India has won 2 World Cup Titles in 3 Attempts under 6 Captains. While Venkataraghavan, Kapil Dev and Dhoni captained in two World Cups each, Azharuddin became one of the five players to be the captains of his team in 3 editions of World Cup. Ganguly and Dravid were the captains in one edition each. Sachin Tendulkar is the only player after Javed Miandad to play in 6 World Cups. Sunil Gavaskar (1987) and Sachin Tendulkar (2011) at 38 years each are the oldest players, while Parthiv Patel (18) in 2003 WC is the youngest to represent India in the World Cup. Check the complete Indian squads of all the World Cups.
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India
1975
- Captain: Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Wicketkeeper: Farokh Engineer
Youngest: Anshuman Gaekwad (23), Brijesh Patel (23)
Oldest: Farokh Engineer (37)
Team (Age): Farokh Engineer (37), Syed Abid Ali (34), Srinivas Venkataraghavan (30), Bishan Singh Bedi (29), Eknath Solkar (27), Gundappa Viswanath (26), Sunil Gavaskar (26), Mohinder Amarnath (25), Karsan Ghavri (24), Madan Lal (24), Anshuman Gaekwad (23), Brijesh Patel (23)
1979
2nd: Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Bishan Singh Bedi, Gundappa Viswanath, Sunil Gavaskar, Mohinder Amarnath, Anshuman Gaekwad, Brijesh Patel, Karsan Ghavri
- Captain: Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Wicketkeeper: Surinder Khanna
Youngest: Kapil Dev (20)
Oldest: Srinivas Venkataraghavan (34)
Team (Age): Srinivas Venkataraghavan (34), Bishan Singh Bedi (33), Gundappa Viswanath (30), Sunil Gavaskar (30), Mohinder Amarnath (29), Karsan Ghavri (28), Anshuman Gaekwad (27), Brijesh Patel (27), Surinder Khanna (23), Dilip Vengsarkar (23), Kapil Dev (20)
1983
3rd: Sunil Gavaskar, Mohinder Amarnath
2nd: Kapil Dev, Madan Lal, Dilip Vengsarkar
- Captain: Kapil Dev
Wicketkeeper: Syed Kirmani
Youngest: Ravi Shastri (21)
Oldest: Sunil Gavaskar (34), Syed Kirmani (34)
Team (Age): Sunil Gavaskar (34), Syed Kirmani (34), Mohinder Amarnath (33), Madan Lal (32), Yashpal Sharma (29), Roger Binny (28), Dilip Vengsarkar (27), Sandeep Patil (27), Sunil Valson (25), Balwinder Sandhu (27), Kapil Dev (24), Kirti Azad (24), Krishnamachari Srikkanth (24), Ravi Shastri (21)
1987
4th: Sunil Gavaskar
3rd: Kapil Dev, Dilip Vengsarkar
2nd: Roger Binny, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Ravi Shastri
- Captain: Kapil Dev
Wicketkeeper: Kiran More
Youngest: Chetan Sharma (21)
Oldest: Sunil Gavaskar (38)
Team (Age): Sunil Gavaskar (38), Roger Binny (32), Dilip Vengsarkar (31), Kapil Dev (28), Krishnamachari Srikkanth (28), Ravi Shastri (25), Chandrakant Pandit (26), Kiran More (25), Mohammad Azharuddin (24), Manoj Prabhakar (24), Navjot Singh Sidhu (24), Maninder Singh (22), Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (22), Chetan Sharma (21)
1992
4th: Kapil Dev
3rd: Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Ravi Shastri
2nd: Kiran More, Mohammad Azharuddin, Manoj Prabhakar
- Captain: Mohammad Azharuddin
Wicketkeeper: Kiran More
Youngest: Sachin Tendulkar (19)
Oldest: Kapil Dev (32), Krishnamachari Srikkanth (32)
Team (Age): Kapil Dev (32), Krishnamachari Srikkanth (32), Ravi Shastri (29), Kiran More (29), Mohammad Azharuddin (28), Manoj Prabhakar (28), Sanjay Manjrekar (27), Pravin Amre (24), Venkatapathy Raju (23), Javagal Srinath (23), Subroto Banerjee (23), Ajay Jadeja (21), Vinod Kambli (20), Sachin Tendulkar (19)
1996
3rd: Mohammad Azharuddin, Manoj Prabhakar
2nd: Sanjay Manjrekar, Venkatapathy Raju, Javagal Srinath, Ajay Jadeja, Vinod Kambli, Sachin Tendulkar, Navjot Singh Sidhu
- Captain: Mohammad Azharuddin
Wicketkeeper: Nayan Mongia
Youngest: Sachin Tendulkar (23)
Oldest: Navjot Singh Sidhu (33)
