In the first two editions in 1975 and 1979, the Indian team captained by Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan won only a single match and did not progress past the group stage.

India registered its first ever World Cup victories over West Indies, Australia and England cricket teams en route to the final.

The Indian side led by Sourav Ganguly reached its second World Cup final in 2003 and finished as runners-up.

In the 2011 edition co-hosted by India, the Indian team led by MS Dhoni progressed to the quarterfinals after four wins from six matches in the group stage.

In the 2023 edition hosted exclusively by India, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team did not lose a single match en route to the final.

Manager: Gulabrai Ramchand Source: The Times[1] The 1975 Cricket World Cup was the inaugural edition of the tournament held in England in June 1975.

[3] The Indian team was led by Srinivas Venkataraghavan and was relatively inexperienced at ODI cricket, having played their first match only a year earlier during the tour of England in 1974.

New Zealand chased the target with four wickets to spare with opener Glenn Turner scoring a century (114 not out from 177 balls).

New Zealand chased the target with 18 balls to spare and won by eight wickets with Bruce Edgar scoring 84 runs.

[17] India finished last in the group with no points and failed to qualify for the next round as only the top two teams progressed to the semifinals.

[12] Manager: P. R. Man Singh Source:[13] The 1983 Cricket World Cup was the third consecutive edition of the tournament to be held in England.

[27] The result meant that India progressed to the World Cup final for the first time, where it faced the West Indies on 25 June 1983 at Lord's in London.

[29][30] Manager: P. R. Man Singh Source:[13] The 1987 Cricket World Cup was the first tournament to be held outside England and was co-hosted by India and Pakistan.

[46] Coach: Abbas Ali Baig Source:[13] The 1992 Cricket World Cup was held in Australia and New Zealand.

[52][53] In the third match against co-hosts and defending champions Australia at The Gabba in Brisbane, India lost by one run in a repeat of the result from the previous World Cup.

[37] Chasing a revised target of 235 in a rain affected match, India were all out for 234 with Mohammed Azharuddin top scoring with 93 runs.

[51] India lost the final two matches against co-hosts New Zealand at Dunedin and World Cup debutants South Africa at Adelaide Oval.

[51][57] In the earlier match, India scored 230 runs with half-centuries from Tendulkar and Azharuddin and the target was chased down by New Zealand.

[60][61] Coach: Ajit Wadekar Source:[13] The 1996 Cricket World Cup was co-hosted by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

[68] In the semifinals at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta on 13 March 1996, India played Sri Lanka in a match which became notorious for poor crowd behavior.

At this point, sections of the crowd began rioting because of which the match referee Clive Lloyd decided to abandon the game and awarded the win to Sri Lanka.

[72] Coach: Anshuman Gaekwad Source:[13] The 1999 Cricket World Cup was held in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Netherlands.

South Africa won after chasing a target of 254 with Sourav Ganguly top scoring for India with 97 runs.

[73] Coach: John Wright Source:[13] The 2003 Cricket World Cup was held in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya.

[74][93] The final was played on 23 March 2003 at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg and India elected to field first after winning the toss.

[93][100] Coach: Gary Kirsten Source:[13] The 2011 Cricket World Cup was co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Ireland were bowled out for 207 runs with Yuvraj taking five wickets and India chased the target with four overs to spare.

[118] Australia scored 260 runs before India chased the target with 14 deliveries to spare with half-centuries from Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj.

[159][160] In the semifinals, India played with New Zealand at Old Trafford in a rain affected match, spread over two days.

[118][184][185] With 765 runs, Virat Kohli was adjudged as the Player of the Tournament and became the highest run-scorer across Cricket World Cups.