<P> Although cricket was introduced to India by European merchant sailors in the 18th century, and the first cricket club was established in Calcutta in 1792, India's national cricket team did not play its first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord's, becoming the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status . In its first fifty years of international cricket, India was one of the weaker teams, winning only 35 of the first 196 Test matches it played . From 1932 India had to wait until 1952, almost 20 years for its first Test victory . The team, however, gained strength in the 1970s with the emergence of players such as batsmen Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath, all - rounder Kapil Dev and the Indian spin quartet of Erapalli Prasanna, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and Bishen Singh Bedi . </P> <P> Traditionally much stronger at home than abroad, the Indian team has improved its overseas form, especially in limited - overs cricket, since the start of the 21st century, winning Test matches in Australia, England and South Africa . It has won the Cricket World Cup twice--in 1983 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev and in 2011 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni . After winning the 2011 World Cup, India became only the third team after West Indies and Australia to have won the World Cup more than once, and the first cricket team to win the World Cup at home . It also won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, under the captaincy of MS Dhoni . It was also the joint champions of 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, along with Sri Lanka . </P> <P> As of 18 October 2017, India is ranked first in Test, second in ODIs and fifth in T20Is by the ICC . Virat Kohli is the current captain of the team across all formats, while the head coach is Ravi Shastri . The Indian cricket team has rivalries with other Test - playing nations, most notably with Pakistan, the political arch - rival of India . However, in recent times, rivalries with nations like Australia and England have also gained prominence . </P> <P> The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721 . In 1848, the Parsi community in Bombay formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians . After slow beginnings, the Europeans eventually invited the Parsis to play a match in 1877 . By 1912, the Parsis, Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year . In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the England cricket team . Some of these, such as Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji were greatly appreciated by the British and their names went on to be used for the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy--two major first - class tournaments in India . In 1911, an Indian team went on their first official tour of the British Isles, but only played English county teams and not the England cricket team . </P>

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