The Indian Cricket Team are the Current World Champions, they won the World Cup 2011 in their home soil beat Srilanka and India also won the World Cup 1983 held in England beat West Indies in the Final Match. But India not able to won the final against the mighty Aussies in South Africa in 2003. In-fact they won all the matches except the two matches against Australia, one at the league state and another one in the major final of World Cup 2003. India's performance in World Cups was not bad. They're semi-finalist in 1996 and 1987 but 1975, 1979, 1992 and 2007 they not even qualified for the super six stage. In-fact they knocked out at the league stage itself. India win and loss record at the world is 39 Wins and 26 Loss. One match tied and one match drawn.
India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the successful captain in World Cup. He won the Cricket World Cup 2011 for his country he also played well in the final against Srilanka. The first hat-trick at the World Cup was by Indian Chetan Sharma in a game against New Zealand in 1987. India won all three formats of the game. Current World Champions in One-Day Internal Matches (50 Overs Match), Won the first inaugural T20 Championship, Won ICC Champions Trophy 2013. So, under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh India won all the major tournaments.
Indian Cricket Team Performance at 50 Overs World Cup
Here is the full list.- England 1975 - Round 1
- England 1979 - Round 1
- England 1983 - Champions
- India / Pakistan 1987 - Third Place
- Australia / Newzealand 1992 - Round 1
- India / Pakistan / Srilanka 1996 - Third Place
- England 1999 - R2 (Super 6's)
- South Africa / Zimbabwe / Kenya 2003 - Runners-up
- West Indies 2007 - Round 1
- India / Srilanka / Pakistan 2011 - Champions
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