TEAM INDIA
The Indian cricket team played it's first match in 1932 at lord's against England, hence, granted the Test status and with this became the Sixth Test playing Nation.
Indian Team of 1932
The BCCI(Board of control for cricket in India) takes control of all the cricketing action which involves Team India.
BCCI
Since then, this team had produced legends like Sunil Gavaskar,Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly to name a few.
Sunil Gavaskar
Sachin Tendulkar
This team has seen ups and downs as it progresses through the different periods; won Two 50-over World Cup; Inaugural T20 World Cup;
1983 World Cup Winners
2011 ODI Winners
Inaugural T20 Champions
Two times champions trophy winners (Once jointly with Sri Lanka) and became Number 1 in ICC's Test Rankings.
Champions Trophy in 2013
Number ONE in Test Rankings
Why this team is regarded as one of the top contenders to win the title?
The team is looking relaxed and settled. There aren't many spots left to grab through IPL (Just to be played before World Cup starts). The openers are confirmed (Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan) along with their back up (KL Rahul). Virat Kohli,The Team's Captain and Best player is at crucial Number 3. Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik along with MS Dhoni will play 4,5,6 respectively.
Then All-rounder at number 7 is Hardik Pandya with Vijay Shankar being his back up. Two leg spinners namely Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal along with Ravindra jadeja who bowls left arm orthodox forms the spin bowling department. The pace battery which used to be India's worry for a long period of time is also showing tremendous amount of confidence this time with the likes of Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav along with the world's best bowler right now Jasprit Bumrah forms the quick bowling combination.
So, with almost all places are confirmed and the combination of the team looks settled. This really makes the Indian Team Hot Favourites for the World Cup.
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