The Indian cricket team, known as the Men in Blue, is the most popular cricket team in the world. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the team played its first international match in 1926 and has produced some of the most talented cricketers in the world. The team has won numerous major tournaments, including the 1983 , 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and 2024 T20 World Cup.
INDIAN CRICKET TEAM
| FULL NAME | India National Cricket Team |
| NICKNAME | Men in Blue, Team India |
| FOUNDED | 1926 |
| TEAM OWNED BY | Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) |
| MAIN PLAYERS | Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer |
| Indian Cricket Team Facebook | @IndianCricketTeam |
| Indian Cricket Team Twitter | @BCCI |
| Indian Cricket Team Instagram | @indiancricketteam |
INDIAN CRICKET TEAM LATEST NEWS
INDIAN CRICKET ODI SQUAD
| PLAYER NAME | ROLE | STYLE | JERSEY NUMBER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | Batter | Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off-break | 45 |
| Shubman Gill (Captain) | Batter | Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling:Right arm Offbreak | 77 |
| Virat Kohli | Batter | Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Medium | 18 |
| KL Rahul | Wicketkeeper | Batting: Right-hand bat | 1 |
| Shreyas Iyer (Vice Captain) | Batter | Batting:Right hand Bat Bowling: Right arm Offbreak, Legbreak Googly | 41 |
| Washington Sundar | All-rounder | Batting: Left hand Bat Bowling: Right arm Offbreak | 5 |
| Axar Patel | All-rounder | Batting: Left hand Bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox | 9 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | All-rounder | Batting: Left hand Bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox | 8 |
| Arshdeep Singh | Bowler | Batting: Left hand Bat Bowling: Left arm Medium fast | 2 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler | Batting: Left hand Bat Bowling: Left arm Wrist spin | 23 |
| Hardik Pandya | Allrounder | Batting: Right hand Bat Bowling: Right arm Fast medium | 33 |
| Mohammed Shami | Bowler | Batting: Right hand Bat Bowling: Right arm Fast | 11 |
| Mohammed Siraj | Bowler | Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right arm Fast | 73 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Batting | Batting: Left handed Bat Bowling: Right-arm legbreak | 23 |
| Shivam Dube | All-rounder | Batting: Left hand Bat Bowling: Right arm Medium | 25 |
| Riyan Parag | All-rounder | Batting: Right hand Bat Bowling: Right arm Offbreak, Legbreak | 12 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Bowler | Batting: Right-hand Bowling: Right Legbreak & Googly | 29 |
| Harshit Rana | Bowler | Batting: Right-Hand Bat Bowling: Right arm fast Medium | 22 |
| Rishabh Pant | Wicketkeeper | Batting: Left-Hand Bat | 17 |
| Kranti Goud | Bowler | Batting: Right-Hand Bat Bowling: Right arm Medium fast | 26 |
| Shree Charani | Bowler | Batting: Left hand Bat Bowling: Slow Left arm Orthodox | 40 |
ABOUT THE INDIAN CRICKET TEAM
ODI Captain – Shubman Gill
Test Captain – Shubman Gill
T20I Captain – Suryakumar Yadav
Head Coach – Gautam Gambhir
Bowling Coach – Morne Morkel
Batting /Assistant Coach – Sitanshu Kotak , Ryan ten Doeschate
Fielding Coach – T Dilip
Strength and Conditioning coach – Adrian le Roux
Physio – Kamlesh Jain
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The Indian cricket team is undoubtedly the most popular cricket team in the world, with die-hard fans not just in the country but all over the globe. Governed by the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI), the Indian team played its first international match (Test) on June 25, 1932, against England at Lord’s. CK Nayudu was the first captain of India in Test cricket. Two decades later, India registered its first Test win against England in Madras (now Chennai) in 1952 in their 24th match. Lala Amarnath was the first Indian batter to score a Test hundred.
In white-ball cricket, India made their ODI and T20I debuts in 1974 and 2006, respectively. Over the years, the Indian team has produced some fantastic talents across formats. Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Gundappa Viswanath, Dilip Vengsarkar, Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Bishen Singh Bedi, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah are some of the most famed Indian cricketers.
RECORDS BY TEAM
- Closest draw by runs remaining in Tests – 1 run vs West Indies at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, November 2011.
- Winning after having to follow in Tests since 2000 – vs Australia by 171 runs, Eden Gardens in Kolkata, March 2001.
- Most consecutive series win in Tests – 9 from 2015 to 2017/18.
