New Delhi. Indian Premier League is the most popular and most watched league of T20 cricket. However, the Indian team could not achieve the expected success at the international level. India won the T20 World Cup for the first and last time in 2007. Since then 7 T20 World Cups have been played, but the title has eluded India. When the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team travels to America and the West Indies for the next T20 World Cup, their eyes will be on ending their long wait for another title.
The T20 World Cup was played for the first time in 2007, when India became champions under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. After this India could reach the T20 World Cup final only once in 2014. Then he had to face defeat against Sri Lanka. This drought of titles is seen in other formats as well. India last won the ICC trophy in 2013. He then won the Champions Trophy.
India last won the ODI World Cup title in 2011. After this, the Indian team has also lost the ODI World Cup final once and the World Test Championship twice. The loss of the World Cup 2023 was not easy for cricket fans in the cricket-obsessed nation of 1.4 billion to digest as Team India won all 10 of its matches to reach the final.
The Indian team will now begin their campaign in the T20 World Cup under the leadership of Rohit Sharma from June 5. This could also be Rohit and Virat Kohli’s last T20 World Cup. Rohit has been a part of the Indian team in all the T20 World Cups so far, while Kohli, who made his debut in the tournament in 2012, will be participating for the sixth time.
Virat Kohli has scored 1141 runs in 27 matches in the tournament at a strike rate of 131.30 and an average of 81.50. Rohit has 963 runs in 39 matches at a strike rate of 127.88. Rohit and Kohli have not played a single T20 international match for India since the semi-final loss to Australia in the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Tags: IPL 2024, T20 World Cup
First published: May 23, 2024, 17:33 IST