5 Captain, 9 Years and 15 World Cups, India's losing streak continues

Sports Tak Staff
February 242023

India last won the ICC trophy at the senior level in 2013. Since then they have been losing continuously. Let's have a look at their track record.

India lost in the 2014 Men's T20 World Cup final as they suffered a six-wicket defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.

In the 2015 ODI World Cup, Australia defeated India by 95 runs in the semi-finals under MS Dhoni's captaincy.

Team India lost to West Indies by 7 wickets in the 2016 T20 World Cup semi-finals, that too came under MS Dhoni's captaincy.

In the 2017 Champions Trophy, India were defeated by Pakistan by 180 runs in the final under Virat Kohli's captaincy.

India lost the 2017 Women's ODI World Cup final to England by 9 runs under Mithali Raj's captaincy.

In the 2018 Women's T20 World Cup, India were thrashed by England by 8 wickets in the semifinals under Harmanpreet Kaur's captaincy.

India crashed out of the 2019 Men's ODI World Cup semi-finals where they lost to New Zealand by 18 runs under Virat Kohli's captaincy.

India lost the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup title match to Australia by 85 runs under Harmanpreet Kaur's captaincy. 

In 2021, the Indian men's team was defeated by New Zealand by 8 wickets in the final of the World Test Championship under Virat Kohli's captaincy.

India were defeated in the semi-finals of the 2022 Men's T20 World Cup as they lost the match to England by 10 wickets under Rohit Sharma's captaincy.

In the 2023 Women's T20 World Cup, India lost to Australia by five runs in the semifinal clash under Harmanpreet Kaur's captaincy.

Between 2014-2023, India have been crashed out of World Cup group stages 4 times and the occasions were 2014 Men's T20 WC, 2016 Women's T20 World Cup, 2021 Men's T20 World Cup and 2022 Women's ODI World Cup.

During this period, India won the Under-19 Men's World Cup 2018 and Under-19 Women's World Cup 2023 respectively.

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