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Five Captains Who Took Team India To The World Cup Final: Team India is ready to face the New Zealand team in the final match of ICC T20 World Cup 2026. A big credit for taking the Indian team to this stage goes to captain Suryakumar Yadav. Surya has performed amazingly as T20 captain in this tournament. However, Surya’s name has now been included among those few Indian captains, under whose captaincy Team India has been successful in reaching the final of the World Cup. Here we are going to talk about those 5 Indian captains.
5 captains who took Team India to the World Cup final
1. Kapil Dev – 1983 ODI World Cup
Under his captaincy, Kapil Dev had taken Team India to the final of a World Cup for the first time. India won its first world title by defeating West Indies in the final of the 1983 ODI World Cup. In this World Cup, Kapil Dev saved Team India from being out of the tournament by playing a historic inning of unbeaten 175 runs against Zimbabwe.
2. Sourav Ganguly – 2003 ODI World Cup
Under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, Team India had reached the final of the ODI World Cup after 20 years. India reached the final of the 2003 ODI World Cup held in South Africa, where it had to face defeat at the hands of Australia. Ganguly had scored 3 centuries in that tournament.
3. M.S. Dhoni – 2007 T20, 2011 ODI, 2014 T20
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is considered the most successful captain of India. Dhoni is the only captain who has taken Team India to the World Cup finals thrice (twice in T20 and once in ODI). Under his captaincy, India won the first T20 World Cup in 2007 and the ODI World Cup in 2011. Team India also reached the final in the 2014 T20 World Cup, but had to face defeat by Sri Lanka.
4. Rohit Sharma – 2023 ODI, 2024 T20
Under his captaincy, Rohit Sharma has made Team India a very aggressive and fearless playing team. Under his captaincy, India played two consecutive World Cup finals. In the 2023 ODI World Cup, India remained unbeaten and reached the finals. Then India was made world champion by defeating South Africa in the T20 World Cup of 2024.
5. Suryakumar Yadav – 2026 T20 World Cup
Suryakumar Yadav’s name is the newest in this list. Surya, who took over the captaincy of Team India after Rohit Sharma’s retirement from T20 International, has taken India to the final in his very first major tournament. India has reached its second consecutive T20 World Cup final by defeating England in the semi-finals of the 2026 T20 World Cup.