Tests in 2001 gave a glimpse of what to expect from the team.

Victory against Australia marked the beginning of a dream run for India under their captain Ganguly, winning Test matches in Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, West Indies and England. In 2002, India had chased down a record 325 to win the ODI series in 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.

The 2003–04 season also saw  Team 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.

But towards the end of 2004, India’s form slumped. They lost a Test series against Australia at home before losing ODIs at home against Pakistan followed by a Test series leveled 1–1. Greg Chappell took over from John Wright as the coach of the India National cricket team following the series but his tenure was marred by controversy. The new coach fell out with Ganguly. Consequently, Ganguly was replaced by Dravid as the captain of the team. But while the decision was controversial, the results followed.

Players like Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina were a healthy addition to the team while the likes of Yuvraj Singh and Irfan Pathan continued to impress. India reached second place in the ICC ODI rankings after beating Sri Lanka and drawing with South Africa at home. 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. But India’s form in ODIs soon deepened with the 4-1 loss in the Caribbeans. However, the Rahul Dravid-led side beat the hosts in the Test series to register their first Test series victory in the Caribbean since 1971. But there was no respite for them in ODIs. They had a forgettable outing at home in the 2006 Champions Trophy and were thrashed in South Africa. On the same tour, they beat South Africa in one of the Tests but lost the series. In the Test series, Ganguly made his comeback to the Test team.

In December 2006, India national cricket team played and won its first ever Twenty20 international in South Africa. The beginning of 2007 had seen a revival in the Indian team’s ODI fortunes before the 2007 Cricket World Cup. India beat the likes of West Indies and Sri Lanka to enter the 2007 World Cup as one of the favorites. However, it ended up losing to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to bow out of the competition from the group stage.

Success under MS Dhoni:

India’s fortunes completely changed across formats when MS Dhoni took over as captain. Rahul Dravid stepped down as Test captain after guiding India to a series win in England in 2007. After that, Dhoni took charge of the ODI and T20I team. In his maiden assignment, Dhoni led India to the title in the inaugural World T20I which remains India’s only World T20I title till date. Anil Kumble, on the other hand, replaced Dravid as the Test captain.

In 2007–08, they toured Australia where India lost the highly controversial Test series 2–1 but managed to win the CB series. In 2009, under Dhoni’s captaincy, India beat New Zealand away for the first time in 41 years. In the same year, they beat Sri Lanka 2-0 to move to the top of ICC Test rankings for the first time. 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 National cricket team managed to draw the Test series in South Africa at 1–1.

In 2011, Dhoni guided India to World Cup title. The Men in Blue beat Sri Lanka in the final to end the long 28-year wait for a World Cup. India also became the first team to win the World Cup on home soil.

But soon India’s form deteriorated. England thrashed India 4-0 in Tests to displace them as the top Test side. The 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 signaled the end of the fabled middle-order batting line-up India had for a decade. The loss in the Test series at home against England ended two disastrous years for India in Tests. In the same year, India lost to Pakistan 2-1 in ODIs at home. They were 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 India national cricket team.

The year 2013, however, saw India bouncing back. India whitewashed Australia 4-0 at home to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.  MS Dhoni & Co. 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.

But the team once again proved its critics wrong by winning the ICC Champions Trophy in England by beating the hosts in the final. With that, 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  featuring the hosts 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. India, however, made up for the loss by winning the ODI series 3-1. Despite being the firm favorites, India failed to reach the final of the Asia Cup 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. The tournament, however, saw Virat Kohli becoming the batting mainstay of the team as he bagged the man of the series award. India soon comprehensively beat Sri Lanka and West Indies in ODI series to cement their position at the top of the ODI rankings.

India’s fortunes in overseas Tests, however, continued to be miserable. They lost 2-0 in Australia in 2014. The series also saw Dhoni retiring from Tests.  Virat Kohli was appointed as the captain of India National cricket team in Tests.

Kohli’s first series win as captain came away from home in a 3-match Test series vs Sri Lanka, which signaled the beginning of an unbeaten Test series run for India. In the following two years, India thoroughly dominated in Tests at home.

In 2015, India thrashed South Africa 3-0 at home. The series kickstarted India’s unbeaten streak of 19 Test matches which was brought to an end by Australia in early 2017. This series also saw the emergence of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja as two of the best spinners and all-rounders. The two spinners were the biggest reasons behind India’s dominance at home.

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 favorites to win the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 which was being held at home, but they lost in the semi-final to eventual champions West Indies. Virat Kohli was again named the man of the series.

The year 2016 saw India enjoying a lengthy season at home. They hosted New Zealand, England, Bangladesh and Australia. India national cricket team 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. 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.

In 2017, India made it to the final of the ICC Champions Trophy only to lose to Pakistan. The tournament, however, will be remembered for a major controversy. Coach Kumble had to step down after his relation with Kohli soured. Kumble was replaced by Ravi Shastri.

Following the Champions Trophy, India beat the West Indies 3–1 in a 5-match ODI series in the Caribbean in July 2017. India then toured Sri Lanka, and comprehensively defeated them 3-0 in a three-match Test series, the first time India had whitewashed a team away from home in a Test series with at least three games.

In 2018, India’s run of nine consecutive series win in Tests came to an end in South Africa with the 2-1 loss. The Men in Blue, however, won the subsequent ODI and T20I series. It was India’s first-ever ODI series win in South Africa. Rohit Sharma then led the team to Nidahas Trophy title. But there was absolutely no end to India’s overseas woes as they lost to England in Tests. Following that, India won the Asia Cup for a record seventh time.

Team colours:

First Class:

The first-class teams wear white jersey as the norm across the world. In addition to their whites, Indian fielders wear a dark blue cap or a white wide-brimmed sun hat, with the BCCI logo in the center. Helmets are also dark blue.

Limited Overs:

Unlike Tests, India national cricket team wear the blue-colored jersey in T20Is and ODIs.  OPPO is currently the official team sponsor and its logo is present on the central part of the jersey as well as the sleeve of the players’ leading arms.

Even since cricket welcomed colored jerseys, Team India has chosen blue as their primary color. The secondary color has changed over the years while yellow and orange have been dominant. After the start of the World Series Cup in 1979, each team had to wear a primary and secondary color on their uniforms and the Indian team elected to wear light blue as their primary color and yellow as their secondary color.

