Team India has once again qualified for an ICC event final under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. India went to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final after defeating Australia in the semifinal in Dubai.
In the last two years, India has reached the final of every ICC event, winning the T20 World Cup but suffering defeats in the ODI World Cup and the World Test Championship.
India has participated in the T20 World Cup 2024 final and won the coveted championship.
Team India played their 13th ICC tournament final when they took on South Africa in the ICC World Cup 2024 final at Kensington Oval in Barbados on June 29, 2024.
The upcoming Champions Trophy final will mark India’s 13th appearance in an ICC tournament final.
How many times has India reached the finals of ICC events?
Before winning the 2024 T20 World Cup final, Team India had suffered five consecutive defeats in ICC tournament finals.
India first reached an ICC tournament final in the 2000 Champions Trophy, where they faced New Zealand and lost by four wickets in Kenya. Interestingly, India’s historic 1983 ODI World Cup victory was not part of an ICC tournament, as the event was then organized under Prudential.
| Tournament | Year | Final Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champions Trophy | 2000 | New Zealand | Lost |
| Champions Trophy | 2002 | Sri Lanka | Tied |
| ODI World Cup | 2003 | Australia | Lost |
| T20 World Cup | 2007 | Pakistan | Won |
| ODI World Cup | 2011 | Sri Lanka | Won |
| Champions Trophy | 2013 | England | Won |
| T20 World Cup | 2014 | Sri Lanka | Lost |
| Champions Trophy | 2017 | Pakistan | Lost |
| World Test Championship | 2021 | New Zealand | Lost |
| World Test Championship | 2023 | Australia | Lost |
| ODI World Cup | 2023 | Australia | Lost |
| T20 World Cup | 2024 | South Africa | Won |
| Champions Trophy | 2025 | TBD | TBD |
India made their second appearance in an ICC final in the 2002 Champions Trophy, where they shared the title with Sri Lanka after the final was washed out.
India has faced Australia in three ICC tournament finals— the 2003 ODI World Cup, the 2023 World Test Championship, and the 2023 ODI World Cup—losing all three. However, their victory over Australia in the Champions Trophy 2025 semifinal comes as a relief.
India has won four ICC finals, including the 2007 T20 World Cup, the 2011 ODI World Cup, the 2013 Champions Trophy, and the 2024 T20 World Cup. They reached two World Test Championship finals but lost both to New Zealand and Australia.
India lost the 2017 Champions Trophy final to Pakistan, but Pakistan, the defending champions, are already out of the 2025 tournament. India’s only defeat in a T20 World Cup final came against Sri Lanka in 2014; they have won all other T20 World Cup finals.
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