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Team Information
| Founded | 1926 |
| Ground | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium Dharamshala |
| Owner(s) | Board of Control of Cricket in India |
| Nickname | Men in Blue, Team India |
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About IND
The Indian cricket team represents India at the international level in the game of cricket. It is controlled by the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India), under which the Indian team operates. The Indian team got Test status in 1931 since then, it has been one of the strongest teams under the ICC. The Indian team played its first Test match on 25 June 1932 against England at Lord's. India won its first World Cup in 1983, while in 2011, it won this title for the second time.
The Indian cricket team has two captains. Rohit Sharma leads the team in Test and ODI formats, while Suryakumar Yadav captains the team in the shortest format.
Current Squad and Supporting Staff
The Indian cricket team is divided into three formats, due to which many players are currently playing in the Indian team, but if we talk about the supporting staff, it is the same in all three formats.
Current Squad
| Batters | Bowlers | All-rounders | Wicketkeepers |
| Rohit Sharma | Jaspreet Bumrah | Ravichandran Ashwin | Rishabh Pant |
| Virat Kohli | Akash Deep | Ravindra Jadeja | KL Rahul |
| Shubman Gill | Harshit Rana | Washington Sundar | Dhruv Jurel |
| Abhimanyu Easwaran | Prasidh Krishna | Nitish Kumar Reddy | Sanju Samson |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Mohammad Siraj | Shivam Dube | Ishan Kishan |
| Sarfaraz Khan | Ravi Bisnoi | Hardik Pandya | Jitesh Sharma |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | Mohammad Shami | Axar Patel | Srikar Bharat |
| Shreyas Iyer | Avesh Khan | Ramandeep Singh | |
| Devdutt Paddikal | Khaleel Ahmed | ||
| Riyan Parag | Mukesh Kumar | ||
| Rajat Patidar | Ashrdeep Singh | ||
| Rinku Singh | Shardul Thakur | ||
| Sai Sudharshan | Mayank Yadav | ||
| Surya Kumar Yadav | Varun Chakravarthy | ||
| Tilak Varma | Kuldeep Yadav | ||
| Abhishek Sharma |
Supporting Staff
| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Gautam Gambhir |
| Assistant Coad | Abhishek Nayar, Ryan Ten Doeschate |
| Bowling Coach | Morne Morkel |
| Fielding Coach | T Dilip |
Records and Honours
The Indian team played its first Test in 1932, its first ODI in 1974, and its first T20I in 2006. As of November 2024, India is the leading winning team in T20Is and follows Australia in ODIs. To list India’s honors and achievements, India won the first World Cup in 1983. Along with this, India also has 2 ODIs and 2 T20 World Cups.
Records
| Format | Span | Match | Win | Loss | Draw | Tie | NR |
| Test | 1932-2024 | 584 | 180 | 181 | 222 | 1 | - |
| ODI | 1974-2024 | 1058 | 559 | 445 | - | 10 | 44 |
| T20I | 2006-2024 | 242 | 160 | 70 | - | 1 | 6 |
Honors
| Honor | Year |
| Prudential World Cup winner | 1983 |
| ICC Champions Trophy shared | 2002 |
| ICC T20I World Cup winner | 2007 |
| ICC World Cup winner | 2011 |
| ICC Champions Trophy winner | 2013 |
| ICC T20I World Cup Winner | 2024 |
| ACC Asia Cup winner | 1984, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2010, 2016, 2018 and 2023 |
| Gold medal in the Asian Games | 2022 |
Governing Body
The Indian cricket team comes under the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India). The BCCI joined the Imperial Cricket Conference which later became the International Cricket Council in 1926.India's domestic as well as International Cricket structure is managed by the BCCI which includes state cricket associations and other organizations. BCCI is a private organization, it does fall under the purview of the Indian government. At present, the President of BCCI is Roger Binny, who has also been a former Indian player, while the Secretary of BCCI is Jay Shah. The Indian Premier League organized by BCCI is one of the richest sporting competitions in the world. According to the Times of India, the BCCI is worth INR 18,760 crore.
The Indian Team Jersey
The Indian cricket team uses different jerseys in all three formats. In Test cricket, white clothes with blue stripes are used, and blue clothes with white stripes are used in ODIs. With respect to the T20 format, the blue and orange clothes with white stripes are used. The jersey of the Indian cricket team is exclusively designed by Adidas.
International Grounds
| Stadium | City |
| Narendra Modi Stadium | Ahmedabad |
| M Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru |
| Arun Jaitley Stadium | Delhi |
| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai |
| Eden Gardens Stadium | Kolkata |
| HPCA Stadium | Dharmshala |
| Ekana Stadium | Lucknow |
| Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai |
| MCA International Stadium | Pune |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium | Hyderabad |
| Greenfield International Stadium | Trivandrum |
| Barsapara Cricket Stadium | Guwahati |
| ACA VDCA Stadium | Visakhapatnam |
| Barabati Stadium | Cuttack |
FAQs on the Indian Cricket Team
A. The Indian cricket team got Test status in 1931.
A. The BCCI was formed on 1 December 1928, in Madras (Chennai).
A. The Indian team played its first Test match on 25 June 1932, against England at Lords.
A. The first captain of the Indian cricket team was CK Naidu.
A. The name of the batsman who scored the first century in Test cricket for India is Lala Amarnath.
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