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In 1992 for the first time, players were spotted playing with colored jerseys for their national side in the ODI World Cup and notably, this time the tournament was played in a round-robin format unlike splitting the teams into two different groups. A total of nine different teams participated in this ODI World Cup event which was hosted in Australia and New Zealand.
India in the 1992 Men's ODI World Cup:
Played - 8
Won - 2
Lost - 5
NR - 1
India's WC campaign in 1992 ended on a disastrous note as they managed to win only two games overall. This was Mohammad Azharuddin's first ODI World Cup as skipper.
India team results in Men's 1992 ODI World Cup:
Lost to England by 9 runs in Perth
No Result vs Sri Lanka in Mackay
Lost to Australia by 1 run in Brisbane (revised target came into play)
Beat Pakistan by 43 runs in Sydney
Beat Zimbabwe by 55 runs in Hamilton (revised target came into play)
Lost to West Indies by 5 wickets in Wellington (revised target came into play)
Lost to New Zealand by 4 wickets in Dunedin
Lost to South Africa by 6 wickets in Adelaide
Points table of 1992 ODI World Cup:
Teams | Played | Won | Lost | Points |
New Zealand | 8 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
England | 8 | 5 | 2 (NR-1) | 11 |
South Africa | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
Pakistan | 8 | 4 | 3 (NR-1) | 9 |
Australia | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
West Indies | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
India | 8 | 2 | 5 (NR-1) | 5 |
Sri Lanka | 8 | 2 | 5 (NR-1) | 5 |
Zimbabwe | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
NRR (AUS) = 0.201; NRR (WI) = 0.076, hence Australia are placed above West Indies in the points table.
NRR (IND) = 0.137; NRR (SL) = -0.686, hence India are placed above Sri Lanka in the points table.
India's Squad for the 1992 ODI WC:
Mohammad Azharuddin (C), Pravin Amre, Ajay Jadeja, Vinod Kambli, Sanjay Manjrekar, Kiran More (Wk), Kris Srikkanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Manoj Prabhakar, Ravi Shastri, Venkatapathy Raju, Javagal Srinath, Subroto Bannerjee
Most runs for India in 1992 ODI WC:
Mohammad Azharuddin - 332 (7 inns)
Sachin Tendulkar - 283 (7 inns)
Kapil Dev - 161 (8 inns)
Most wickets for India in 1992 ODI WC:
Manoj Prabhakar - 12 (7 inns)
Kapil Dev - 9 (7 inns)
Javagal Srinath - 8 (7 inns)