Over the years, the jersey has changed drastically but the primary color has remained the same. For the 1992 World Cup (Benson & Hedges World Cup), the team’s colours were changed to navy-blue by ISC, the common kit manufacturer for the tournament. A light shade of blue with yellow as secondary colour and a strip with 10 different colours (representing different nations) was adapted on the uniform for the 1996 World Cup (Wills World Cup) while an even lighter shade of blue and a dominant yellow was used by ASICS, the common kit manufacturer for the 1999 World Cup. The ICC no longer appoints a common kit manufacturer for its tournaments.

In 2005, Nike secured the rights for kit manufacturing. They designed new jerseys for the 2007 World Cup with the lightest shade of blue used by the team till date and golden yellow as the secondary colour. A new tricolour accent was implemented on the right side of the jersey. The colour was changed to a darker feroza blue in 2009 with orange replacing yellow as the secondary colour.

Since international teams started using different kits for T20s and ODIs, Nike released the first T20 kit for the team in 2016. But the primary colour remained same. In 2017, Team India donned a new ODI jersey with a similar shade of blue for the body and a darker shade of blue for the sleeves. The tricolour accent made a return to the uniform as a single thin strip on either sides of upper chest.

Governing body:

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) looks after the Indian cricket team as well as the domestic teams. The board came into operation way back in 1929. It is one of the wealthiest sporting organizations in the world. Not only does it look after the team but also manages the Indian team’s sponsorships, its future tours and team selection.

Sponsorship:

OPPO is the current sponsor of the team. It signed a five-year deal with the BCCI in 2017. Previously, the Indian team was sponsored by Star India from 2014 to 2017,[54] Sahara India Pariwar from 2002 to 2013 and ITC Limited (with Wills and ITC Hotels brands) from 1993 to 2002.

Global apparel giants Nike are the current kit sponsor for the Indian team until 2020. Nike had acquired the rights from BCCI in 2005. Since 2015, Paytm is the sponsor for all matches played by the team within India until 2019.Star Sports Network is the official broadcaster until 2023 for all matches the team plays in India.

Here is a list showing the Kit Sponsorship history:

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1993-1996	None	Wills
1999-2001	None	Wills
2001-2002	None	ITC Hotels
2002-2003	None	Sahara
2003-2005	Nike	Sahara
2005-2013	Nike	Sahara
2014-2017	Nike	Star India
2017-2020	Nike	Oppo
2020-2022	TBA	Oppo

Cricket grounds:

The cricket-obsessed nation boasts of several world-famous cricket stadiums. Mostly the state associations look after the ground.  The Bombay Gymkhana was the first ground in India to host a full-scale cricket match featuring an Indian cricket team. The game was between the Parsis and Europeans wayback in 1877.

The Bombay Gymkhana also hosted the first-ever Test match in India in 1933 and it was the only Test it ever hosted. The second and third Tests in the 1933 series were hosted at Eden Gardens in Kolkata and Chepauk in Madras (now Chennai).

After Independence, Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla hosted the first Test in India when the host draw against the West Indies in 1948, just a year after the independence. So far, as many as 21 stadiums in India have hosted at least one Test. In recent times, the BCCI has made a whole-hearted effort to take the game to the unchartered territories as they have set up stadiums in places like Indore, Chandigarh Mohali, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Rajkot, Ranchi, Pune, Dharamshala and Nagpur.

So far, Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, which is the second-biggest cricket stadium in the world, has hosted the most number of Tests in India. The stadium was established in 1864 and has witnessed several iconic and controversial games.  Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi is another historical stadium which was established in 1883. This was the very stadium where Anil Kumble had taken a record all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan.

Here is a list showing the list of stadiums which have hosted at least one international game so far:

Stadium	Place	First used
Eden Gardens	Kolkata	1934
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground	Delhi	1948
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	Chepauk, Chennai	1934
Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai	1975
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bangalore	1974
Green Park	Kanpur	1952
Brabourne Stadium	Mumbai	1948
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	Mohali	1994
Sardar Patel Stadium (Gujarat)	Motera, Ahmedabad	1983
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	Nagpur	2008
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium	Hyderabad	2010
Barabati Stadium	Cuttack	1987
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium	Rajkot	2016
Holkar Stadium	Indore	2016
ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium	Visakhapatnam	2016
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium	Pune	2017
JSCA International Stadium Complex	Ranchi	2017
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium	Dharamshala	2017
Sawai Mansingh Stadium	Jaipur	1987
Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground	Greater Noida	2017
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium	Guwahati	2017
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun	Dehradun	2018
Greenfield International Stadium	Thiruvananthapuram	2017
Ekana International Cricket Stadium	Lucknow	2018

Here is another list showing the stadiums which used to host international games previously:

Stadium	Place	First used
Nehru Stadium	Chennai	1956
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground	Nagpur	1969
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium	Hyderabad	1955
Bombay Gymkhana	Mumbai	1933
Gandhi Stadium	Jalandhar	1983
K. D. Singh Babu Stadium	Lucknow	1994
Sector 16 Stadium	Chandigarh	1990
University Ground	Lucknow	1952
Barkatullah Khan Stadium	Jodhpur	2000
Captain Roop Singh Stadium	Gwalior	1988
Gandhi Sports Complex Ground	Amritsar	1982
Indira Gandhi Stadium	Vijayawada	2002
Indira Priyadarshini Stadium	Visakhapatnam	1988
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	New Delhi	1984
Keenan Stadium	Jamshedpur	1983
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground	Rajkot	1989
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium	Patna	1993
Moti Bagh Stadium	Vadodara	1983
Nahar Singh Stadium	Faridabad	1988
Nehru Stadium	Guwahati	1983
Nehru Stadium	Indore	1983
Nehru Stadium	Kochi	1998
Nehru Stadium	Margao	1989
Nehru Stadium	Pune	1984
IPCL Sports Complex Ground	Vadodara	1994
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	1981
Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium	Srinagar	1983
University Stadium	Thiruvananthapuram	1984

Captains:

So far, thirty-two men have led India national cricket team in at at least one Test. Out of those 32, only six led the team in more than 25 Tests while six led the team in ODIs but not Tests.

India’s journey in international cricket began under the captaincy of CK Nayudu when it took on England in its first-ever Test fifteen years from independence. India’s first-ever captain led the side in four games against England – one in England in 1932 and a series of three matches at home a year later. India’s first captain after independence was Lala Amarnath. He is also the first captain to lead India to a victory in Tests as well as first series win. Both victories came 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.

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi then took charge of the team and led the team for 36 Test matches from 1961–62 to 1969–70. He was reinstated as skipper for another four matches against West Indies in 1974–75. While Pataudi is one of India’s most decorated skippers, his start was not smooth. In his early years as captain, India 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. Wadekar is also the first Indian captain to lead the side in ODIs.

