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2013 to 2024: India’s hits and misses in 11 years of agony

2013 to 2024: India’s hits and misses in 11 years of agony

Before the 2024 T20 World Cup triumph, team India lost as many as nine ICC knockout matches since the 2013 Champions Trophy.

Team India finally ended the drought of winning an ICC trophy after lifting the T20 World Cup on June 29 (Saturday). Before their T20 World Cup triumph against South Africa, India last won an ICC trophy in 2013 when MS Dhoni led the team to a win in Champions Trophy. Let us check out all team India losses since 2013 Champions Trophy.

Team India misses since 2013

 EventResult 
 2014 T20 World Cup finalLost to Sri Lanka 
 2015 World Cup semi-finalLost to Australia 
 2016 T20 World Cup semi-finalLost to West Indies 
 2017 Champions Trophy finalLost to Pakistan 
 2019 World Cup semi-finalLost to New Zealand 
 2021 World Test Championship Lost to New Zealand
 2022 T20 World Cup semi-finalLost to England 
 2023 World Test ChampionshipLost to Australia 
 2023 World Cup finalLost to Australia 

As stated above, team India last won an ICC trophy in 2013 when MS Dhoni led the team to a win in Champions Trophy. Since then, India have played several knockout games but failed to bag the elite title. India’s first heartbreak came in the 2014 T20 World Cup final where they lost to Sri Lanka.

The team then suffered a defeat to Australia in the 2015 World Cup semi-final. They also lost to West Indies in the T20 World Cup semifinal before losing the Champions trophy final to Pakistan in 2017. India suffered a defeat to New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup semifinal.

Hoping to break the losing streak in ICC knockouts, India played England in the T20 World Cup semifinal but lost to England. The team also lost the WTC final to New Zealand and Australia in 2021 and 2023 respectively.

After 11 years of agony, team India finally managed to end the ICC trophy drought as they completed a 7-run win against South Africa in the 2024 T20 World Cup played in West Indies and USA.

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