41 Facts About Team India

Team India had to wait until 1952, almost twenty years, for its first Test victory.

In limited-overs cricket, Team India made its ODI and T20I debuts in 1974 and 2006, respectively.

Team India subsequently played their first Test series at home not against England, but against the West Indies in 1948.

Team India recorded their first Test victory, in their 24th match, against England at Madras in 1952.

However, Team India was not considered strong in ODIs at this point and batsmen such as the captain Gavaskar were known for their defensive approach to batting.

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In contrast, India fielded a strong team in Test matches and was particularly strong at home, where their combination of stylish batsmen and beguiling spinners were at their best.

Team 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, thanks to 112 from Viswanath.

Team India won the Cricket World Cup in 1983, defeating the favourites and the two-time defending champions West Indies in the final at Lord's, owing to a strong bowling performance.

In 1984, Team India won the Asia Cup and in 1985, won the World Championship of Cricket in Australia.

Apart from this, India remained a weak team outside the Indian subcontinent.

Team India maintained their unbeaten home record against Australia in Test series after victory in 2001.

The series was famous for the Kolkata Test match, in which India became only the third team in the history of Test cricket to win a Test match after following on.

In December 2006, Team India played and won its first Twenty20 international in South Africa.

In September 2007, Team India won the first-ever Twenty20 World Cup held in South Africa, beating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final.

On 2 April 2011, India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup by defeating Sri Lanka in the final, thus becoming the third team after West Indies and Australia to win the World Cup twice.

Team India defeated England in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy Final and Dhoni became the first captain in history to win the three major ICC trophies, namely the ICC Cricket World Cup, ICC World Twenty20 and ICC Champions Trophy.

Team India toured Australia towards the end of 2014 for a 4 match Test series, which is remembered for MS Dhoni's sudden retirement from Test cricket after the end of the second Test.

Team India began to dominate at home in Test matches under new captain Virat Kohli after they comprehensively beat South Africa in 2015.

Team India was knocked out of the 2015 World Cup in the semi-final to eventual winners Australia.

Team India then began 2016 by winning the 2016 Asia Cup, remaining unbeaten throughout the tournament.

Team India defeated Pakistan in their first game of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy but lost to the same opponents in the final, the first time they had met at this stage of a tournament since 2007.

Team India were supposed to play South Africa at home in March 2020, but the tour got cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Team India.

Team India played its first home series of 2021 against England.

Team India played their first match vs Pakistan, losing by 10 wickets.

Team India was placed in Group A of Asia cup '22 which was played in T20I format.

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Team India defeated Pakistan and Hong Kong to enter Super 4 stage.

Board of Control for Cricket in India is the governing body for the Indian cricket team and first-class cricket in India.

Nike had been a long time kit supplier to team India having acquired the contract in 2005, with two extensions for a period of five years each time; in 2011 and 2016 respectively.

The first stadium to host a Test match in Team India was the Gymkhana Ground in Bombay in 1933, the only Test it ever hosted.

Under Wadekar's captaincy, Team India registered its first Test series win in the West Indies and England.

Team India won its first ODI under the captaincy of Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan in the 1975 Cricket World Cup, against East Africa.

Team India was succeeded by Kapil Dev in the 1980s, who captained for 34 Test matches, including 4 victories.

Team India has had six regular Test captains since Mohammad Azharuddin took charge in 1989.

Team India was followed by Sachin Tendulkar, who captained the team in 25 Test matches and 73 ODIs in the late 1990s; Tendulkar was relatively unsuccessful as a captain, winning only 4 Test matches and 23 ODIs.

Under his captaincy, Team India became the joint-winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka, and the runners-up of the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

Team India lost only three Tests at home under Ganguly and managed to draw Test series in England and Australia.

Team India holds the record of most appearances in both Tests and ODIs, most runs in both Tests and ODIs and most centuries in Tests and ODIs.

Team India has had some very strong bowling figures, with spin bowler Anil Kumble being a member of the elite group of 4 bowlers who have taken 600 Test wickets.

For example, when Team India slid to defeat against Australia at Brabourne Stadium in 1969, fans began throwing stones and bottles onto the field as well as setting fire to the stands, before laying siege to the Australian dressing rooms.

Team India later played a match against South Africa in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Similar regional divisions in India regarding selection have caused protests against the team, with political activists from the regional Kalinga Kamgar Sena party in Odisha disrupting the arrival of the team in Cuttack for an ODI over the lack of a local player in the team, with one activist manhandling coach Greg Chappell.