| Coach: |
Yet Not
decided |
| Balling Coach |
Venkatesh
Prasad |
| Fielding Coach |
Robin
Singh |
| Captain:
|
Rahul Dravid |
| Best
in World Cups: |
2003: Final
1999: Super Six
1996: Semi Final
1983: Won the World Cup |
|
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The Indian cricket team is governed by the Board
of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India. In terms of sponsor, Team India
is the highest paid sports team in the world. In 1932, the Indian
cricket team became the 6th Teast playing team. The odyssey of cricket
in India started in the early 1700s by the British. The most memorable
day of the team was the winning of World Cup in 1983 under the shelter
of Kapil Dev, the then captain.
India has been ranked 5th according to the LG ICC ODI Rankings with
5243 points. The country has played 55 ICC Cricket World Cup matches and
has won 31 of it. 23 matches has been lost by the team in WC matches and
1 was a draw.
The squad for forthcoming England tour of team India is as follows
| Name |
Age |
Tests |
ODIs |
| Gautam Gambhir |
28 |
52 |
167 |
| Robin Uthappa |
21 |
0 |
8 |
| Sourav Ganguly |
34 |
91 |
286 |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
33 |
135 |
381 |
| Rahul Dravid (captain) |
34 |
107 |
310 |
| Yuvraj Singh |
25 |
19 |
163 |
| Dinesh Karthik |
21 |
11 |
13 |
| MS Dhoni (vice-captain) |
25 |
15 |
66 |
| Rohit Sharma |
26 |
57 |
147 |
| Ramesh Powar |
22 |
25 |
73 |
| Ajit Agarkar |
23 |
7 |
17 |
| Piyush Chawla |
19 |
1 |
1 |
| Zaheer Khan |
28 |
45 |
117 |
| RP Singh |
22 |
2 |
20 |
| S Sreesanth |
24 |
8 |
27 |
(* Last Updated On June 18, 2007.)
|
Indian
Cricket Team
