The India men’s national cricket team, also known as Team India and Men in Blue, is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council with Test, One-Day International and Twenty20 International status.
FULL NAME: India National Cricket Team
NICK NAME: Men in Blue, Team India
FOUNDED: 1926
TEAM OWNER(S): Board of Control of Cricket in India
PROMINENT PLAYERSM: Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan
PLAYER | ROLE | STYLE | AGE |
---|---|---|---|
Shikhar Dhawan | Batsman | Left Handed | 34 |
Virat Kohli | Batsman | Right Handed | 31 |
Ravindra Jadeja | All Rounder | Left Handed | 31 |
Mohammed Shami | Bowler | Right-arm | 30 |
Manish Pandey | Batsman | Right Handed | 31 |
Jasprit Bumrah | Bowler | Right-arm | 26 |
Mayank Agarwal | Batsman | Right Handed | 29 |
Shreyas Iyer | Batsman | Right Handed | 25 |
Yuzvendra Chahal | Bowler | Legbreak | 30 |
KL Rahul | Wicketkeeper | Right Handed | 28 |
Hardik Pandya | Batsman | Right Handed | 27 |
Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler | Left Arm | 25 |
Shardul Thakur | Bowler | Right-arm | 29 |
Navdeep Saini | Bowler | Right-arm | 27 |
Shubman Gill | Batsman | Right Handed | 21 |
Ajinkya Rahane | Batsman | Right Handed | 32 |
Ravichandran Ashwin | Bowler | Right-arm | 34 |
Umesh Yadav | Bowler | Right-arm | 33 |
Wriddhiman Saha | Wicketkeeper | Right Handed | 36 |
Hanuma Vihari | Batsman | Right Handed | 27 |
Rishabh Pant | Wicketkeeper | Left Handed | 23 |
Cheteshwar Pujara | Batsman | Right Handed | 32 |
Mohammed Siraj | Bowler | Right-arm | 26 |
Prithvi Shaw | Batsman | Right Handed | 20 |
ICC Cricket World Cup
Team India participated in all World Cups since the inaugural edition in 1975. They have won the Championship twice, in 1983 and 2011 under Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni respectively. They were finalists in the 2003 edition in South Africa. They have co-hosted the World Cup in 1987, 1996 and 2011.
ICC T20 World Cup
ICC T20 Cricket World Cup was started in 2007 and was won by the Indian team in a thrilling final against Pakistan.