India won its first ODI under the captaincy of Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan in the 1975 Cricket World Cup, against East Africa. From 1975 to 1978-79, Bishan Singh Bedi became the team’s captain, leading the side in 22 Tests and 4 ODIs, winning 6 Tests and one ODI.

Bedi was succeeded by Sunil Gavaskar who created the record for leading India in the most number of games at that time. Gavaskar led India in 47 Test matches and 37 ODIs, winning 9 Tests and 14 ODIs. He was succeeded by Kapil Dev in the 1980s, who captained for 34 Test matches, including 4 victories. The most remarkable victory of Kapil Dev’s captaincy stint came in 1983 when India upset the mighty West Indies to win its first World Cup. Overall, Kapil Dev captained India to victory in 39 of his 74 ODIs in charge. He 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 not as smooth as that of his predecessor. He had to step down as skipper after the disastrous tour of the West Indies in early-1989.

Mohammad Azharuddin became the next India national cricket team Test captain and his appointment started an era that saw the Indian captains serving for long. 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. But unlike his batting, Tendulkar’s captaincy record cut a sorry figure. He managed just to win just 4 Test matches and 23 ODIs. He was replaced as ODI captain by Ajay Jadeja and then by Sourav Ganguly.

In 2000, Sourav Ganguly took over as captain after a brief captaincy stint by Ajay Jadeja. Ganguly soon went on to become one of India’s most successful skippers. He is hailed as the one who laid the foundation for India’s domination in modern-day cricket. Under Ganguly’s captaincy, India finally started doing well overseas.  Ganguly 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.

Ganguly was replaced by Rahul Dravid in a controversial manner after the former fell out with the then coach Greg Chappell. A year after taking charge of the team, Dravid 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 ODI and T20I teams, after Dravid stepped down from the post. Prior to that, Dhoni had led India to the title in the inaugural World T20I.  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.

Dhoni soon went on to create his own legacy, becoming the most successful skipper in the history of Indian cricket. Under his captaincy, India rose to the number one in Test rankings and held the position for 21 months (from November 2009 to August 2011), and set a national record for most back-to-back ODI wins (nine straight wins).

In 2011, he ended India’s long 28-year wait for a 50-over World Cup when the team beat Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. A couple of years later, the Dhoni-led side triumphed in the ICC Champions Trophy in England. 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. Till date, he is the only skipper to achieve the incredible feat.

But the second half of his captaincy career was marred by disastrous results in overseas games. India was whitewashed in England and Australia. The team also lost Test series at home against England and in South Africa as well as New Zealand. Dhoni finally stepped down as Test skipper after India lost another Test series in Australia in 2014. He was replaced by current skipper Virat Kohli. Three years later, Dhoni stepped down as limited-overs skipper, thus Kohli became the skipper across formats.

And so far, Kohli has done a commendable job. 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. Kohli led India to a record consecutive nine Test series wins which came to an end during the 2-1 loss in South Africa in 2018.

Under Kohli, 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.

Here is a list of India’s national cricket team Test captains:

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	W/L	%W	%L
CK Nayudu	1932-1934	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	75
Vizianagram	1936-1936	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	66.66
Nawab of Pataudi	1946-1946	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	33.33
L Amarnath	1947-1952	15	2	6	0	7	0	13.33	40
VS Hazare	1951-1953	14	1	5	0	8	0	7.14	35.71
MH Mankad	1955-1959	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	16.66
Ghulam Ahmed	1955-1959	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	66.66
PR Umrigar	1955-1958	8	2	2	0	4	1	25	25
HR Adhikari	1959-1959	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
DK Gaekwad	1959-1959	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	100
P Roy	1959-1959	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	100
GS Ramchand	1959-1960	5	1	2	0	2	1	20	40
NJ Contractor	1960-1962	12	2	2	0	8	1	16.66	16.66
Nawab of Pataudi	1962-1975	40	9	19	0	12	0	22.5	47.5
CG Borde	1967-1967	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	100
AL Wadekar	1971-1974	16	4	4	0	8	1	25	25
S Venkataraghavan	1974-1979	5	0	2	0	3	0	0	40
SM Gavaskar	1976-1985	47	9	8	0	30	1	19.14	17.02
BS Bedi	1976-1978	22	6	11	0	5	1	27.27	50
GR Viswanath	1980-1980	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	50
N Kapil Dev	1983-1987	34	4	7	1	22	1	11.76	20.58
DB Vengsarkar	1987-1989	10	2	5	0	3	0	20	50
RJ Shastri	1988-1988	1	1	0	0	0	–	100	0
K Srikkanth	1989-1989	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
M Azharuddin	1990-1999	47	14	14	0	19	1	29.78	29.78
SR Tendulkar	1996-2000	25	4	9	0	12	0	16	36
SC Ganguly	2000-2005	49	21	13	0	15	1.61	42.85	26.53
R Dravid	2003-2007	25	8	6	0	11	1	32	24
V Sehwag	2005-2012	4	2	1	0	1	2	50	25
A Kumble	2007-2008	14	3	5	0	6	0.6	21.42	35.71
MS Dhoni	2008-2014	60	27	18	0	15	1.5	45	30
V Kohli	2014-2018	43	25	9	0	9	2.77	58.13	20.93
AM Rahane	2017-2018	2	2	0	0	0	–	100	0

Here is a list of India’s national cricket team ODI captains:

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	%
AL Wadekar	1974-1974	2	0	2	0	0	0
S Venkataraghavan	1975-1979	7	1	6	0	0	14
BS Bedi	1976-1978	4	1	3	0	0	25
SM Gavaskar	1980-1985	37	14	21	0	2	40
GR Viswanath	1981-1981	1	0	1	0	0	0
N Kapil Dev	1982-1987	74	39	33	0	2	54
SMH Kirmani	1983-1983	1	0	1	0	0	0
M Amarnath	1984-1984	1	0	0	0	1	–
RJ Shastri	1987-1991	11	4	7	0	0	36
DB Vengsarkar	1987-1989	18	8	10	0	0	44
K Srikkanth	1989-1989	13	4	8	0	1	33
M Azharuddin	1990-1999	174	90	76	2	6	54
SR Tendulkar	1996-2000	73	23	43	1	6	35
A Jadeja	1998-1999	13	8	5	0	0	62
SC Ganguly	1999-2005	146	76	65	0	5	54
R Dravid	2000-2007	79	42	33	0	4	56
A Kumble	2002-2002	1	1	0	0	0	100
V Sehwag	2003-2012	12	7	5	0	0	58
MS Dhoni	2007-2018	200	110	74	5	11	60
SK Raina	2010-2014	12	6	5	0	1	55
G Gambhir	2010-2011	6	6	0	0	0	100
V Kohli	2013-2018	57	42	13	1	1	76
AM Rahane	2015-2015	3	3	0	0	0	100
RG Sharma	2017-2018	8	7	1	0	0	88

