Will Team India be embarrassed again during the T20 World Cup in West Indies? The situation was bad last time, know the whole story in the words of statistics

 

Indian Team in West Indies: The Indian team (Indian Cricket Team) has geared up for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. The team is sweating it out on the field to win this mega event of ICC to be held in West Indies and America for the second time. The Indian team has reached New York for the World Cup. Where the team will start its journey with a match against Ireland on June 5. However, this will not be the first time that the Indian team will be seen playing the T20 World Cup on Caribbean soil.

India had earlier played the T20 World Cup on Caribbean soil in the year 2010. Actually, the 2010 T20 World Cup was hosted by West Indies. In the World Cup 2024 too, West Indies is the co-host of the T20 World Cup along with America. In such a situation, today we will look at the performance of the Indian team in the 2010 T20 World Cup.

How was the performance of the Indian team in 2010

In the 2010 T20 World Cup, India started its journey against Afghanistan. In the match, Afghanistan batted first and scored 115/8 runs in 20 overs. Which the Indian team easily achieved by scoring 116/3 runs in 14.5 overs. In this way, India started its journey with a great victory.

The second match of the Indian team was against South Africa. In the match, Suresh Raina created a storm with his bat and scored a century of 101 runs in 60 balls. On the basis of Raina's century, India scored 186/5 runs in 20 overs. This target of the Indian team proved to be too much for Africa and the entire team could score only 172/5 runs in 20 overs and lost the match.

By defeating Afghanistan and African teams, India had confirmed its place in the Super-8. The form of the Indian team had raised hopes of a second World Cup title among the fans. However, the Super-8 matches broke the hearts of the fans.

India's first match in Super-8 was against Australia. The strong Australian team batted first and scored 184/5 runs in 20 overs. In reply, the Indian team's batsmen were all out for just 135 runs. India had to face defeat by 49 runs in the match.

In the second match of Super-8, the Indian team faced host West Indies. In the match, the Caribbean team batted first and scored 169 runs in 20 overs. In response, the Indian team could only score 155/9 runs in 20 overs. This was India's second consecutive defeat in Super-8. The poor performance of the Indian batsmen broke the hearts of the fans.

India's last match in the Super-8 was against Sri Lanka. Batting first in the match, the Indian team scored 163/5 runs in 20 overs. This match was thrilling but the Sri Lankan team won the match on the last ball. Sri Lanka defeated India by 5 wickets in the match. With this defeat, India's journey in the 2010 T20 World Cup ended after the Super-8.

Performance of Indian team in T20 in West Indies and America

The Indian team has played a total of 14 T20 International matches on the soil of West Indies so far. In this, the team has won 7 and lost 7. Talking about America, the Indian team has played 8 T20 International matches here so far. In which the team has won 5 and lost 2 matches.