The India national cricket team is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body of cricket. The Men's T20 World Cup has been hosted by the ICC in the Twenty20 International format since 2007. It has been held as a biennial event since the 2022 Men's T20 World Cup. There have been ten editions of the tournament and India has participated in every edition since its introduction. India has won it thrice in 2007, 2024 and 2026 while also finishing as runners-up in 2014. It is the only team to have won it thrice. In the 2024 edition, India became the first and only team to go undefeated in the entire tournament.
In the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2007, the Indian team led by M S Dhoni registered four wins in six matches enroute to the final, in which it beat Pakistan to win the title. In the 2009, 2010, and 2012 editions, India was eliminated in the Super 8 stage in three consecutive tournaments. In the 2014 World Cup, the Indian team won five consecutive matches to reach the final, where it lost to Sri Lanka by six wickets. In the 2016 tournament, hosted by India, the Indian team was led by Dhoni for the sixth consecutive T20 World Cup, and advanced to the semifinals, where it lost to the West Indies.
In the 2021 World Cup, conducted after a gap of five years, the Indian team, led by Virat Kohli, won three out of the five matches in the initial stage, and did not make it to the semifinals. In the 2022 edition, the team, captained by Rohit Sharma, reached the semifinals, where it lost to England. In the subsequent tournament held in 2024, the Sharma-led team, did not lose a single game in the seven matches played in the first two rounds. India beat England in the semifinals by 68 runs, before beating South Africa in the final by seven runs to win the T20 World Cup for the second time. In the 2026 edition co-hosted by India, the team led by Suryakumar Yadav, beat New Zealand in the final to win its second consecutive T20 World Cup.
Kohli is the leading run scorer for India with 1,292 runs and holds the record for the most runs across T20 World Cups. Sanju Samson holds the record for the most runs scored for India in a single edition of the World Cup with 321 runs in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Jasprit Bumrah holds the record for the most number of wickets for India with 40 wickets. Arshdeep Singh holds the record for the most wickets in a single tournament, with 17 wickets in the 2024 edition. Rishabh Pant holds the record for the most dismissals by a wicket keeper in a single T20 World Cup with 14 dismissals in the 2024 tournament.
Overall Record Red box indicates that the tournament was hosted or co-hosted by India Host and YearRoundPositionMatchesWonLostTied+WonNo Result 2007Champions1/1274111 2009 Super 8s7/1252300 2010Super 8s8/1252300 2012Super 8s5/1254100 2014 Runners-up2/1665100 2016 Semi-finals4/1653200 2021 Super 12s6/1653200 2022Semi-finals3/1664200 2024 Champions 1/2098001 2026 Champions1/2098100 2028 Qualified 2030 TBDTotal10/103 Titles62431612 Last updated: 8 March 2026
By opponent Won more matches than lostWon equal matches to lostLost more matches than won
OpponentMatchesWonLostTied+WonNo ResultWin % 4 4 0 0 0 100.00 6 4 2 0 0 66.67 5 5 0 0 0 100.00 6 4 2 0 0 66.67 2 2 0 0 0 100.00 2 2 0 0 0 100.00 2 2 0 0 0 100.00 4 1 3 0 0 25.00 9 7 1 1 0 88.89 8 5 3 0 0 62.50 2 1 0 0 1 100.00 2 0 2 0 0 00.00 2 2 0 0 0 100.00 5 2 3 0 0 40.00 2 2 0 0 0 100.00Total 6143161172.95Source: Last updated: 8 March 2026.
Tournament records 2007 World Cup Squad
M.S Dhoni (c) (wk) Yuvraj Singh (vc) Gautham Gambhir Virender Sehwag Rohit Sharma
Ajit Agarkar Joginder Sharma Piyush Chawla S. Sreesanth Yusuf Pathan
Irfan Pathan Robin Uthappa Dinesh Karthik Harbhajan Singh R.P. Singh
Result EventGroup stageSuper 8sSemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResult2007No ResultTied + Won by bowl-out1Lost by 10 runsWon by 18 runsWon by 37 runs1Won by 15 runsWon by 5 runsWinner
2009 World Cup Squad
M.S Dhoni (c) (wk) Yuvraj Singh Gautham Gambhir Ravindra Jadeja Rohit Sharma
Suresh Raina Zaheer Khan Praveen Kumar Pragyan Ojha Yusuf Pathan
Irfan Pathan Ishant Sharma Dinesh Karthik Harbhajan Singh R.P. Singh
Result EventGroup stageSuper 8sSemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResult2009Won by 25 runsWon by 8 wickets1Lost by 7 wicketsLost by 3 runsLost by 12 runs4Did not advanceSuper 8s
2010 World Cup Squad
M.S Dhoni (c) (wk) Yuvraj Singh Gautham Gambhir Ravindra Jadeja Rohit Sharma
Suresh Raina Zaheer Khan Praveen Kumar Piyush Chawla Yusuf Pathan
Murali Vijay Vinay Kumar Dinesh Karthik Harbhajan Singh Ashish Nehra
Result EventGroup stageSuper 8sSemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResult2010Won by 7 wicketsWon by 14 runs1Lost by 49 runsLost by 14 runsLost by 5 wickets4Did not advanceSuper 8s
2012 World Cup Squad
M.S Dhoni (c) (wk) Yuvraj Singh Gautham Gambhir Ravichandran Ashwin Rohit Sharma
Suresh Raina Zaheer Khan Virat Kohli Manoj Tiwary Virender Sehwag
Irfan Pathan Piyush Chawla Ashok Dinda Harbhajan Singh Lakshmipathy Balaji
Result EventGroup stageSuper 8sSemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResult2012Won by 23 runsWon by 90 runs1Lost by 9 wicketsWon by 8 wicketsWon by 1 run3Did not advanceSuper 8s