Here is a list of India’s national cricket team T20 captains:

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	%
V Sehwag	2006-2006	1	1	0	0	0	100
MS Dhoni	2007-2016	72	41	28	1	2	59.28
SK Raina	2010-2011	3	3	0	0	0	100
AM Rahane	2015-2015	2	1	1	0	0	50
V Kohli	2017-2018	20	12	7	0	1	63.15
RG Sharma	2017-2018	12	11	1	0	0	91.66

Coaches:

Before the 1990s, India did not give much preference to hiring a coach. The team used to be accompanied by ad hoc team manager on a tour-wise basis. However, things chances when Bishan Singh Bedi was appointed in 1990. Since then, India started hiring full-time coaches on a regular basis.

In 2000, Indian cricket saw a watershed moment when John Wright became the team’s first overseas coach. Since then, the likes of Greg Chappell, Gary Kirsten and Duncan Fletcher have coached the team. The trend of hiring overseas coach came to an end when Anil Kumble took charge in 2016 before being replaced by Ravi Shastri a year later.

Here is a list showing the individuals who have coached India national cricket team:

Coach	Tenure
Bishen Singh Bedi	1990-1991
Abbas Ali Baig	1991–1992
Ajit Wadekar	1992–1996
Sandeep Patil	1996
Madan Lal	1996–1997
Anshuman Gaekwad	1997–1999
Kapil Dev	1999–2000
John Wright	2000–2005
Greg Chappell	2005–2007
Gary Kirsten	2007–2011
Duncan Fletcher	2011–2015
Ravi Shastri (Team director)	2014-2016
Sanjay Bangar (Interim coach)	2016
Anil Kumble	2016–2017
Ravi Shastri	2017–Present

Results in international cricket:

India’s journey in international cricket is nothing less than an adventure. The team began its journey as underdogs and are currently one of the biggest if not the biggest team in world cricket. India has been on top of ICC Test rankings for over two years now and is one of the finest limited-overs team in the world for quite some time now.

So here we take a look at India’s performance in international cricket:

India’s national cricket team performance in Tests:

