World Cup History: India Lost Least Matches, Behind Aussies

The two time World Cup Champions have won 39 of the 67 matches they have played in the World Cup. They have lost only 26, have played a tie and had one match without result. They are the only team whose two players have won Player of the Series award in World Cup editions and their player provided only the third instance (After Aravinda de Silva in 1996 and Lance Klusener in 1999) of winning four Player of the Match awards in a single edition (Yuvraj Singh in 2011).

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1975
Group Matches

England def India by 202 runs, MOM: Dennis Amiss
Scores: Eng: 334/4, Ind: 132/3
India defeat East Africa by 10 wickets, MOM: Farookh Engineer
Scores: East Africa: 120, India 123/0
New Zealand def India by 4 wickets, MOM: Glen Turner

1979
Group Matches

West Indies def India by 9 wkts, MOM: Gordon Greenidge
Score: Ind 190, WI 194/1
NZ def Ind by 8 wkts, MOM: Bruce Edgar
Score: Ind 182, NZ 183/2
Sri Lanka def India by 47 runs, MOM: Duleep Mendis
Score: SL 238/5, Ind 191

1983
Group Matches

India def West Indies by 34 runs, MOM: Yashpal Sharma
Score: Ind 262/8, WI 228
India def Zimbabwe by 5 wkts, MOM: Madan Lal
Score: Zim 155, Ind 157/5
Australia def India by 162 runs, MOM: Trevor Chappell
Score: Aus 320/9, Ind 158
West Indies def India by 66 runs, MOM: Viv Richards
Score: WI 282/9, Ind 216
India def Zimbabwe by 31 runs, MOM: Kapil Dev
Score: Ind 266/8, Zim 235
India def Australia by 118 runs, MOM: Roger Binny
Score: Ind 247, Aus 129

Semifinal

India def England by 6 wkts, MOM: Mohinder Amarnath
Score: Eng 213, Ind 217/4

Final

India def West Indies by 43 runs, MOM: Mohinder Amarnath
Score: Ind 183, WI 140

1987
Group Matches

Aus def India by 1 run, MOM: Geoff Marsh
Scores: Aus 270/6, Ind 269
India def New Zealand by 16 runs, MOM: Kapil Dev
Score: Ind: 252/7, NZ 236/8
Ind def Zim by 8 wkts, MOM: Manoj Prabhakar
Score: Zim 135, Ind 136/2
Ind def Aus by 56 runs, MOM: Mohammad Azharuddin
Score: Ind 289/6, Aus 233
Ind def Zim by 7 wkts, MOM: Kapil Dev
Score: Zim 191/7, Ind 194/3
Ind def NZ by 9 wkts, MOM: Sunil Gavaskar and Chetan Sharma
Score: NZ 221/9, Ind 224/1

Semifinal

England def India by 35 runs, MOM: Graham Gooch
Score: Eng 254/6, Ind 219

1992
Group Matches

England def India by 9 runs, MOM: Ian Botham
Score: Eng 236/9, Ind 227
No result between India and Sri Lanka
Aus def Ind by 1 run, MOM: Dean Jones
Score: Aus 237/9, Ind 234
Ind def Pak by 43 runs, MOM: Sachin Tendulkar
Score: Ind 216/7 Pak 173
Ind def Zim by 55 runs (D/L), MOM: Sachin Tendulkar
Score: Ind 203/7 (32 ov), Zim 104/1 (19.1 ov)
WI def Ind by 5 wkts (D/L), MOM: Anderson Cummins
Score: Ind 197, WI 195/5 (44 ov)
NZ def Ind by 4 wkts, MOM: Mark Greatbatch
Score: Ind 230/6, NZ 231/6
SA def Ind by 6 wkts, MOM: Peter Kirsten
Score: Ind 180/6, SA 181/4

1996
Group Matches

Ind def Kenya by 7 wkts, MOM: Sachin Tendulkar
Score: Kenya 199/6, Ind 203/3
Ind def WI by 5 wkts, MOM: Sachin Tendulkar
Score: WI 173, Ind 174/5
Aus def Ind by 16 runs, MOM: Mark Waugh
Score: Aus 258, Ind 242
SL def Ind by 6 wkts, MOM: Sanath Jayasuriya
Score: Ind 271/3, SL 272/4
Ind def Zim by 40 runs, MOM: Ajay Jadeja
Score: Ind 247/5, Zim 207

