Details of India’s participation in the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, with information about the India Team, their schedule, and the history of this dominating ODI cricket nation.
India World Cup Team
The India ODI cricket team are ranked No.1 in the world, which means they have a very good chance of progressing to the late stages of the 2023 Cricket World Cup. However, there will also be a whole lot of expectation on this impressive team to win big on home soil.
India World Cup Team information
ODI Ranking: 1
Rating: 116
Highest previous CWC finish: Winners (1983, 2011)
Captain: Rohit Sharma (Batter)
Vice Captain: Hardik Pandya (All-rounder)
Squad: Virat Kohli (Batter), Ravindra Jadeja (All-rounder), Mohammed Shami (Bowler), KL Rahul (Batter & Wicket-keeper), Jasprit Bumrah (Bowler), Shreyas Iyer (Batter), Mohammed Siraj (Bowler), Ishan Kishan (Batter & Wicket-keeper), Kuldeep Yadav (Bowler), Shardul Thakur (Bowler), Shubman Gill (Batter), Suryakumar Yadav (Batter), Ravichandran Ashwin (Bowler)
India World Cup Schedule
Despite being tournament hosts, India are not playing in the first match of the Cricket World Cup 2023. However, their first match is a big one, facing down five time world cup winners Australia on 8th October. Other notable matches include a big clash with neighbours Pakistan on the 14th October and then taking on reigning World Cup holders England on the 29th October.
India v Australia
14:00, Sun 08 October
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
India v Afghanistan
14:00, Wed 11 October
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
India v Pakistan
14:00, Sat 14 October
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
India v Bangladesh
14:00, Thu 19 October
MCA International Stadium, Pune
India v New Zealand
14:00, Sun 22 October
HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
India v England
14:00, Sun 29 October
BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
India v Sri Lanka
14:00, Thu 02 November
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
India v South Africa
14:00, Sun 05 November
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
India v Netherlands
14:00, Sun 12 November
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Assuming India advance in the tournament there is a semi-final and final to follow the group stages of the World Cup. Most bookmakers are predicting India will make the semi’s and they are also fairly short-priced to make it to the final.
India ODI History
India will host the 2023 Cricket World Cup and hope to make home advantage count so that they can lift the trophy again. The Men in Blue were able to prosper on their own patch in 2011 when they co-hosted the tournament with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The Indians were able to navigate their way through to the final where they lined up at the Wankhede Stadium against co-hosts Sri Lanka. With a raucous crowd mainly supporting the former, then it was a six-wicket victory and this was the second triumph for a cricket-mad nation that take their national sport very seriously.
2nd World Cup win in 1983
Wind the clock back to 1983 and India were successful for the first time in the Cricket World Cup. It was the third edition of this One Day International tournament, with India able to beat West Indies in the final by 43 runs which was quite an emphatic margin.
That particular clash was at Lord’s in London, although India then had to wait until 2003 before they would reach the next final. South African hosted this particular competition and the stage was set in Johannesburg for a thrilling match against Australia although it ended up being strongly in favour of the Baggy Greens.
The Aussies were able to post an outstanding total of 359/2 which was always a big ask for India to reel in their opponents and they fell short when being skittled out for 234 runs.
Who Holds the ODI Records for India?
It’s no surprise to find that there are some legendary names that feature when it comes to the most runs and most wickets that have been scored throughout the history of India and One Day Internationals.
Sachin Tendulkar is widely revered in this country and he amassed 18,426 runs throughout an incredible ODI career, with this putting him well ahead of the other leading batsmen. Virat Kohli stands on 12,311 and actually boasts a better average of 58.07 compared to the former’s 50.26.
Other impressive batsmen include Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, and MS Dhoni. Ganguly has notched 11,221 runs for India when it comes to One Day International cricket in a blue Indian shirt, with Dravid scoring 10,889 runs and he’s closely followed by Dhoni who stands on 10,599.
When it comes to the biggest wicket takers for India at One Day International level, then Anil Kumble sits at the top of the standings with a sum total of 334. Javagal Srinath and he has 315 wickets on the board, while Ajit Agarkar is third on the podium and 288 wickets was an excellent achievement by this player.
There have been some remarkable Indian ODI performances and the record run rate was on 8 December 2011 when the team were able to achieve 418/5 against the West Indies. They were also able to go big when scoring 414/7 on 15 December 2009.