Series	Season	Winner	Margin
India in England Test Match	1932	England	1-0 (1)
England in India Test Series	1933/34	England	2-0 (3)
India in England Test Series	1936	England	2-0 (3)
India in England Test Series	1946	England	1-0 (3)
India in Australia Test Series	1947/48	Australia	4-0 (5)
West Indies in India Test Series	1948/49	West Indies	1-0 (5)
England in India Test Series	1951/52	drawn	1-1 (5)
India in England Test Series	1952	England	3-0 (4)
Pakistan in India Test Series	1952/53	India	2-1 (5)
India in West Indies Test Series	1952/53	West Indies	1-0 (5)
India in Pakistan Test Series	1954/55	drawn	0-0 (5)
New Zealand in India Test Series	1955/56	India	2-0 (5)
Australia in India Test Series	1956/57	Australia	2-0 (3)
West Indies in India Test Series	1958/59	West Indies	3-0 (5)
India in England Test Series	1959	England	5-0 (5)
Australia in India Test Series	1959/60	Australia	2-1 (5)
Pakistan in India Test Series	1960/61	drawn	0-0 (5)
England in India Test Series	1961/62	India	2-0 (5)
India in West Indies Test Series	1961/62	West Indies	5-0 (5)
England in India Test Series	1963/64	drawn	0-0 (5)
Australia in India Test Series	1964/65	drawn	1-1 (3)
New Zealand in India Test Series	1964/65	India	1-0 (4)
West Indies in India Test Series	1966/67	West Indies	2-0 (3)
India in England Test Series	1967	England	3-0 (3)
India in Australia Test Series	1967/68	Australia	4-0 (4)
India in New Zealand Test Series	1967/68	India	3-1 (4)
New Zealand in India Test Series	1969/70	drawn	1-1 (3)
Australia in India Test Series	1969/70	Australia	3-1 (5)
India in West Indies Test Series	1970/71	India	1-0 (5)
India in England Test Series	1971	India	1-0 (3)
England in India Test Series	1972/73	India	2-1 (5)
India in England Test Series	1974	England	3-0 (3)
West Indies in India Test Series	1974/75	West Indies	3-2 (5)
India in New Zealand Test Series	1975/76	drawn	1-1 (3)
India in West Indies Test Series	1975/76	West Indies	2-1 (4)
New Zealand in India Test Series	1976/77	India	2-0 (3)
England in India Test Series	1976/77	England	3-1 (5)
India in Australia Test Series	1977/78	Australia	3-2 (5)
India in Pakistan Test Series	1978/79	Pakistan	2-0 (3)
West Indies in India Test Series	1978/79	India	1-0 (6)
India in England Test Series	1979	England	1-0 (4)
Australia in India Test Series	1979/80	India	2-0 (6)
Pakistan in India Test Series	1979/80	India	2-0 (6)
Golden Jubilee Test (England in India)	1979/80	England
India in Australia Test Series	1980/81	drawn	1-1 (3)
India in New Zealand Test Series	1980/81	New Zealand	1-0 (3)
England in India Test Series	1981/82	India	1-0 (6)
India in England Test Series	1982	England	1-0 (3)
Sri Lanka in India Test Match	1982/83	drawn	0-0 (1)
India in Pakistan Test Series	1982/83	Pakistan	3-0 (6)
India in West Indies Test Series	1982/83	West Indies	2-0 (5)
Pakistan in India Test Series	1983/84	drawn	0-0 (3)
West Indies in India Test Series	1983/84	West Indies	3-0 (6)
India in Pakistan Test Series	1984/85	drawn	0-0 (2)
England in India Test Series	1984/85	England	2-1 (5)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	1985	Sri Lanka	1-0 (3)
India in Australia Test Series	1985/86	drawn	0-0 (3)
India in England Test Series	1986	India	2-0 (3)
Australia in India Test Series	1986/87	drawn	0-0 (3)
Sri Lanka in India Test Series	1986/87	India	2-0 (3)
Pakistan in India Test Series	1986/87	Pakistan	1-0 (5)
West Indies in India Test Series	1987/88	drawn	1-1 (4)
New Zealand in India Test Series	1988/89	India	2-1 (3)
India in West Indies Test Series	1988/89	West Indies	3-0 (4)
India in Pakistan Test Series	1989/90	drawn	0-0 (4)
India in New Zealand Test Series	1989/90	New Zealand	1-0 (3)
India in England Test Series	1990	England	1-0 (3)
Sri Lanka in India Test Match	1990/91	India	1-0 (1)
India in Australia Test Series	1991/92	Australia	4-0 (5)
India in Zimbabwe Test Match	1992/93	drawn	0-0 (1)
India in South Africa Test Series	1992/93	South Africa	1-0 (4)
England in India Test Series	1992/93	India	3-0 (3)
Zimbabwe in India Test Match	1992/93	India	1-0 (1)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	1993	India	1-0 (3)
Sri Lanka in India Test Series	1993/94	India	3-0 (3)
India in New Zealand Test Match	1993/94	drawn	0-0 (1)
West Indies in India Test Series	1994/95	drawn	1-1 (3)
New Zealand in India Test Series	1995/96	India	1-0 (3)
India in England Test Series	1996	England	1-0 (3)
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India)	1996/97	India	1-0 (1)
South Africa in India Test Series	1996/97	India	2-1 (3)
India in South Africa Test Series	1996/97	South Africa	2-0 (3)
India in West Indies Test Series	1996/97	West Indies	1-0 (5)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	1997	drawn	0-0 (2)
Sri Lanka in India Test Series	1997/98	drawn	0-0 (3)
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India)	1997/98	India	2-1 (3)
India in Zimbabwe Test Match	1998/99	Zimbabwe	1-0 (1)
India in New Zealand Test Series	1998/99	New Zealand	1-0 (2)
Pakistan in India Test Series	1998/99	drawn	1-1 (2)
Asian Test Championship (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh/India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka)	1998/99	Pakistan
New Zealand in India Test Series	1999/00	India	1-0 (3)
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia)	1999/00	Australia	3-0 (3)
South Africa in India Test Series	1999/00	South Africa	2-0 (2)
India in Bangladesh Test Match	2000/01	India	1-0 (1)
Zimbabwe in India Test Series	2000/01	India	1-0 (2)
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India)	2000/01	India	2-1 (3)
India in Zimbabwe Test Series	2001	drawn	1-1 (2)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	2001	Sri Lanka	2-1 (3)
India in South Africa Test Series	2001/02	South Africa	1-0 (2)
England in India Test Series	2001/02	India	1-0 (3)
Zimbabwe in India Test Series	2001/02	India	2-0 (2)
India in West Indies Test Series	2002	West Indies	2-1 (5)
India in England Test Series	2002	drawn	1-1 (4)
West Indies in India Test Series	2002/03	India	2-0 (3)
India in New Zealand Test Series	2002/03	New Zealand	2-0 (2)
New Zealand in India Test Series	2003/04	drawn	0-0 (2)
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia)	2003/04	drawn	1-1 (4)
India in Pakistan Test Series	2003/04	India	2-1 (3)
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India)	2004/05	Australia	2-1 (4)
South Africa in India Test Series	2004/05	India	1-0 (2)
India in Bangladesh Test Series	2004/05	India	2-0 (2)
Pakistan in India Test Series	2004/05	drawn	1-1 (3)
India in Zimbabwe Test Series	2005	India	2-0 (2)
Sri Lanka in India Test Series	2005/06	India	2-0 (3)
India in Pakistan Test Series	2005/06	Pakistan	1-0 (3)
England in India Test Series	2005/06	drawn	1-1 (3)
India in West Indies Test Series	2006	India	1-0 (4)
India in South Africa Test Series	2006/07	South Africa	2-1 (3)
India in Bangladesh Test Series	2007	India	1-0 (2)
Pataudi Trophy (India in England)	2007	India	1-0 (3)
Pakistan in India Test Series	2007/08	India	1-0 (3)
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia)	2007/08	Australia	2-1 (4)
South Africa in India Test Series	2007/08	drawn	1-1 (3)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	2008	Sri Lanka	2-1 (3)
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India)	2008/09	India	2-0 (4)
England in India Test Series	2008/09	India	1-0 (2)
India in New Zealand Test Series	2008/09	India	1-0 (3)
Sri Lanka in India Test Series	2009/10	India	2-0 (3)
India in Bangladesh Test Series	2009/10	India	2-0 (2)
South Africa in India Test Series	2009/10	drawn	1-1 (2)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	2010	drawn	1-1 (3)
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India)	2010/11	India	2-0 (2)
New Zealand in India Test Series	2010/11	India	1-0 (3)
India in South Africa Test Series	2010/11	drawn	1-1 (3)
India in West Indies Test Series	2011	India	1-0 (3)
Pataudi Trophy (India in England)	2011	England	4-0 (4)
West Indies in India Test Series	2011/12	India	2-0 (3)
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia)	2011/12	Australia	4-0 (4)
New Zealand in India Test Series	2012	India	2-0 (2)
England in India Test Series	2012/13	England	2-1 (4)
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India)	2012/13	India	4-0 (4)
West Indies in India Test Series	2013/14	India	2-0 (2)
India in South Africa Test Series	2013/14	South Africa	1-0 (2)
India in New Zealand Test Series	2013/14	New Zealand	1-0 (2)
Pataudi Trophy (India in England)	2014	England	3-1 (5)
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (India in Australia)	2014/15	Australia	2-0 (4)
India in Bangladesh Test Match	2015	drawn	0-0 (1)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	2015	India	2-1 (3)
Freedom Trophy (South Africa in India)	2015/16	India	3-0 (4)
India in West Indies Test Series	2016	India	2-0 (4)
New Zealand in India Test Series	2016/17	India	3-0 (3)
England in India Test Series	2016/17	India	4-0 (5)
Bangladesh in India Test Match	2016/17	India	1-0 (1)
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India)	2016/17	India	2-1 (4)
India in Sri Lanka Test Series	2017	India	3-0 (3)
Sri Lanka in India Test Series	2017/18	India	1-0 (3)
Freedom Trophy (India in South Africa)	2017/18	South Africa	2-1 (3)
Afghanistan in India Test Match	2018	India	1-0 (1)
Pataudi Trophy (India in England)	2018	England	4-1 (5)
West Indies in India Test Series	2018/19	India	2-0 (2)

