India have finished their league stage campaign of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in the best way possible, winning all nine matches. Their recent victory was against the Netherlands, whom they beat by 160 runs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. This result sees India finish the ICC World Cup 2023 points table at the top spot with a total of 18 points from nine matches and a superb Net Run Rate (NRR) of 2.570. India will now look to carry on this red-hot form in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinals where they face New Zealand in a repeat of the 2019 WC semis. ICC World Cup 2023 Schedule, Free PDF Download Online: Get CWC Tournament Fixtures, Time Table with Match Timings in IST and Venue Details.
India cricket team would aim to make it big this time, having failed in the 2019 World Cup, losing the semifinal to New Zealand. For the record, India have not won a ICC trophy since 2013 and Rohit Sharma will look to end that drought this time. India had a similarly dominant campaign in 2019 and the challenge has been in the semifinals, for the past two editions. Indian fans would hope that this time, the story is different. Most Wickets in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
India’s CWC 2023 Points Table Position
Position | Played | Won | Lost | N/R | Tied | NRR | Points |
1st | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.570 | 18 |
India CWC 2023 Schedule and Results
Date | Match | Venue | Result |
Oct 08 | India vs Australia | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | India won by 6 wickets |
Oct 11 | India vs Afghanistan | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi | India won by 8 wickets |
Oct 14 | India vs Pakistan | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | India won by 7 wickets |
Oct 19 | India vs Bangladesh | MCA International Stadium, Pune | India won by 7 wickets |
Oct 22 | India vs New Zealand | HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala | India won by 4 wickets |
Oct 29 | India vs England | BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Lucknow | India won by 100 runs |
Nov 02 | India vs Sri Lanka | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | India won by 302 runs |
Nov 05 | India vs South Africa | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | India won by 243 runs |
Nov 12 | India vs Netherlands | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | India won by 160 runs |
India CWC 2023 Squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.
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