How many times did India reach The World Cup final?

India won the ticket to the 2023 Cricket World Cup finale by beating New Zealand on Wednesday at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

India played in 1st semifinal of the 2023 ICC Men’s World Cup and defeated New Zealand by 70 runs. 

With a whopping 398 runs target including Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Shubhman Gill not to forget skipper Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul’s outstanding contribution. 

To Indian Bowlers especially incredible Mohammed Shami who took 7 wickets and sent entire Kiwis back to the pavilion. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and Kuldeep Yadav took 1-1 wickets for the team blue. 

Team India Records in ODI World Cup Final

This is the fourth time when India will fight for the ICC ODI World Cup Trophy. In the past India won two ICC World Cup trophies including the 1983 Prudential World Cup and 2011 ODI Cricket World Cup.

1983 Prudential World Cup (IND vs WI)

1983 was the magical year when India not only reached the final but also defeated the West Indies and brought the Prudential Cup to India. Despite the 183 undermining scores by Kapil Dev’s men, somehow India managed to beat then two-time champions West Indies and won the match by 43 runs at Lords in London.  

Kapil Dev and his squad back then changed the definition of impossible to I’m possible. Indian cricket team marks the year 1983 in the cricket calendar and made it remarkable for every Indian cricket fan. 

2003 ICC World Cup (AUS vs IND)

In the captaincy of Saurav Ganguly India once again reached the Final match of the ICC World Cup. It took 20 years for India to finally compete in the World Cup final against Australia. In this tournament, India also has a record for 8th winning streak match in the World Cup Tournament. 

Unfortunately, Australia won the match by 125 runs and defeated India in the 2003 Final World Cup match hosted by South Africa in Johannesburg. Sourav Ganguly and his team had to be satisfied with the Runners Up title. 

2011 ICC World Cup (IND vs Sri Lanka)

After 9 years India hosted the third time ICC World Cup and Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni made sure that trophy would stay with the host country India.  

In the 2011 ICC World Cup final match India and Sri Lanka fought at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Sri Lanka gave 275 runs target including Mahela Jayawardene’s ton of 103 runs. India chased the target without any difficulties all credit goes to skipper MS Dhoni’s 91* and Gautam Gambhir’s 97 runs. India won the 2011 ICC World Cup by 6 wickets. 

2023 ICC World Cup (IND vs TBA)     

After 12 years India reached the ICC World Cup Finale match scheduled to 19th November 2023 under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. So many records were broken in the 2023 World Cup. India became the second team with the 9th most winning match streaks. 

Also, Rohit Sharma broke Saurav Ganguli’s 2003 feat recorded 20 years ago. In 2003, Ganguly scored 465 runs in 11 innings and hit three tons with 111 high score. 

On the other hand, Current skipper Rohit Sharma scored 503 runs in nine innings plus 131 high scores and three half-centuries. 

India is the only unbeaten team in the 2023 World Cup Tournament. Team Blue and Rohit Sharma will look forward to ending the series with the last final victory on Sunday. 

India Records in T20I Men’s Cup Final

India has also played T20I World Cup Final two times first in 2007 and 2014. In 2007, India Won the first-ever T20I World Cup trophy against the Pakistan. 

In 2014, India lost the final match against Sri Lanka by 6 wickets. 

The final match of the ICC World Cup will be scheduled for 2 p.m. at Narendra Modi stadium Ahmedabad on Sunday 19th Nomber.