2014 World Cup Squad
M.S Dhoni (c) (wk) Yuvraj Singh Shikhar Dhawan Ravichandran Ashwin Rohit Sharma
Suresh Raina Ajinkya Rahane Virat Kohli Mohammed Shami Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Ravindra Jadeja Varun Aaron Amit Mishra Mohit Sharma Stuart Binny
Result EventSuper 10SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResult2014Won by 7 wicketsWon by 7 wicketsWon by 8 wicketsWon by 73 runs1Won by 6 wickets Lost by 6 wickets Runner-up
2016 World Cup Squad
M.S Dhoni (c) (wk) Virat Kohli Rohit Sharma Harbhajan Singh Shikhar Dhawan
Ravichandran Ashwin Jasprit Bumrah Suresh Raina Ajinkya Rahane Mohammed Shami
Ravindra Jadeja Hardik Pandya Manish Pandey Ashish Nehra Pawan Negi
Result EventSuper 10SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResult2016Lost by 47 runsWon by 6 wicketsWon by 1 runWon by 6 wickets2Lost by 7 wickets Did not advanceSemi-finals
2021 World Cup Squad and kit Virat Kohli (c) Rohit Sharma KL Rahul Suryakumar Yadav Ravichandran Ashwin Ishan Kishan (wk) Bhuvneshwar Kumar Jasprit Bumrah Mohammad Shami Ravindra Jadeja Hardik Pandya Rishabh Pant (wk) Varun Chakravarthy Rahul Chahar Shardul Thakur
Result EventSuper 12SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResult2021Lost by 10 wicketsLost by 8 wicketsWon by 66 runsWon by 8 wicketsWon by 9 wickets 3Did not advanceSuper 12
2022 World Cup Squad and kit Rohit Sharma (c) Virat Kohli KL Rahul Suryakumar Yadav Ravichandran Ashwin Axar Patel Bhuvneshwar Kumar Arshdeep Singh Mohammad Shami Harshal Patel Hardik Pandya Rishabh Pant (wk) Yuzvendra Chahal Dinesh Karthik Deepak Hooda
Result EventSuper 12SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResult2022Won by 4 wicketsWon by 56 runsLost by 5 wicketsWon by 5 runsWon by 71 runs1Lost by 10 wicketsDid not advanceSemi-finals
2024 World Cup Squad and kit Rohit Sharma (c) Virat Kohli Yashasvi Jaiswal Suryakumar Yadav Shivam Dube Axar Patel Mohammed Siraj Arshdeep Singh Kuldeep Yadav Jasprit Bumrah Hardik Pandya Rishabh Pant (wk) Sanju Samson (wk) Ravindra Jadeja Yuzvendra Chahal
Result EventGroup StageSuper 8SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResult2024Won by 8 wicketsWon by 6 runsWon by 7 wicketsAbandoned 1QWon by 47 runsWon by 50 runsWon by 24 runs 1QWon by 68 runsWon by 7 runsWinner
2026 World Cup Squad and kit Suryakumar Yadav (c) Axar Patel (vc) Sanju Samson (wk) Ishan Kishan (wk) Hardik Pandya Rinku Singh Washington Sundar Abhishek Sharma Tilak Varma Shivam Dube Arshdeep Singh Jasprit Bumrah Mohammad Siraj Varun Chakaravarthy Kuldeep Yadav
Results EventGroup StageSuper 8SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResult2026Won by 29 runsWon by 93 runsWon by 61 runsWon by 17 runs 1QLost by 76 runsWon by 72 runsWon by 5 wickets 2QWon by 7 runsWon by 96 runsWinner
Statistics Most Runs +Most Runs Rank Runs Player Matches Innings Period 1 1,292 Virat Kohli 35 33 2012-2024 2 1,220 Rohit Sharma 47 44 2007-2024 3 722 Suryakumar Yadav 27 26 2021-2026 4 593 Yuvraj Singh 31 28 2007-2016 5 574 Hardik Pandya 33 25 2016-2026Last updated: 8 March 2026
Most Wickets +Most Wickets Rank Wickets Player Matches Innings Period 1 40 Jasprit Bumrah 26 26 2016-2026 2 36 Arshdeep Singh 22 22 2022-2026 3 33 Hardik Pandya 33 30 2016-2026 4 32 Ravichandran Ashwin 24 24 2012-2022 5 23 Akshar Patel 20 20 2022-2026Last updated: 8 March 2026
Highest totals +Highest totals Rank Score Overs Opposition Venue Date Result1256/420M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India26 February 2026Won 2 255/5 20 Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India 8 March 2026Won 3253/720 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India 5 March 2026Won 3218/420 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa 19 September 2007Won 4210/220 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 3 November 2021WonLast updated: 8 March 2026
Highest run chases +Highest successful run chases Rank Target Score Overs Opposition Venue Date1196199/519.2Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India1 March 2026 2 173 176/4 19.1 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh 4 April 2014 3 161 161/4 19.1 I. S. Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India 27 March 2016 4 160 160/6 20 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 23 October 2022 5 139 141/2 18.3 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 28 March 2014Last updated: 2 March 2026
Lowest scores defended +Lowest score defended Rank Score Opposition Score Opposition Venue Date 1 119 113/7 Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York, USA 9 June 2024 2 146/7 145/9 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India 23 March 2016 3 152/6 151 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2 October 2012 4 153/5 116/9 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa 20 September 2007 5 157/5 152 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 24 September 2007Last updated: 6 March 2026
See also India at the Asian Games India at the Champions Trophy India at the Commonwealth Games India at the Summer Olympics India at the Winter Olympics India women's national cricket team
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