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The ICC T20 World Cup is the biggest international T20 tournament in the world. Almost every cricketer aims to be a part of this competition and represent his nation.
The ICC introduced the T20 World Cup in 2007. Teams from across the world gathered in South Africa to play in the competition. India surprised the fans by winning the tournament, although they did not have most of their experienced players in the squad. It was a young team led by MS Dhoni that lifted the ICC T20 World Cup trophy.
Interestingly, India have never won the T20 World Cup since 2007. They reached the final in 2014, where they fell short against Sri Lanka. In 2016, they hosted the competition but got knocked out in the semifinals.
Now in 2021, the Indian squad will travel to the United Arab Emirates to participate in the T20 World Cup. The BCCI announced a 15-man India squad for T20 World Cup a few days ago. In this listicle today, we will rank all the squads that have represented India at the T20 World Cups.
#7 India's ICC T20 World Cup 2010 squad
The 2010 edition of the T20 World Cup was India's most unsuccessful campaign in the tournament's history. Unfortunately, India lost the services of their experienced opener Virender Sehwag before the tournament. Even Praveen Kumar was ruled out of the competition after two matches.
India had the likes of MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan in the team, but none of the players could perform consistently. Also, there were quite a few inexperienced players. The fact that Murali Vijay and Vinay Kumar made their T20I debuts during the competition highlights the inexperience in that squad. India crashed out of the tournament after finishing last in Group F of the Super 8s.
#6 India's ICC T20 World Cup 2009 squad
India reached England to participate in the ICC T20 World Cup 2009 as the defending champions of the tournament. Virender Sehwag was named in the squad but withdrew before the tournament. Still, India had a fantastic batting lineup for the tournament.
The bowling department looked decent as well. Zaheer Khan led the pace attack comprising a 20-year-old Ishant Sharma as well as left-arm pacers Irfan Pathan and RP Singh. However, the Indian team failed to perform well as a unit. They finished last in the Super 8s.
#5 India's ICC T20 World Cup 2014 squad
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While India did manage to qualify for the T20 World Cup Final in 2014, their squad was not the strongest they had named. The batting lineup looked strong with the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni present in the squad.
The spin-bowling attack was great as well, featuring the trio of Amit Mishra, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. However, the pace attack seemed like the weak link. There was a lot of inexperience in the pace attack that featured Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma, Varun Aaron and Stuart Binny.
Some brilliant individual performances helped India make it to the final. Unfortunately, they lost to Sri Lanka in the most important game of the tournament.
#4 India's ICC T20 World Cup 2021 squad
The Indian squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 was announced a few days back. Once again a few inexperienced players made the cut. The batting looks strong with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul in the team.
Hardik Pandya may not have performed well in the recent series, but he is a match-winner. The selection of spinners is quite interesting as the selectors ignored Yuzvendra Chahal and went for the quartet of Ravichandran Ashwin, Varun CV, Rahul Chahar and Axar Patel. Either one or two of the four names will play with Ravindra Jadeja.
The squad looks good on paper, but many fans feel there could have been a couple more experienced names in the team.
#3 India's ICC T20 World Cup 2012 squad
The Indian squad for the 2012 T20 World Cup had many experienced players. MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina and Gautam Gambhir were joined by the likes of Lakshmipathy Balaji, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin.
The squad seemingly had all bases covered. The team looked strong on paper as they topped Group A in Round 1. However, India missed out on a spot in the semifinals as they finished third in their Super 8s group.
#2 India's ICC T20 World Cup 2007 squad
The Indian squad for the T20 World Cup 2007 was perhaps one of the best ever. They had all bases covered, with two reliable openers in the form of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. Youngsters like Rohit Sharma and Robin Uthappa played fearless cricket, while Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Karthik and MS Dhoni played their parts.
In RP Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Joginder Sharma and Sreesanth, India assembled a dynamic pace-bowling attack. Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla added more variety to the bowling lineup. All players lived up to their potential as the team played like a well-oiled unit and won the competition.
#1 India's ICC T20 World Cup 2016 squad
Although India may not have won the 2016 T20 World Cup, many fans would agree that the Indian team that played in that tournament was perhaps the best. Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina formed the top 4, while Hardik Pandya, MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh followed them.
The likes of Ajinkya Rahane and Manish Pandey were also present in the squad. In Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Ashish Nehra, India had the perfect blend of youth and experience in their pace attack. Similarly, the spin attack was properly balanced, with the inclusion of Harbhajan Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Pawan Negi.
The Indian cricket team reached the semifinals in 2016, but they lost to the West Indies.
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