India at the Cricket World Cup
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The India national cricket team is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body of cricket. There have been thirteen editions of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial event hosted by the ICC in the ODI format since 1975. India has participated in every edition of the Cricket World Cup since its introduction. India has won it twice in 1983 and 2011, and is amongst the only three teams to have won it more than once. In the first two editions in 1975 and 1979, the Indian team captained by Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan won only a single match and did not progress past the group stage. Kapil Dev led the India team in the third edition of the World Cup in 1983. India registered its first ever World Cup victories over West Indies, Australia and England cricket teams en route to the final. It won the World Cup for the first time after defeating the West Indies, who had won the inaugural two editions of the World Cup. India hosted its first World Cup in 1987, but could not defend the title and was eliminated in the semifinals. The Indian team was captained by Mohammad Azharuddin for the next three editions with the best result being reaching the semifinals in the 1996 edition, co-hosted by India. The Indian side led by Sourav Ganguly reached its second World Cup final in 2003 and finished as runners-up. India was eliminated in the group stage in the next edition, having lost both the matches it played. In the 2011 edition co-hosted by India, the Indian team led by MS Dhoni progressed to the quarterfinals after four wins from six matches in the group stage. India defeated three-time defending champions Australia in the quarterfinals, before defeating the Sri Lanka cricket team in the finals to lift its second World Cup title. India won 14 of the 17 matches it played across the next two editions, but did not progress beyond the semifinals in both the tournaments. In the 2023 edition hosted exclusively by India, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team did not lose a single match en route to the final. In the fourth final appearance at the World Cups, India lost to Australia and finished as runners-up for the second time. Sachin Tendulkar is the leading run scorer for India with 2278 runs and holds the record for the most runs across World Cups. Mohammed Shami is the leading wicket taking bowler for India with 55 wickets. Virat Kohli holds the record for the most runs scored in a single edition of the World Cup with 765 runs in the 2023 World Cup. Rohit Sharma has scored seven centuries across World Cups with five in a single edition in 2019.