India’s performances in ODIs:

Series/Tournament	Season	Winner	Margin
Prudential Trophy (India in England)	1974	England	2-0 (2)
Prudential World Cup (in England)	1975	West Indies
India in New Zealand ODI Series	1975/76	New Zealand	2-0 (2)
India in Pakistan ODI Series	1978/79	Pakistan	2-1 (3)
Prudential World Cup (in England)	1979	West Indies
Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, India, New Zealand in Australia)	1980/81	Australia
India in New Zealand ODI Series	1980/81	New Zealand	2-0 (2)
England in India ODI Series	1981/82	India	2-1 (3)
Prudential Trophy (India in England)	1982	England	2-0 (2)
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series	1982/83	India	3-0 (3)
India in Pakistan ODI Series	1982/83	Pakistan	3-1 (4)
India in West Indies ODI Series	1982/83	West Indies	2-1 (3)
Prudential World Cup (in England)	1983	India
Pakistan in India ODI Series	1983/84	India	2-0 (2)
West Indies in India ODI Series	1983/84	West Indies	5-0 (5)
Rothmans Asia Cup (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in United Arab Emirates)	1983/84	India
Australia in India ODI Series	1984/85	Australia	3-0 (5)
India in Pakistan ODI Series	1984/85	Pakistan	1-0 (2)
England in India ODI Series	1984/85	England	4-1 (5)
Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket (in Australia)	1984/85	India
Rothmans Four-Nations Cup (Australia, England, India, Pakistan in United Arab Emirates)	1984/85	India
India in Sri Lanka ODI Series	1985	drawn	1-1 (3)
Rothmans Sharjah Cup (India, Pakistan, West Indies in United Arab Emirates)	1985/86	West Indies
Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, India, New Zealand in Australia)	1985/86	Australia
Austral-Asia Cup (Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in United Arab Emirates)	1985/86	Pakistan
Texaco Trophy (India in England)	1986	India	1-1 (2)
Australia in India ODI Series	1986/87	India	3-2 (6)
Champions Trophy (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies in United Arab Emirates)	1986/87	West Indies
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series	1986/87	India	4-1 (5)
Pakistan in India ODI Series	1986/87	Pakistan	5-1 (6)
Sharjah Cup (Australia, England, India, Pakistan in United Arab Emirates)	1986/87	England
Reliance World Cup (in India/Pakistan)	1987/88	Australia
Indian Board Benevolent Fund Match (West Indies in India)	1987/88	West Indies	1-0 (1)
West Indies in India ODI Series	1987/88	West Indies	6-1 (7)
Sharjah Cup (India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in United Arab Emirates)	1987/88	India
Champions Trophy (India, Pakistan, West Indies in United Arab Emirates)	1988/89	West Indies
Wills Asia Cup (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh)	1988/89	India
New Zealand in India ODI Series	1988/89	India	4-0 (4)
India in West Indies ODI Series	1988/89	West Indies	5-0 (5)
Champions Trophy (India, Pakistan, West Indies in United Arab Emirates)	1989/90	Pakistan
MRF World Series (Nehru Cup) (Australia, England, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies in India)	1989/90	Pakistan
India in Pakistan ODI Series	1989/90	Pakistan	2-0 (3)
Rothmans Cup Triangular Series (Australia, India, New Zealand in New Zealand)	1989/90	Australia
Austral-Asia Cup (Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in United Arab Emirates)	1990	Pakistan
Texaco Trophy (India in England)	1990	India	2-0 (2)
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series	1990/91	India	2-1 (3)
Asia Cup (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka in India)	1990/91	India
Wills Trophy (India, Pakistan, West Indies in United Arab Emirates)	1991/92	Pakistan
South Africa in India ODI Series	1991/92	India	2-1 (3)
Benson & Hedges World Series (Australia, India, West Indies in Australia)	1991/92	Australia
Benson & Hedges World Cup (in Australia/New Zealand)	1991/92	Pakistan
India in Zimbabwe ODI Match	1992/93	India	1-0 (1)
India in South Africa ODI Series	1992/93	South Africa	5-2 (7)
England in India ODI Series	1992/93	drawn	3-3 (6)
Zimbabwe in India ODI Series	1992/93	India	3-0 (3)
India in Sri Lanka ODI Series	1993	Sri Lanka	2-1 (3)
C.A.B. Jubilee Tournament (Hero Cup) (India, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe in India)	1993/94	India
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series	1993/94	India	2-1 (3)
India in New Zealand ODI Series	1993/94	drawn	2-2 (4)
Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup (Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates in United Arab Emirates)	1993/94	Pakistan
Singer World Series (Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)	1994	India
Wills World Series (India, New Zealand, West Indies in India)	1994/95	India
West Indies in India ODI Series	1994/95	India	4-1 (5)
New Zealand Centenary Tournament (Australia, India, New Zealand, South Africa)	1994/95	Australia
Pepsi Asia Cup (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in United Arab Emirates)	1994/95	India
New Zealand in India ODI Series	1995/96	India	3-2 (5)
Wills World Cup (in India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka)	1995/96	Sri Lanka
Singer Cup (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Singapore)	1995/96	Pakistan
Pepsi Sharjah Cup (India, Pakistan, South Africa in United Arab Emirates)	1995/96	South Africa
Texaco Trophy (India in England)	1996	England	2-0 (3)
Singer World Series (Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka)	1996	Sri Lanka
Sahara ‘Friendship’ Cup (India, Pakistan in Canada)	1996	Pakistan	3-2 (5)
Titan Cup (Australia, India, South Africa in India)	1996/97	India
Mohinder Amarnath Benefit Match (South Africa in India)	1996/97	India
Standard Bank International One-Day Series (India, South Africa, Zimbabwe in South Africa)	1996/97	South Africa
India in Zimbabwe ODI Series	1996/97	Zimbabwe	1-0 (1)
India in West Indies ODI Series	1996/97	West Indies	3-1 (4)
Pepsi Independence Cup (India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in India)	1997	Sri Lanka
Pepsi Asia Cup (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)	1997	Sri Lanka
India in Sri Lanka ODI Series	1997	Sri Lanka	3-0 (3)
Sahara ‘Friendship’ Cup (India, Pakistan in Canada)	1997	India	4-1 (5)
India in Pakistan ODI Series	1997/98	Pakistan	2-1 (3)
Akai-Singer Champions Trophy (England, India, Pakistan, West Indies in United Arab Emirates)	1997/98	England
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series	1997/98	drawn	1-1 (3)
Silver Jubilee Independence Cup (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan in Bangladesh)	1997/98	India
Pepsi Triangular Series (Australia, India, Zimbabwe in India)	1997/98	Australia
Coca-Cola Cup (Australia, India, New Zealand in United Arab Emirates)	1997/98	India
Coca-Cola Triangular Series (Bangladesh, India, Kenya in India)	1998	India
Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy (India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)	1998	India
Sahara ‘Friendship’ Cup (India, Pakistan in Canada)	1998	Pakistan	4-1 (5)
India in Zimbabwe ODI Series	1998/99	India	2-1 (3)
Wills International Cup (in Bangladesh)	1998/99	South Africa
Coca-Cola Champions Trophy (India, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe in United Arab Emirates)	1998/99	India
India in New Zealand ODI Series	1998/99	drawn	2-2 (5)
Pepsi Cup (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in India)	1998/99	Pakistan
Coca-Cola Cup (England, India, Pakistan in United Arab Emirates)	1998/99	Pakistan
ICC World Cup (in England/Ireland/Netherlands/Scotland)	1999	Australia
Aiwa Cup (Australia, India, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)	1999	Sri Lanka
Coca-Cola Singapore Challenge (India, West Indies, Zimbabwe in Singapore)	1999	West Indies
