Cricket World Cup 2007

History - Facts - Teams - Winners

India National Cricket team

• The Indian cricket team is currently the highest paid national sports team in the world (in terms of sponsorship)
• The first Test match was on June 25, 1932 at Lord's, becoming the sixth Test playing team
• The team gained strength near the end of the 50-year period with the emergence of players such as Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev and the Indian spin quartet.
• The team won the Cricket World Cup in 1983 and was runners-up in 2003.
• The current team contains many of the world's top players including: Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Anil Kumble
• As of November 2006, the team is ranked fourth in the ICC Test Championship and in sixth place in the ICC ODI Championship
• For the 2007 Cricket World Cup tournament the team was ousted in the group stages following an dreadful performance

Important facts

• In 1952 India recorded their first Test victory against England at Madras and later in the year won their first Test series (against Pakistan)

• In 1989 and 1990 two new players were added to the National team, they were: Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble

• With the arrival of John Wright as the new team Coach in the year 2000, the Indian team underwent major improvements
  
• The beginning of 2007 had seen a renewal in the Indian team's ODI fortunes before the 2007 Cricket World Cup

Current Squad

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