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World Cup and India

Though India`s achievement in most of the World Cup matches have not been that memorable, its major victory in the 1983 World Cup did prove that the Indian Cricket Team was a team full of strength and talent. Given below are all the memorable and the not-so-memorable happenings of all the World Cup matches, India has played till date.

India and World Cup Crickrt-1975 : In the 1975 World Cup the teams were divided into groups with India finding themselves in the same group as England, East Africa and New Zealand.

India and World Cup Cricket- 1979: After a disappointing 1975 World Cup, India was grouped with defending champions West Indies, New Zealand and Sri Lanka in 1979.

India and World Cup Cricket-1983: The 1983 format of the tournament was changed with each team in a group playing each other twice. India was grouped against Zimbabwe, West Indies and Australia.

World Cup, 1987India and World Cup Cricket-1987: India was grouped along with Australia, New Zealand and Zimbabwe. By this time, the matches were reduced to a 50 over format.

India and World Cup Cricket-1992:1992 World Cup can be described as the start of the modern day slam-bang one-day cricket. This was South Africa`s first World Cup after their re-introduction into international cricket.

World Cup, 1996India and World Cup cricket-1996: The 1996 World Cup saw the prestigious tournament returning to India after the 1987 Reliance World Cup. (Sri Lanka & Pakistan were co-hosts).
India and World Cup Cricket-1999: The 1999 Cricket World Cup saw the tournament returning to England for the first time since 1983. India was placed in the group also including South Africa, Zimbabwe, England, Sri Lanka and Kenya.

India and World Cup Cricket-2003: India wwas placed in Group A in the 2003 World Cup along with Holland, Australia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, England and Pakistan. This tournament too had the Super Six format with the top three in the group advancing.

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