India are the largest powerhouse within the cricket world.
While the ICC would be the governing physique, it’s the BCCI that wields the facility stone and has the cricket world marching to their drum.
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Unfortunately for all their energy and the plethora of weapons they’ve at their disposal, they’ve did not capitalise on the pitch.
The nations primary sport produces expertise in contrast to every other nation the world over, but regardless of that the trophy cupboard has been gathering nothing however mud for a decade.
The final time they cracked the cupboard open and put some contemporary silverware on the shelf got here again in 2013 once they reigned supreme in the course of the ICC Champions Trophy.
Prior to that they received the World Cup in 2011, the T20I World Cup in 2007 and the Champions Trophy in 2002.
The horror dry patch continues after Australia proved too sturdy within the 2023 World Test Championship Final and now heaps stress on them forward of a house ODI World Cup later this 12 months.
India’s nightmare 10-year drought has seen them go 0/4 when making finals of a event, whereas they’ve misplaced 4 occasions on the semi-final stage.
The Test Championship loss makes it two straight losses on the final stage for Test cricket after being knocked over by New Zealand in the course of the 2021 ultimate.
Their different two finals losses got here in the course of the T20 World Cup in 2014 when Sri Lanka comfortably chased down their complete.
In 2017 it was even uglier as Pakistan exploded with the bat to file a 180-run win after bowling India out for a paltry 158 runs.
The 5 ICC trophies has them second on the all time checklist, sitting equal with the West Indies and a good distance behind Australia.
The World Test Championship turned Australia’s ninth ICC trophy and their third up to now two years.
Aside from South Africa, each different nation to have received an ICC trophy have achieved what India have did not do … hoist a trophy inside the previous decade.
New Zealand (2 ICC trophies) received the WTC Final in 2021, Sri Lanka (3) received the 2014 T20 World Cup, Pakistan (3) received the 2017 Champions Trophy, England (3) received the 2019 ODI World Cup and the 2022 T20 World Cup whereas the West Indies (5) received the 2016 T20 World Cup.
India will look to snap their ugly drought once they play host to the 2023 ODI World Cup which kicks off in early October.
Source: www.news.com.au
