1983 ODI World Cup: Where it began

In 1983, when the Indian team reached England under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, no one considered them as contenders. In a group match of the same tournament, Zimbabwe surprised the whole world by defeating the legendary Australian team. Ultimately, in this tournament, India won its first ODI World Cup by defeating West Indies at Lord’s.

2007 T20 World Cup: Team India won the first World Cup

24 years later, the same story was repeated once again in the first T20 World Cup held in South Africa. In the initial phase of the tournament, Zimbabwe defeated Ricky Ponting’s invincible Australian team by 5 wickets. Later, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s young brigade won the first T20 World Cup by defeating Pakistan in the final.

Coincidences are being formed in 2026 T20 World Cup

Now in 2026, history has once again taken a turn. Zimbabwe has forced everyone to look at old statistics by registering a win against Australia on the ground in Colombo. If this pattern continues, then the Indian team captained by Suryakumar Yadav looks to be the strongest contender to lift the 2026 T20 World Cup trophy.

A coincidence from Jharkhand in the team too

Not only this, it is also a coincidence that this year there is a wicketkeeper batsman in Team India, who is from Jharkhand. Here we are talking about Ishan Kishan, who is a part of Team India in 2026. Something similar happened in 2007 also, where MS Dhoni was captaining Team India along with wicketkeeping.