DMC Cup (India, West Indies in Canada)	1999	India	2-1 (3)
LG Cup (India, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe in Kenya)	1999/00	South Africa
New Zealand in India ODI Series	1999/00	India	3-2 (5)
Carlton & United Series (Australia, India, Pakistan in Australia)	1999/00	Australia
South Africa in India ODI Series	1999/00	India	3-2 (5)
Coca-Cola Cup (India, Pakistan, South Africa in United Arab Emirates)	1999/00	Pakistan
Asia Cup (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh)	2000	Pakistan
ICC KnockOut (in Kenya)	2000/01	New Zealand
Coca-Cola Champions Trophy (India, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe in United Arab Emirates)	2000/01	Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe in India ODI Series	2000/01	India	4-1 (5)
Australia in India ODI Series	2000/01	Australia	3-2 (5)
Coca-Cola Cup (Zimbabwe) (India, West Indies, Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe)	2001	West Indies
Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka) (India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)	2001	Sri Lanka
Standard Bank Triangular Tournament (India, Kenya, South Africa in South Africa)	2001/02	South Africa
England in India ODI Series	2001/02	drawn	3-3 (6)
Zimbabwe in India ODI Series	2001/02	India	3-2 (5)
India in West Indies ODI Series	2002	India	2-1 (5)
NatWest Series (England, India, Sri Lanka in England)	2002	India
ICC Champions Trophy (in Sri Lanka)	2002/03	shared
West Indies in India ODI Series	2002/03	West Indies	4-3 (7)
India in New Zealand ODI Series	2002/03	New Zealand	5-2 (7)
ICC World Cup (in Kenya/South Africa/Zimbabwe)	2002/03	Australia
TVS Cup (Bangladesh) (Bangladesh, India, South Africa in Bangladesh)	2003	shared
TVS Cup (India) (Australia, India, New Zealand in India)	2003/04	Australia
VB Series (Australia, India, Zimbabwe in Australia)	2003/04	Australia
India in Pakistan ODI Series	2003/04	India	3-2 (5)
Asia Cup (Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates in Sri Lanka)	2004	Sri Lanka
Videocon Cup (Australia, India, Pakistan in Netherlands)	2004	Australia
NatWest Challenge (England, India, Wales in England)	2004	England	2-1 (3)
ICC Champions Trophy (in England)	2004	West Indies
BCCI Platinum Jubilee Match (Pakistan in India)	2004/5	Pakistan
India in Bangladesh ODI Series	2004/05	India	2-1 (3)
Pakistan in India ODI Series	2004/5	Pakistan	4-2 (6)
Indian Oil Cup (India, Sri Lanka, West Indies in Sri Lanka)	2005	Sri Lanka
Videocon Triangular Series (India, New Zealand, Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe)	2005	New Zealand
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series	2005/06	India	6-1 (7)
South Africa in India ODI Series	2005/06	drawn	2-2 (5)
India in Pakistan ODI Series	2005/6	India	4-1 (5)
England in India ODI Series	2005/6	India	5-1 (7)
DLF Cup (India, Pakistan in United Arab Emirates)	2005/06	drawn	1-1 (2)
India in West Indies ODI Series	2006	West Indies	4-1 (5)
India in Sri Lanka ODI Series	2006	drawn	0-0 (3)
Unitech Cup (India, South Africa, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)	2006	abandoned
DLF Cup (Australia, India, West Indies in Malaysia)	2006/07	Australia
ICC Champions Trophy (in India)	2006/07	Australia
India in South Africa ODI Series	2006/07	South Africa	4-0 (5)
West Indies in India ODI Series	2006/07	India	3-1 (4)
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series	2006/07	India	2-1 (4)
ICC World Cup (in West Indies)	2006/07	Australia
India in Bangladesh ODI Series	2007	India	2-0 (3)
India in Ireland ODI Match	2007	India	1-0 (1)
Future Cup (India, South Africa in Ireland)	2007	India	2-1 (3)
Future Friendship Cup (India, Pakistan in Scotland)	2007	abandoned	0-0 (1)
India in Scotland ODI Match	2007	India	1-0 (1)
NatWest Series [India in England]	2007	England	4-3 (7)
Australia in India ODI Series	2007/08	Australia	4-2 (7)
Pakistan in India ODI Series	2007/08	India	3-2 (5)
Commonwealth Bank Series (Australia, India, Sri Lanka in Australia)	2007/08	India
Kitply Cup (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan in Bangladesh)	2008	Pakistan
Asia Cup (Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates in Pakistan)	2008	Sri Lanka
India in Sri Lanka ODI Series	2008	India	3-2 (5)
England in India ODI Series	2008/09	India	5-0 (5)
India in Sri Lanka ODI Series	2008/09	India	4-1 (5)
India in New Zealand ODI Series	2008/09	India	3-1 (5)
India in West Indies ODI Series	2009	India	2-1 (4)
Compaq Cup (India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)	2009	India
ICC Champions Trophy (in South Africa)	2009/10	Australia
Australia in India ODI Series	2009/10	Australia	4-2 (7)
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series	2009/10	India	3-1 (5)
Tri-Nation Tournament in Bangladesh	2009/10	Sri Lanka
South Africa in India ODI Series	2009/10	India	2-1 (3)
Zimbabwe Triangular Series (India, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe)	2010	Sri Lanka
Asia Cup (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)	2010	India
Sri Lanka Triangular Series (India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka)	2010	Sri Lanka
Australia in India ODI Series	2010/11	India	1-0 (3)
New Zealand in India ODI Series	2010/11	India	5-0 (5)
India in South Africa ODI Series	2010/11	South Africa	3-2 (5)
ICC Cricket World Cup (in Bangladesh/India/Sri Lanka)	2010/11	India
India in West Indies ODI Series	2011	India	3-2 (5)
NatWest Series [India in England]	2011	England	3-0 (5)
England in India ODI Series	2011/12	India	5-0 (5)
West Indies in India ODI Series	2011/12	India	4-1 (5)
Commonwealth Bank Series (Australia, India, Sri Lanka in Australia)	2011/12	Australia
Asia Cup (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh)	2011/12	Pakistan
India in Sri Lanka ODI Series	2012	India	4-1 (5)
Pakistan in India ODI Series	2012/13	Pakistan	2-1 (3)
England in India ODI Series	2012/13	India	3-2 (5)
ICC Champions Trophy (in England)	2013	India
West Indies Tri-Nation Series (India, Sri Lanka, West Indies)	2013	India
India in Zimbabwe ODI Series	2013	India	5-0 (5)
Australia in India ODI Series	2013/14	India	3-2 (7)
West Indies in India ODI Series	2013/14	India	2-1 (3)
India in South Africa ODI Series	2013/14	South Africa	2-0 (3)
India in New Zealand ODI Series	2013/14	New Zealand	4-0 (5)
Asia Cup (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh)	2013/14	Sri Lanka
India in Bangladesh ODI Series	2014	India	2-0 (3)
India in England ODI Series	2014	India	3-1 (5)
West Indies in India ODI Series	2014/15	India	2-1 (5)
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series	2014/15	India	5-0 (5)
Carlton Mid One-Day International Tri-Series (Australia, England, India in Australia)	2014/15	Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup (in Australia/New Zealand)	2014/15	Australia
India in Bangladesh ODI Series	2015	Bangladesh	2-1 (3)
India in Zimbabwe ODI Series	2015	India	3-0 (3)
South Africa in India ODI Series	2015/16	South Africa	3-2 (5)
India in Australia ODI Series	2015/16	Australia	4-1 (5)
India in Zimbabwe ODI Series	2016	India	3-0 (3)
New Zealand in India ODI Series	2016/17	India	3-2 (5)
England in India ODI Series	2016/17	India	2-1 (3)
ICC Champions Trophy (in England)	2017	Pakistan
India in West Indies ODI Series	2017	India	3-1 (5)
India in Sri Lanka ODI Series	2017	India	5-0 (5)
Australia in India ODI Series	2017/18	India	4-1 (5)
New Zealand in India ODI Series	2017/18	India	2-1 (3)
Sri Lanka in India ODI Series	2017/18	India	2-1 (3)
India in South Africa ODI Series	2017/18	India	5-1 (6)
India in England ODI Series	2018	England	2-1 (3)
Asia Cup (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in United Arab Emirates)	2018	India
West Indies in India ODI Series	2018/19	India	3-1 (5)

