India, March 12 -- Before India won the T20 World Cup in 2024, their previous ICC trophy had come in 2013 in the form of the Champions Trophy in England. The barren spell was just too long thereafter.

There were occasions when India should have won, but sadly, they couldn't cross the final hurdle. India reached the final of the 2014 T20 World Cup but lost to Sri Lanka in Dhaka. Firm favourites at home in the 2016 T20 World Cup, they lost to the West Indies in the semifinal.

Then in the 2019 World Cup, they looked like the best team before losing to New Zealand in the semifinal against all odds. Two years before in 2017, they had lost to Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final, again against all odds. Then when in 2023, they lost their Wo...