50% done, 100% won! Where were India after five games in every CWC?
We’re halfway through the 2023 edition of the World Cup, and India are not just unbeaten, they’ve been utterly dominant. With a week’s gap now before the Men in Blue’s next game against England, let’s open the archive books to trace where India stood after playing the first games in every single Cricket World Cup from 1975 to 2023.
Note: The group stage format in the 1975 and 1979 ODI World Cups had only three matches. World Cups 1992, 2019 and 2023 were held in a round-robin format.
India’s record after the first five games in ODI World Cups
|
Year |
Wins |
Losses |
Tie / No results |
Position on points table |
Final Finish |
|
1975 |
1 [East Africa] |
2 [Eng, NZ] |
0 |
3rd in Group A |
Group Stage |
|
1979 |
0 |
3 [WI, NZ, SL] |
0 |
4th in Group B |
Group Stage |
|
1983 |
3 [WI, Zim (twice)] |
2 [Aus, WI] |
0 |
2nd in Group B |
CHAMPIONS |
|
1987 |
4 [NZ, Aus, Zim (twice)] |
1 [Australia] |
0 |
1st in Group A |
Semi-finals |
|
1992 |
2 [Pak, Zim] |
2 [Eng, Aus] |
1 NR [SL] |
3rd |
7th |
|
1996 |
3 [Kenya, WI, Zim] |
2 [Aus, SL] |
0 |
3rd in Group A |
Semi-finals |
|
1999 |
3 [Kenya, SL, Eng] |
2 [SA, Zim] |
0 |
2nd in Group A |
Super 6s |
|
2003 |
4 [Netherlands, Zim, Namibia, Eng] |
1 [Aus] |
0 |
2nd in Group A |
Runners Up |
|
2007 |
1 [Bermuda] |
2 [Ban, SL] |
0 |
3rd in Group B |
Group Stage |
|
2011 |
3 [Ban, Ireland, Netherlands] |
1 [SA] |
1 Tie [Eng] |
1st in Group B |
CHAMPIONS |
|
2015 |
5 [Pak, SA, UAE, WI, Ireland] |
0 |
0 |
1st in Group B |
Semi-finals |
|
2019 |
4 [SA, Aus, Pak, Afg] |
0 |
1 NR [NZ] |
3rd |
Semi-finals |
|
2023 |
5 [Aus, Afg, Pak, Ban, NZ] |
0 |
0 |
1st |
|