India’s performances in T20Is:

Series/Tournament	Season	Winner	Margin
India in South Africa T20I Match	2006/07	India	1-0 (1)
ICC World Twenty20 (in South Africa)	2007/08	India
Australia in India T20I Match	2007/08	India	1-0 (1)
India in Australia T20I Match	2007/08	Australia	1-0 (1)
India in Sri Lanka T20I Match	2008/09	India	1-0 (1)
India in New Zealand T20I Series	2008/09	New Zealand	2-0 (2)
ICC World Twenty20 (in England)	2009	Pakistan
Sri Lanka in India T20I Series	2009/10	drawn	1-1 (2)
ICC World Twenty20 (in West Indies)	2010	England
India in Zimbabwe T20I Series	2010	India	2-0 (2)
India in South Africa T20I Match	2010/11	India	1-0 (1)
India in West Indies T20I Match	2011	India	1-0 (1)
India in England T20I Match	2011	England	1-0 (1)
England in India T20I Match	2011/12	England	1-0 (1)
India in Australia T20I Series	2011/12	drawn	1-1 (2)
India in South Africa T20I Match	2011/12	South Africa	1-0 (1)
India in Sri Lanka T20I Match	2012	India	1-0 (1)
New Zealand in India T20I Series	2012	New Zealand	1-0 (2)
ICC World Twenty20 (in Sri Lanka)	2012/13	West Indies
England in India T20I Series	2012/13	drawn	1-1 (2)
Pakistan in India T20I Series	2012/13	drawn	1-1 (2)
India v Australia T20I Match (in India)	2013/14	India	1-0 (1)
World T20 (in Bangladesh)	2013/14	Sri Lanka
India in England T20I Match	2014	England	1-0 (1)
India in Zimbabwe T20I Series	2015	drawn	1-1 (2)
South Africa in India T20I Series	2015/16	South Africa	2-0 (3)
India in Australia T20I Series	2015/16	India	3-0 (3)
Sri Lanka in India T20I Series	2015/16	India	2-1 (3)
Asia Cup (in Bangladesh)	2015/16	India
World T20 (in India)	2015/16	West Indies
India in Zimbabwe T20I Series	2016	India	2-1 (3)
West Indies v India T20I Series (in United States of America)	2016	West Indies	1-0 (2)
England in India T20I Series	2016/17	India	2-1 (3)
India in West Indies T20I Match	2017	West Indies	1-0 (1)
India in Sri Lanka T20I Match	2017	India	1-0 (1)
Australia in India T20I Series	2017/18	drawn	1-1 (3)
New Zealand in India T20I Series	2017/18	India	2-1 (3)
Sri Lanka in India T20I Series	2017/18	India	3-0 (3)
India in South Africa T20I Series	2017/18	India	2-1 (3)
Nidahas Twenty20 Tri-Series (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)	2017/18	India
India in Ireland T20I Series	2018	India	2-0 (2)
India in England T20I Series	2018	India	2-1 (3)
West Indies in India T20I Series	2018/19	India	3-0 (3)
India in Australia T20I Series	2018/19	drawn	1-1 (3)

ICC Rankings:

One of the most consistent teams in the world across formats, India is in top two of the ICC rankings in all the three forms of the game. In Tests, India is number one while in ODIs and T20Is, they are placed second.