Most consecutive wins in World Cup matches for India and other teams

MS Dhoni has led India to 11 consecutive World Cup victories so far

India is having a great run at the ICC World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. They have beaten all the teams they faced so far including top teams like South Africa, and Pakistan. Seven matches, seven straight victories plus dismissing the opponents in all the seven matches sums up India’s performance at the tournament so far.

The subcontinent nation had won their last four matches in the last World Cup as well which include the last match of the group stage and then the quarter-final, semi-final and the final. Thus, India now has 11 consecutive victories in World Cup matches.

How many teams have won 11 or more consecutive matches in World Cups? The obvious answer should be Australia, who won the 2003 and 2007 World Cup undefeated all through; apart from Australian team, any other team?

No. Apart from Australia no one has won even won 10 consecutive World Cup matches. Australia won 25 consecutive matches from 1999 to 2011. India has 11 and the tally is unbroken still. If India wins the World Cup, they will have 13 consecutive victories in World Cup matches in 9 victories without any loss in this World Cup.

Most consecutive wins in World Cup matches

Wins	Team	Start of streak	End of streak
25	Australia	Vs Pakistan, Lord's, 20 June 1999	Vs New Zealand, Nagpur, 25 February 2011
11*	India	Vs West Indies, Chennai, 20 March 2011	-
9	West Indies	Vs Sri Lanka, Manchester, 7 June 1975	Vs England, Lord's, 23 June 1979
8	India	Vs Zimbabwe, Harare, 19 February 2003	Vs Kenya, Durban, 20 March 2003
7	New Zealand	Vs Australia, Auckland, 22 February 1992	Vs England, Wellington, 15 March 1992
7	Pakistan	Vs Australia, Perth, 11 March 1992	Vs Netherlands, Lahore, 26 February 1996

West Indies won all their first nine matches in World Cups (1975 and 1979) before losing to India in their first match of the 1983 World Cup thus ending a nine-match winning streak in World Cups. Since then, the best they have done is six consecutive victories, which they achieved in the third World Cup (1983). They never won more than four matches on the trot after that.

New Zealand had won all their first seven matches of the 1992 World Cup which they co-hosted along with Australia. They lost to Pakistan in the last league match and then in the semi-finals to the same opponents to bring the curtains down on their World Cup campaign.

India lost to Australia in their second match of the 2003 World Cup and then won eight straight matches but lost in the final, once again to Australia.

Most consecutive wins in a single World Cup

Matches	Team	World Cup
11	Australia	2003
11	Australia	2003
8	Australia	2003
7	New Zealand	1992
7*	India	2015
6	West Indies	2013
6	Sri Lanka	1996
6	New Zealand	2007
6*	New Zealand	2015

India have won 7 matches in a row en route to the semi-final at the ongoing World Cup. New Zealand won seven consecutive matches in 1992, six in 2007 and have six wins on the trot in the current edition.

West Indies (1975, 1979), Sri Lanka (1996) and Australia (2003, 2007) are the only teams to win a World Cup without losing a single match throughout the tournament.

India’s 11 consecutive World Cup wins so far

Date	Against	Venue	Scores	Victory Margin	Man of the Match
20-Mar-11	West Indies	Chennai	Ind 268 (49.1), WI 188 (43)	80 runs	Yuvraj Singh
24-Mar-11	Australia	Ahmedabad	Aus 260/6 (50), Ind 261/5 (47.4)	5 wickets	Yuvraj Singh
30-Mar-11	Pakistan	Mohali	Ind 260/9 (50), Pak 231 (49.5)	29 runs	Sachin Tendulkar
02-Apr-11	Sri Lanka	Mumbai	SL 274/6 (50), Ind 277/4 (48.2)	6 wickets	MS Dhoni
15-Feb-15	Pakistan	Adelaide	Ind 300/7 (50), Pak 224 (47)	76 runs	Virat Kohli
22-Feb-15	South Africa	Melbourne	Ind 307/7 (50), SA 177 (40.2)	130 runs	Shikhar Dhawan
28-Feb-15	U.A.E.	Perth	UAE 102 (31.3), Ind 104/1 (18.5)	9 wickets	Ravichandran Ashwin
06-Mar-15	West Indies	Perth	WI 182 (44.2), Ind 185/6 (39.1)	4 wickets	Mohammad Shami
10-Mar-15	Ireland	Hamilton	Ire 259 (49), Ind 260/2 (36.5)	8 wickets	Shikhar Dhawan
14-Mar-15	Zimbabwe	Auckland	Zim 287 (48.5), Ind 288/4 (48.4)	6 wickets	Suresh Raina
19-Mar-15	Bangladesh	Melbourne	Ind 302/6 (50), Ban 193 (45)	109 runs	Rohit Sharma

In their 11 consecutive World Cup wins, India have beaten five of the top eight nations. They haven’t faced New Zealand and England yet.

Most consecutive wins for India in ODIs

Wins	From	End
9	Vs England, Rajkot, 14 November 2008	Vs Sri Lanka, Colombo (RPS), 5 February 2009
8	Vs Pakistan, Melbourne, 20 February 1985	Vs Sri Lanka, Colombo (SSC), 25 August 1985
8	Vs Zimbabwe, Harare, 19 February 2003	Vs Kenya, Durban, 20 March 2003
8	Vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 11 February 2006	Vs England, Kochi, 6 April 2006
8	Vs West Indies, Port of Spain, 5 July 2013	Vs Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, 3 August 2013

India won nine consecutive matches in 2008-09, which is their longest streak of consecutive victories in ODIs. If India wins the World Cup this time, they can emulate that feat and have a chance of breaking their record.