Team (Age): Navjot Singh Sidhu (33), Mohammad Azharuddin (32), Manoj Prabhakar (32), Sanjay Manjrekar (31), Salil Ankola (28), Venkatapathy Raju (27), Nayan Mongia (27), Javagal Srinath (27), Venkatesh Prasad (27), Anil Kumble (26), Ajay Jadeja (25), Aashish Kapoor (25), Vinod Kambli (24), Sachin Tendulkar (23)
1999
4th: Mohammad Azharuddin
3rd: Javagal Srinath, Ajay Jadeja, Sachin Tendulkar
2nd: Venkatesh Prasad, Anil Kumble
- Captain: Mohammad Azharuddin
Wicketkeeper: Nayan Mongia
Youngest: Ajit Agarkar (22)
Oldest: Robin Singh (36)
Team (Age): Robin Singh (36), Mohammad Azharuddin (35), Nayan Mongia (31), Javagal Srinath (30), Venkatesh Prasad (29), Anil Kumble (29), Ajay Jadeja (28), Amay Khurasiya (27), Sourav Ganguly (27), Sachin Tendulkar (26), Rahul Dravid (26), Nikhil Chopra (26), Sadagoppan Ramesh (24), Debashish Mohanty (23), Ajit Agarkar (22)
2003
4th: Javagal Srinath, Sachin Tendulkar
3rd: Anil Kumble
2nd: Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Ajit Agarkar
- Captain: Sourav Ganguly
Wicketkeeper: Rahul Dravid
Youngest: Parthiv Patel (18)
Oldest: Javagal Srinath (34)
Team (Age): Javagal Srinath (34), Sanjay Bangar (31), Sourav Ganguly (31), , Anil Kumble (30), Sachin Tendulkar (30), Rahul Dravid (30), Ajit Agarkar (26), Dinesh Mongia (26), Zaheer Khan (25), Virender Sehwag (25), Yuvraj Singh (24), Mohammad Kaif (23), Parthiv Patel (18)
2007
5th: Sachin Tendulkar
4th: Anil Kumble
3rd: Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Ajit Agarkar
2nd: Zaheer Khan, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh
- Captain: Rahul Dravid
Wicketkeeper: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Youngest: Dinesh Karthik (22), Robin Uthappa (22)
Oldest: Sourav Ganguly (35)
Team (Age): Sourav Ganguly (35), Anil Kumble (34), Sachin Tendulkar (34), Rahul Dravid (34), Ajit Agarkar (30), Zaheer Khan (29), Virender Sehwag (29), Yuvraj Singh (28), Harbhajan Singh (27), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (25), Munaf Patel (24), Sreesanth (24), Irfan Pathan (23), Dinesh Karthik (22), Robin Uthappa (22)
2011
6th: Sachin Tendulkar
3rd: Zaheer Khan, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh
2nd: Harbhajan Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Munaf Patel, Sreesanth
- Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Wicketkeeper: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Youngest: Virat Kohli (22), Piyush Chawla (22)
Oldest: Sachin Tendulkar (38)
Team (Age): Sachin Tendulkar (38), Zaheer Khan (33), Virender Sehwag (33), Yuvraj Singh (32), Harbhajan Singh (31), Ashish Nehra (31), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (29), Gautam Gambhir (29), Yusuf Pathan (28), Munaf Patel (28), Sreesanth (28), Ravichandran Ashwin (24), Suresh Raina (24), Virat Kohli (22), Piyush Chawla (22)
2015
3rd: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2nd: Ravichandran Ashwin, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli
- Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Wicketkeeper: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Youngest: Akshar Patel (21)
Oldest: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (33)
Team (Age): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (33), Stuart Binny (30), Shikhar Dhawan (29), Ambati Rayudu (29), Ravichandran Ashwin (28), Suresh Raina (28), Rohit Sharma (27), Umesh Yadav (27), Virat Kohli (26), Ravindra Jadeja (26), Ajinkya Rahane (26), Ishant Sharma (26), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (25), Mohammed Shami (24), Akshar Patel (21)
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Wasn’t Azhar held responsible in match fixing? Why his photo seriously?
gr8 info, but the pic could be better with Dhoni or Kapil
why do you have Azhar in pic!! What is his achievement in WC?
Probably a rare country where world cup title came first, infrastructure, system and money followed later.