India National Cricket Team Players, Stats, Match Schedule

The India national cricket team, more popularly known as Team India and sometimes Men in Blue, is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. The Indian cricket team has rivalries with other Test-playing nations, most notably with Pakistan. The rivalries with Australia, South Africa and England have also gained prominence in recent times.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the governing body of cricket in the country. The first recorded match in India was in 1721. However, it was only on 25th June 1932 at the famous Lord's cricket ground in England that the India national cricket team played an official Test match. Only the sixth team to play Test cricket, India are known to be traditionally strong at home while not really making an impact on away tours. Much has changed since then.

Indian cricket team went from strength to strength in the 1970s with the emergence of batsmen such as Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Viswanath, all-rounder Kapil Dev, and quality spin bowlers. During the 1980s, India developed a more aggressive batting line-up with stroke makers such as Azharuddin, Dilip Vengsarkar and Ravi Shastri. In 1983, India went on to defeat the favorites and two-time defending champions West Indies in the third ICC Cricket World Cup. This was definitely a high point in Indian sporting history.

The end of the '80s and '90s saw the debuts of Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, who are considered to be among the greatest Indian players and brought much glory for the country with their stellar contributions.

In the 2000s, a new breed of cricketers took center-stage in the form of MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, etc. Winning the inaugural World Twenty20 in 2007 was a special moment in India's cricketing history. But the biggest moment of glory came on 2nd April 2011 when India beat Sri Lanka in the final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup in Mumbai and went on to become world champions. Under Dhoni's captaincy, an Indian team made history after 28 long years.

Indian Cricket Team have generally done well in the ICC events, reaching a number of finals and semifinals since 2007. In the longer format of the game, India's performance has been excellent, especially at home. They are the runners-up of the 2019 Test Championship.

The infrastructure of the Indian national cricket team has improved by leaps and bounds in the last decade or so. Youngsters are getting good exposure and chance to play alongside some greats of the game in the Indian T20 League and as a result, their bench strength can be considered to be one of the best at the moment.

India National Cricket Team Players - Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat, and Umesh Yadav.

India National Cricket Team Captains - Rohit Sharma (Current Captain), Virat Kohli (Previous Captain), MS Dhoni (Ex-Captain)

India National Cricket Team Coaches - Rahul Dravid (Head Coach), Vikram Rathour (Batting Coach), Paras Mhambrey (Bowling Coach), T Dilip (Fielding Coach)