Team India ended their long 11-year wait for an ICC trophy when they took on South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 final at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday (June 29).
Rohit Sharma-led India put an end to their ICC trophy drought, having won the T20 World Cup 2024, a first title since the 2013 Champions Trophy and their first T20 World Cup since 2007's inaugural edition in South Africa.

Since Mahendra Singh Dhoni guided the Men in Blue to a Champions Trophy title nearly a decade ago, the Indian cricket team had come close to lifting another ICC title, but fell short in their previous ten attempts.
However, the heartbreaks finally ended when India defeated South Africa in the 2024 T20 World Cup title clash, riding on Virat Kohli's knock with the bat followed by brilliant death bowling led by Jasprti Bumrah to seal a 7-run win.
Earlier, they had failed in the ODI World Cup 2023 final, which they lost to Australia by 6 wickets in Ahmedabad a few months after they lost the World Test Championship 2023 final to the same opposition following a 209 runs defeat in London in June 2023.
Before that they suffered heartbreak at the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, where they bowed out in the semifinals following defeat to eventual champions England. Before that, they exited in the Super 12 stage in T20 World Cup 2021 in UAE.
The Indian team had also suffered heartbreak in their last attempt at the World Test Championship mace as they lost the 2021 final by 8 wickets to New Zealand at the Rose Bowl in Southampton.
India had won five ICC titles prior to 2014 and also had two more runners up finish along with a few semifinal exits in ICC tournaments during the last 11 years of drought at the global events. Here is a look at India record in ICC events since 2013 Champions Trophy:
| Tournament | India Finish | India Captain |
| T20 World Cup 2014 | Runners Up | MS Dhoni |
| ODI World Cup 2015 | Semi-Finals | MS Dhoni |
| T20 World Cup 2016 | Semi-Finals | MS Dhoni |
| Champions Trophy 2017 | Runners Up | Virat Kohli |
| ODI World Cup 2019 | Semi-Finals | Virat Kohli |
| WTC Final 2021 | Runners Up | Virat Kohli |
| T20 World Cup 2021 | Super 12 | Virat Kohli |
| T20 World Cup 2022 | Semi-Finals | Rohit Sharma |
| WTC Final 2023 | Runners Up | Rohit Sharma |
| ODI World Cup 2023 | Runners Up | Rohit Sharma |
| T20 World Cup 2024 | Champions | Rohit Sharma |
Before the 2013 Champions Trophy triumph, Dhoni had guided India to one T20 World Cup title in 2007 and one ODI World Cup triumph in 2011, ending a 23-year wait for the 50-over World Cup.
India had also won only the 1983 World Cup under Kapil Dev and shared the Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka in 2002 under Sourav Ganguly, who also guided the Men in Blue to the first World Cup final since 1983 in 2003, when they lost the final to Australia.
Now, under Rohit, India has tasted success again in ICC events, and will hope to add more titles in the next few years with the WTC set for 2025, the next T20 World Cup set for 2026 and the ODI World Cup set to take place in 2027.