India national cricket team

India

Nickname(s)	Men in Blue
Association	Board of Control for Cricket in India
Personnel
Test captain	Rohit Sharma
One Day captain	Rohit Sharma
T20I captain	Vacant
Coach	Gautam Gambhir
History
Test status acquired	1931 (93 years ago) (1931)
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Full Member (1926)
ICC region	ACC
ICC Rankings Current[3] Best-ever Test 2nd 1st (1 April 1973) ODI 1st 1st (January 2013) T20I 1st 1st[1][2] (28 March 2014)
Tests
First Test	v  England at Lord's, London; 25‍–‍28 June 1932
Last Test	v  England at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala; 7‍–‍9 March 2024
Tests Played Won/Lost Total[4] 579 178/178 (222 draws, 1 tie) This year[5] 6 5/1 (0 draws)
World Test Championship appearances	2 (first in 2019–2021)
Best result	Runners-up (2019–21, 2021–23)
One Day Internationals
First ODI	v  England at Headingley, Leeds; 13 July 1974
Last ODI	v  South Africa at Boland Park, Paarl; 21 December 2023
ODIs Played Won/Lost Total[6] 1,055 559/443 (9 ties, 44 no results) This year[7] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
World Cup appearances	13 (first in 1975)
Best result	Champions (1983, 2011)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I	v  South Africa at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg; 1 December 2006
Last T20I	v  Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Harare; 14 July 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[8] 232 152/69 (5 ties, 6 no results) This year[9] 17 14/1 (1 tie, 1 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances	9 (first in 2007)
Best result	Champions (2007, 2024)
Official website	bcci.tv
Test kit ODI kit T20I kit
As of 14 July 2024

The India men's national cricket team represents India in men's international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. India are the current Twenty20 World Champions.^[10]

The team has played 579 Test matches, winning 178, losing 178, 222 draw and 1 tie. As of July 2024, India is ranked second in the ICC Test Championship on 120 rating points. India has played the finals of the ICC World Test Championship in the first two editions (2021 and 2023).

Test rivalries include the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (with Australia), Freedom Trophy (with South Africa), Anthony de Mello Trophy and Pataudi Trophy (with England).

The team has played 1,055 ODI matches, winning 559, losing 443, tying 9 and with 44 ending in a no-result. As of July 2024, 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 two ICC Champions trophies in 2002 and 2013. In addition, they have also won the ODI Asia Cup 7 times in 1984, 1988, 1990–91, 1995, 2010, 2018, 2023.

The team has played 232 Twenty20 International matches, winning 152, losing 69, tying 5 and with 6 ending in a no-result. As of July 2024, India is ranked first in the ICC T20I Championship on 266 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 Asian Games in 2022.

India are the reigning T20 World Cup Champions winning the championship in 2024 against South africa. To celebrate their win, the BCCI awarded a total prize money of Rs 125 crore for the entire 42-member contingent.^[11]