The India national cricket team is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), of 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.

Cricket World Cup Record +Result summary Host and Year Result Matches Won Lost Tied No Result Captain 1975 Round 1 3 1 2 0 0 S Venkataraghavan 1979 Round 1 3 0 3 0 0 S Venkataraghavan 1983 Champions 8 6 2 0 0 Kapil Dev 1987$ Semi-finals 7 5 2 0 0 Kapil Dev 1992 Round 1 8 2 5 0 1 Mohammad Azharuddin 1996$ Semi-finals 7 4 3 0 0 Mohammad Azharuddin 1999 Round 2 (Super 6s) 8 4 4 0 0 Mohammad Azharuddin 2003 Runners-up 11 9 2 0 0 Sourav Ganguly 2007 Group Stage 3 1 2 0 0 Rahul Dravid 2011$ Champions 9 7 1 1 0 MS Dhoni 2015 Semi-finals 8 7 1 0 0 MS Dhoni 2019 Semi-finals 10 7 2 0 1 Virat Kohli 2023$ Runners-Up 11 10 1 0 0 Rohit SharmaTotal2 titles96633012 $Red box indicates that the tournament was hosted or co-hosted by India

By opposition Won more matches than lostWon equal matches to lostLost more matches than won

+Result by opponent OpponentMatchesWonLostTiedNo ResultWin %First played 2 2 0 0 0 100.00 22 June 2019 14 5 9 0 0 35.71 13 June 1983 5 4 1 0 0 80.00 17 March 2007 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 19 March 2007 East Africa 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 11 June 1975 9 4 4 1 0 44.44 7 June 1975 2 2 0 0 0 100.00 6 March 2011 4 4 0 0 0 100.00 18 February 1996 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 23 February 2003 3 3 0 0 0 100.00 12 February 2003 10 5 5 0 0 50.00 14 June 1975 8 8 0 0 0 100.00 4 March 1992 6 3 3 0 0 50.00 15 March 1992 10 5 4 0 1 50.00 18 June 1979 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 28 February 2015 9 6 3 0 0 66.66 9 June 1979 9 8 1 0 0 88.89 11 June 1983Total9563301166.317 June 1975

1975 World Cup

Squad Manager: Gulabrai Ramchand PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class team Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (c) 21 April 1945 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Tamil Nadu Syed Abid Ali 9 September 1941 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Hyderabad Mohinder Amarnath 24 September 1950 Right-handed Right-arm medium Delhi Bishen Singh Bedi 25 September 1946 Right-handed Left-arm slow orthodox Delhi Farokh Engineer (wk) 25 February 1938 Right-handed Wicket-keeper Bombay Anshuman Gaekwad 23 September 1952 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Baroda Sunil Gavaskar 10 July 1949 Right-handed Right-arm medium Bombay Karsan Ghavri 28 February 1951 Left-handed Left-arm medium Bombay Syed Kirmani (wk) 29 December 1949 Right-handed Wicket-keeper Karnataka Madan Lal 20 March 1951 Right-handed Right-handed medium Delhi Brijesh Patel 24 November 1952 Right-handed Right-arm offbreak Karnataka Parthasarathy Sharma 5 January 1948 Right-handed Right-arm medium Rajasthan Eknath Solkar 19 March 1948 Left-handed Left-arm slow orthodox Bombay Gundappa Viswanath 12 February 1949 Right-handed Right-arm legbreak Karnataka Source: The Times

Summary The 1975 Cricket World Cup was the inaugural edition of the tournament held in England in June 1975. The format consisted of a group stage, in which each team played the other three teams in its group of four once and the top two teams advanced to the semifinals. India was placed in Group B along with England, New Zealand and East Africa. The Indian team was led by Srinivas Venkataraghavan and was relatively inexperienced at ODI cricket, having played their first match only a year earlier during the tour of England in 1974.

India played its first match against England at Lord's. Chasing a target of 334, India scored 132 runs in 60 overs and lost by a margin of 202 runs. India won the next match against East Africa at Headingley in Leeds by ten wickets. After medium pacer Madan Lal took three wickets to restrict the East African team to a total of 120 runs, India chased the target without losing a single wicket with opener Sunil Gavaskar top-scoring with 65 runs from 86 balls. India played its last group stage match against New Zealand at Old Trafford in Manchester. Batting first, India scored 230 runs with Syed Abid Ali top scoring with 70 runs from 98 balls. New Zealand chased the target with four wickets to spare with opener Glenn Turner scoring a century (114 not out from 177 balls). India finished third in the group and failed to qualify for the next round as only the top two teams progressed to the semifinals.