- Most consecutive innings of 400 plus in Tests – 6
- Most sixes in a Test match – 37 in Visakhapatnam, October 2019
- Most runs from fours and sixes in T20I innings – 210 vs Sri Lanka in Indore, December 2017
- First batter to 100 international hundreds – Sachin Tendulkar
- First batter to three ODI double hundreds – Rohit Sharma
- First batter to 4000 T20I runs – Virat Kohli
- India lost the second Test by 408 runs, which is its heaviest defeat in red-ball history in terms of runs. The previous worst defeat was a 342-run loss to Australia in Nagpur in 2004.
MAJOR STADIUMS
- Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
- Narendra Modi Stadium, Gujarat
- Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
- MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai
- M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru)
TROPHIES AND AWARD
Below is a list of major tournaments won by the Indian cricket team across formats:
| Year | Trophy / Award |
| 1983 | ICC Cricket World Cup |
| 1984 | Asia Cup |
| 1985 | World Championship of Cricket (Declared as the Team of the Century by Wisden) |
| 1988 | Asia Cup |
| 1990/91 | Asia Cup |
| 1993 | Hero Cup |
| 1995 | Asia Cup |
| 2002 | ICC Champions Trophy (shared with Sri Lanka) |
| 2007 | ICC T20 World Cup |
| 2010 | Asia Cup |
| 2011 | ICC Cricket World Cup |
| 2013 | ICC Champions Trophy |
| 2016 | Asia Cup (T20I) |
| 2018 | Asia Cup |
| 1996-2022 | Border-Gavaskar Series (10 trophy wins) Test Series against Australia |
| 2020 | India vs Australia BGT |
| 2022 | India vs Australia BGT |
| 2023 | India Asia Cup |
| 2024 | T20 World Cup |
| 2025 | ICC Champions Trophy |
| 2025 | Asia Cup |
Team India Address – Cricket Centre, 2nd Floor, Wankhede Stadium, ‘D’ Road, Churchgate, Mumbai 400 020, India
Contact Number – + (91) 22 2289 8800
Email Address – office@bcci.tv
Website– http://www.bcci.tv/
TOP CRICKET ASSOCIATIONS IN INDIA
Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA)
Address – Delhi & District Cricket Association Ferozeshah Kotla Ground New Delhi-110002
Contact Number – 23319323,23312721,23313143
Email Address – generalenquiry@ddca.co
Website – https://www.ddca.in/
Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB)
Address – Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy Club House, Fort William, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, West Bengal 700021
Contact Number – (033) 2248 0411,(033) 2248 2447
Email – cab@bengalcricket.com
Website – https: //www.cricketassociationofbengal.com
Baroda Cricket Association
Address – 78 – Hari Bhakti Colony, Race Course Circle, O.P. Road, Vadodara
Contact Number – +91 265 2336625/26
Email – info@cricketbaroda.com
Website – https://www.cricketbaroda.com/
Maharashtra Cricket Association
Address – Gahunje, Teh, Maval, Dist, Pune, Pin Code – 412 101
Contact Number – 020-27377162
Email – cricketmaharashtra@yahoo.com
Website – www.cricketmaharashtra.com
Mumbai Cricket Association
Address – Cricket Centre, Wankhede Stadium, ‘D’ Road, Churchgate, Mumbai – 400 020, Maharashtra, India.
Contact Number– 022 – 2279 5500
Email – mcacrik@mumbaicricket.com
Website – https://www.mumbaicricket.com/
Karnataka Cricket Association
Address – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Cubbon Road,
Bengaluru – 560001
Contact Number – 80 4015 4015
Email – office@ksca.co.in
Website – https://www.ksca.cricket/
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
Address – M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Victoria,
No 5 Victoria Hostel Road, Chepauk, Chennai 600005.
Contact Number – 44 28544175
Email – office@tnca.in
Website – https://www.tnca.cricket/
GALLERY
FAQs about the Indian cricket team
Statistically, Tendulkar is the No.1 cricket player in India. He has played the most number of international cricket matches, scored the most number of runs, and hit the most number of hundreds. In a career spanning 24 years, Tendulkar amassed 34357 runs in 664 international matches at an average of 48.52 with 100 international hundreds and 164 half-centuries.
Looking at Test match records, Virat Kohli is the most successful captain in India. He led the Indian team in 68 Test matches, of which the team won 40 and lost only 17. 11 Test matches Kohli led finished in draws. He finished his Test captaincy stint with a win percentage of 58.82.
Kohli had an extremely impressive record as ODI captain as well. He led India in 95 one-dayers, winning 65 to finish with a win percentage of 70.43. MS Dhoni has won most ODIs for India as captain – 110 off 200. He has a win percentage of 59.52. Under MSD, though, India won two World Cups (2007 and 2011) and one Champions Trophy (2013). Kohli came close occasionally, but India could never win an ICC title under him.