Quarterfinal

Ind def Pak by 39 runs, MOM: Navjot Sidhu
Score: Ind 287/8 Pak 248/9

Semifinal

SL def Ind (Umpires awarded the match after disruption, MOM: Aravinda de Silva
Score: SL 251/8, Ind 120/8 (34.1 overs)

1999
Group Matches

SA def Ind by 4 wkts, MOM: Jacques Kallis
Score: India 253/5, SA 254/6
Zim def Ind by 3 runs, MOM: Grant Flower
Score: Zim 252, Ind 249
Ind def Kenya by 94 runs, MOM: Sachin Tendulkar
Score: Ind 329/2 Kenya 235/7
Ind def SL by 157 runs, MOM: Sourav Ganguly
Score: Ind 373/6 SL 216
Ind def Eng by 63 runs, MOM: Sourav Ganguly
Score: Ind 232/8, Eng 169

Super 6s

Aus def Ind by 77 runs, MOM: Glenn McGrath
Score: Aus 282/6, Ind 205
Ind def Pak by 47 runs, MOM: Venkatesh Prasad
Score: Ind 227/6, Pak 180
NZ def Ind by 5 wkts, MOM: Saeed Anwar
Score: Ind 251/6, NZ 253/5

2003
Group Matches

Ind def Netherlands by 68 runs, MOM: de Leede
Score: Ind 204, Neth: 136
Aus def Ind by 9 wkts, MOM: Gillespie
Score: Ind 125, Aus 128/1
Ind def Zim by 83 runs, MOM: Tendulkar
Score: Ind 255/7, Zim 172
Ind def Namibia by 181 runs, MOM: Tendulkar
Score: Ind 311/2, Namibia 130
Ind def Eng by 82 runs, MOM: Nehra
Score: Ind 250/9 Eng 168
Ind def Pak by 6 wkts, MOM: Tendulkar
Score: Pak 273/7 Ind 276/4

Super 6s

Ind def Kenya by 6 wkts, MOM: Ganguly
Score: Kenya 225/6 Ind 226/4
Ind def SL by 183 runs, MOM: Srinath
Score: Ind 292/6, SL 109
Ind def NZ by 7 wkts, MOM: Zaheer Khan
Score: NZ 146, Ind 150/3

Semifinal

Ind def Kenya by 91 runs, MOM: Ganguly
Score: Ind 270/4, Kenya 179

Final

Aus def Ind by 125 runs, MOM: Ponting
Score: Aus 359/2, Ind 234

2007
Group Matches

Bangladesh def India by 5 wickets, MOM: Mortaza
Score: Ind 191, Bang 192/5
Ind def Bermuda by 257 runs, MOM: Sehwag
Score: Ind 413/5, Bermuda 156
SL def Ind by 69 runs, MOM: Muralitharan
Score: SL 254/6, Ind 185

2011
Group Matches

India def Bangladesh by 87 runs, MOM: Sehwag
Score: Ind 370/4, Ban 283/9
India and England play a TIE, MOM: Strauss
Score: Ind 338, Eng 338/8
India def Ireland by 5 wkts, MOM: Yuvraj Singh
Score: Ire 207, Ind 210/5 (46)
India def Netherands by 5 wkts, MOM: Yuvraj Singh
Score: Neth 189, Ind 191/5
South Africa def India by 3 wkts, MOM: Steyn
Score: Ind 296, SA 300/7
India def West Indies by 80 runs, MOM: Yuvraj Singh
Score: Ind 268, WI 188

Quarterfinal

India def Australia by 5 wickets, MOM: Yuvraj Singh
Score: Aus 260/6, Ind 261/5 (47.4)

Semifinal

India def Pakistan by 29 runs, MOM: Tendulkar
Score: Ind 260/9, Pak 231

Final

India def Sri Lanka by 6 wickets, MOM: Dhoni
Score: Sri Lanka 274/6 (50/50 ov); India 277/4 (48.2)