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Indian national cricket team

India
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Test status acquired 1932
Captain Virat Kohli
Coach Anil Kumble
ICC Rankings Current Best-ever
Test
ODI
T20I
1st
3rd
2nd
1st
1st
1st
Test Matches
First Test v  England at Lord's, London; 25–28 June 1932
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total 507 136/157
(213 draws, 1 tie)
This year 0 0/0 (0 draws)
Last Test v  England at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai; 16-20 December 2016
One-Day Internationals
First ODI v  England at Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds; 13 July 1974
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total 906 459/401
(7 ties, 39 no result)
This year 2 2/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Last ODI v  England at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack; 19 January 2017
World Cup Appearances 11 (first in 1975)
Best result Champions (1983, 2011)
T20 Internationals
First T20I v  South Africa at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg; 1 December 2006
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total 78 46/29
(1 tie, 2 no result)
This year 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Last T20I v  West Indies at Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill; 28 August 2016
World Twenty20 Appearances 6 (first in 2007)
Best result Champions (2007)
As of 19 January 2017
ICC Rankings Current Best-ever
Test
ODI
T20I
1st
3rd
2nd
1st
1st
1st
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total 507 136/157
(213 draws, 1 tie)
This year 0 0/0 (0 draws)
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total 906 459/401
(7 ties, 39 no result)
This year 2 2/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total 78 46/29
(1 tie, 2 no result)
This year 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)

The Indian cricket team, also known as Team India and Men in Blue, represents India in international cricket. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.

Although cricket was introduced to India by European merchant sailors in the 18th century, and the first cricket club was established in Calcutta in 1792, India's national cricket team did not play its first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord's, becoming the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status. In its first fifty years of international cricket, India was one of the weaker teams, winning only 35 of the first 196 Test matches it played. From 1932 India had to wait until 1952, almost 20 years for its first Test victory. The team, however, gained strength in the 1970s with the emergence of players such as batsmen Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath, all-rounder Kapil Dev and the Indian spin quartet namely Erapalli Prasanna, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and Bishen Singh Bedi.

Traditionally much stronger at home than abroad, the Indian team has improved its overseas form since the start of the 21st century, winning Test matches in Australia, England and South Africa. It has won the Cricket World Cup twice – 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 has won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, under the captaincy of Dhoni. It was also the joint champions of 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, along with Sri Lanka.


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