Left is Right… The left-handed batsman-bowler has shone for India in the T20 WC.

Talking about Team India, Team India, captained by Rohit Sharma, had to face defeat at the hands of Australia in the final despite performing brilliantly till the semi-finals in the World Cup 2023. The pain of this defeat is still in the hearts of Indian fans. Someone hopes that the Rohit brigade will compensate for that defeat by becoming champions in the T20 World Cup 2024. Let us tell you that despite excellent performance in every format of cricket, Team India has not been able to win any ICC trophy since 2013. It has made it to the title matches of the World Test Championship, ODI and T20 World Cup and ICC Champions Trophy several times but has failed to cross the hurdle of winning the final.

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Talking about the T20 World Cup, the Indian team became the champion in 2007, whereas in the 2014 final, it had to be content with becoming the runner-up after losing to Sri Lanka. Apart from this, its campaign in the tournament came to a halt with defeat in the semi-finals in 2016 and 2022. If we look at the top performers of the Indian team in the 8 T20 World Cups held so far, left-handed players have proved themselves better than right-handed players in both bowling and batting. The number of left-handed players in any team is three-four or maximum 5, but till now only 'lefties' have proved to be 'righties' for India.

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Let's take a look at the top performing players of the Indian team in every World Cup.

T20 World Cup 2007: In this tournament held in South Africa, India defeated Pakistan and achieved the honor of becoming the first champion of the T20 World Cup. Left-handed batsman Gautam Gambhir scored the most runs for India, while left-arm fast bowler RP Singh took the most wickets for India.
Top batsman: Gautam Gambhir (227 runs)
Top bowler:RP Singh (12 wickets)

T20 World Cup 2009: In this tournament held in England, Team India could not progress beyond the Super 8 stage. For India, left-handed batsman Yuvraj Singh scored the most runs, while in terms of wickets, left-arm bowlers Pragyan Ojha and Zaheer Khan won.
Top batsman: Yuvraj Singh (153 runs)
Top bowler: Pragyan Ojha and Zaheer Khan (7 wickets each)

T20 World Cup 2010: In the tournament held in West Indies, Team India could not progress beyond the Super 8 stage for the second consecutive time. Left-handed batsman Suresh Raina scored the most runs for India, while left-arm bowler Ashish Nehra took the most wickets for the team.
Top batsman: Suresh Raina (219 runs)
Top bowlers: Ashish Nehra (10 wickets)

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T20 World Cup 2012: In this T20 World Cup held in Sri Lanka, once again India's campaign could not progress beyond the Super 8 stage. This time, in terms of scoring the most runs and taking wickets for India, right-handed players Virat Kohli and Lakshmipathy Balaji won respectively.
Top batsman: Virat Kohli (185 runs)
Top bowler: L Balaji (9 wickets)

T20 World Cup 2014: Bangladesh became the host of this tournament. The Indian team performed brilliantly and made it to the finals with pride. Won all five matches but lost to Sri Lanka in the final and had to be content with finishing as runner-up. This time right-handed Virat Kohli became the highest run-scorer for India and right-handed bowler R Ashwin became the highest wicket-taker.
Top batsman: Virat Kohli (319 runs)
Top bowler: R Ashwin (11 wickets)

T20 World Cup 2016: In this T20 World Cup held in India, Team India had to face defeat at the hands of West Indies in the semi-finals. Virat Kohli was India's top performer in terms of runs and left-arm fast bowler Ashish Nehra was India's top performer in terms of wickets. Hardik Pandya also took five wickets equal to Nehra but Nehra proved to be better than him in average and economy.
Top batsman: Virat Kohli (273 runs)
Top bowler:Ashish Nehra and Hardik Pandya (5-5 wickets)

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T20 World Cup 2021: This tournament was very bad for India and the team could not even enter the Super 8. In the five matches of the group stage, India could only defeat Afghanistan, Scotland and Namibia while losing to Pakistan and New Zealand. Right-handed batsman KL Rahul scored the most runs for India, while Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja (left-arm spinner) were jointly India's top bowlers in terms of wickets.

Top batsman: KL Rahul (194 runs)
Top bowler: Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja (7-7 wickets)

T20 World Cup 2022: India's campaign in this tournament held in Australia ended with a crushing 10-wicket defeat at the hands of England in the semi-finals. Right-handed batsman Virat Kohli scored the most runs for India, while left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep scored the most runs for India. Maximum 10 wickets were taken by the team.
Top batsman: Virat Kohli (296 runs)
Top bowler:Arshdeep Singh (10 wickets)

In T20 World Cup, Team India could never win against two teams, never lost against 4 teams.

Virat Kohli has proved to be an exception

Amidst the 'domination' of India's left-handed batsmen in the T20 World Cup, right-handed batsman Virat Kohli has proved to be the biggest exception. 'King Kohli' has won the hearts of the fans with his consistently excellent batting performance in this tournament. He was the top scorer for India in 4 editions of the World Cup. Twice out of these (2014 and 2022) he scored the most runs in the overall tournament. Virat also holds the record for scoring the most runs in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. He scored 319 runs in the 2014 T20 World Cup. Till now, no batsman has been able to score more runs than this in any single T20 World Cup.

Virat has the most runs in T20I and World Cup

Virat is the highest run scorer in T20I as well as T20 World Cup. He has so far scored 4037 runs (one century) in 117 T20I matches at an average of 51.75 and strike rate of 138.15. This run average has increased to 81.5 in the T20 World Cup. 'King Kohli' has scored the maximum of 1141 runs at a strike rate of 131.3 while remaining unbeaten 11 times in 25 innings of 27 matches in the five T20 World Cups, which includes 14 half-centuries. While Virat is the highest run scorer in the T20 World Cup in batting, in bowling this credit goes to Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan (47 wickets in 36 matches). For India, off-spinner R Ashwin has taken the most wickets (32 wickets in 24 matches) in the T20 World Cup.

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