• CWC 2023: India factfile

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    What you need to know about hosts India heading into the 50-over global showpiece.

    World ranking: 1

    Match schedule
    8 Oct: vs Australia, Chennai
    11 Oct: vs Afghanistan, New Delhi
    14 Oct: vs Pakistan, Ahmedabad
    19 Oct: vs Bangladesh, Pune
    22 Oct: vs New Zealand, Dharamsala
    29 Oct: vs England, Lucknow
    2 Nov: vs Sri Lanka, Mumbai
    5 Nov: vs South Africa, Kolkata
    12 Nov: vs Netherlands, Bengaluru
    Full schedule

    Squad
    Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.

    Leading run-scorer in squad
    Virat Kohli
    13,083 runs
    Highest score: 183
    Average: 57.38
    Hundreds: 47
    Fifties: 66

    Virat Kohli India 11 Sep 2023
    Virat Kohli celebrates his century

    Leading wicket-taker in squad
    Ravindra Jadeja
    204 wickets
    Best bowling: 5-36
    Average: 36.95

    World Cup record
    1975: Group stage
    1979: Group stage
    1983: Champions
    1987: Semi-finals
    1992: Seventh (league stage)
    1996: Semi-finals
    1999: Super Sixes
    2003: Runners-up
    2007: Group stage
    2011: Champions
    2015: Semi-finals
    2019: Semi-finals

    What the captain says
    “A person can’t change overnight with his success or failures. I don’t think one result or one championship can change me as a person. I have not changed as a person in the last 16 years and I don’t think anything needs to change on that front.” – Rohit Sharma shrugging off the pressure of playing at home

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