+ ResultsEventGroup stageSemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResult1975Lost by 202 runsWon by 10 wicketsLost by 4 wickets3Did not advanceGroup Stage

1979 World Cup

Squad PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class team Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (c) 21 April 1945 Right-handed Right arm offbreak Tamil Nadu Mohinder Amarnath 24 September 1950 Right-handed Right arm medium Delhi Bishan Singh Bedi 25 September 1946 Right-handed Left arm slow orthodox Delhi Anshuman Gaekwad 23 September 1952 Right-handed Right arm offbreak Baroda Sunil Gavaskar 10 July 1949 Right-handed Right arm medium Bombay Karsan Ghavri 28 February 1951 Left-handed Left arm medium Bombay Kapil Dev 6 January 1959 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Haryana Surinder Khanna (wk) 3 June 1956 Right-handed Wicket-keeper Delhi Brijesh Patel 24 November 1952 Right-handed Right arm offbreak Karnataka Dilip Vengsarkar 6 April 1956 Right-handed Right arm medium Bombay Gundappa Viswanath 12 February 1949 Right-handed Right arm legbreak Karnataka Bharath Reddy 12 November 1954 Right-handed Wicket-keeper Tamil Nadu Yajurvindra Singh 1 August 1952 Right-handed Right arm medium Maharashtra Yashpal Sharma 11 August 1954 Right-handed Right arm medium Punjab Source: Cricinfo

Summary The 1979 Cricket World Cup was the second edition of the tournament and was again held in England. The format remained the same as the last edition and consisted of a group stage, in which each team played the other three teams in its group once. India was placed in Group B along with West Indies, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. The Indian team was led by Venkataraghavan for the second consecutive world cup.

India lost its first match to reigning champions West Indies by nine wickets at Edgbaston in Birmingham. India were bowled out for 190 with Vishwanath top scoring with 75 runs while West Indian opener Gordon Greenidge scored an unbeaten century in the subsequent chase. In their next match against New Zealand at Headingley, India were all out for 182 with Gavaskar being the only Indian batter to cross half-century in the match with 55 runs. New Zealand chased the target with 18 balls to spare and won by eight wickets with Bruce Edgar scoring 84 runs. India's last match in the group stage was against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford in Manchester. Chasing a target of 239 runs, India were bowled out for 191 runs and lost by 47 runs. India finished last in the group with no points and failed to qualify for the next round as only the top two teams progressed to the semifinals.

+ResultsEventGroup stageSemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResult1979Lost by 9 wicketsLost by 8 wicketsLost by 47 runs4Did not advanceGroup Stage

1983 World Cup

Squad Manager: P. R. Man Singh PlayerDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleFirst class team Kapil Dev (c) 6 January 1959 (Age 24) Right hand Right arm fast-medium Haryana Mohinder Amarnath 24 September 1950 (Age 33) Right hand Right arm medium Delhi Kirti Azad 2 January 1959 (Age 24) Right-hand Right-arm off-spinner Delhi Roger Binny 19 July 1955 (Age 28) Right-hand Right-arm fast-medium Karnataka Sunil Gavaskar 10 July 1949 (Age 34) Right hand Right arm medium MumbaiSyed Kirmani (wk) 29 December 1949 (Age 34) Right-handed Wicket-keeper Karnataka Madan Lal 20 March 1951 (Age 32) Right-hand Right-arm medium Delhi Sandip Patil 18 August 1956 (Age 27) Right-hand Right-arm medium MumbaiBalwinder Sandhu 3 August 1956 (Age 27) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Mumbai Yashpal Sharma 11 August 1954 (Age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium Punjab Ravi Shastri 27 May 1962 (Age 21) Right-hand Slow left-arm orthodox Mumbai Krishnamachari Srikkanth 21 December 1959 (Age 24) Right hand Right-arm medium Tamil Nadu Sunil Valson 2 October 1958 (Age 25) Right-hand Left-arm medium Delhi Dilip Vengsarkar 6 April 1956 (Age 27) Right hand Right arm medium Bhopal

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Summary The 1983 Cricket World Cup was the third consecutive edition of the tournament to be held in England. The format remained the same as the last edition and consisted of a group stage with the only change being that every team played the other three teams in its group twice. India was placed in Group B with West Indies, Australia and Zimbabwe. The Indian team was led by Kapil Dev.