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India at the 2008 Summer Olympics

India at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics: 57 athletes, ranked 50th with 3 medals. Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympic gold (10m air rifle, 700.5); Vijender Singh and Sushil Kumar took boxing and wrestling bronze.

India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games (XIX Commonwealth Games, New Delhi, 3–14 October 2010): host nation fielded 619 athletes and won 101 medals (38 gold, 27 silver, 36 bronze), finishing second behind Australia, its best-ever Games performance.

India at the 2012 Summer Olympics

India at the 2012 Summer Olympics (London, 27 July to 12 August 2012): 83 athletes, 6 medals (2 silver, 4 bronze, no gold), India's best haul to that date, via Vijay Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Narang, Nehwal, Mary Kom, and Dutt.

India at the 2014 Asian Games

India at the 2014 Asian Games (XVII Asiad, Incheon, 19 Sep-4 Oct 2014): 541 athletes in 28 sports won 57 medals (11 gold, 10 silver, 36 bronze), ranking 8th; men's hockey gold after 16 years earned a 2016 Olympic berth.

India at the 2016 Summer Olympics

India at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics: largest-ever contingent of 117 athletes in 15 sports, debuts in golf and women's artistic gymnastics, and 2 medals, P.V. Sindhu's badminton silver and Sakshi Malik's wrestling bronze.

India at the 2018 Asian Games

India at the 2018 Asian Games (Jakarta-Palembang, 18 Aug-2 Sep 2018): 570 athletes in 36 sports won 69 medals (15 gold, 24 silver, 30 bronze), 8th place, India's best Asiad haul, with firsts in sepaktakraw, women's shooting and wrestling gold.

India at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

India at the 2018 Commonwealth Games finished third with 66 medals (26 gold, 20 silver, 20 bronze) behind Australia and England, with shooting leading the haul and Manika Batra winning four medals.

India at the 2020 Summer Olympics

India at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo, held July-August 2021): India's largest-ever contingent of 120 athletes won a record 7 medals, 1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze, including Neeraj Chopra's javelin gold and men's hockey bronze.

India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics (Tokyo, 24 Aug-5 Sep 2021): 54 athletes, all TOPS-funded, in 9 sports won 19 medals (5 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze), ranking 24th; firsts in badminton and shooting via Pramod Bhagat and Avani Lekhara.

India at the 2022 Asian Games

India at the 2022 Asian Games (Hangzhou, held Sept 23–Oct 8, 2023): record 107 medals, 28 gold, 38 silver, 41 bronze, fourth place; first 100-plus haul, gold sweeps in compound archery, cricket, kabaddi.

India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games: Birmingham, 28 July-8 August 2022. India finished 4th with 61 medals (22 gold, 16 silver, 23 bronze), led wrestling, weightlifting, badminton, and table tennis, without shooting.

India at the 2026 Asian Games

India at the 2026 Asian Games: the 20th Asiad in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, September 19 to October 4, 2026. India sent a 503-member contingent and won 85 medals (21 gold), finishing fourth.

India at the 2026 Asian Para Games

India at the 2026 Asian Para Games: India's fifth appearance at the 5th Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, 18-24 October 2026, after a record 111-medal haul at Hangzhou 2022.

India at the 2026 Commonwealth Games

India at the 2026 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, 23 July–2 August 2026): fourth place with 39 medals (13 gold, 17 silver, 9 bronze) despite a 10-sport programme lacking shooting, wrestling, badminton, and table tennis; record boxing and para campaigns; next host Ahmedabad 2030.

India at the 2028 Summer Olympics

India at the 2028 Summer Olympics (LA28): Indian Olympic Association delegation to Los Angeles 2028. Cricket (T20) and squash join the program; India prepares via TOPS funding after finishing fourth with 85 medals at Nagoya 2026.

India at the Asian Games

India at the Asian Games: IOA contingents in the continental multi-sport event held every four years since New Delhi 1951; record 107 medals at Hangzhou 2022 (held 2023), 85 medals and fourth place at Aichi-Nagoya 2026.

India at the Commonwealth Games

India at the Commonwealth Games: participation since 1934; all-time 602 medals (215 gold), fourth behind Australia, England, Canada; best edition Delhi 2010 with 101 medals; Glasgow 2026 fourth with 39; Ahmedabad hosts 2030.

India at the Cricket World Cup

India at the Cricket World Cup: the men's ODI team's record from 1975 to 2023, with titles in 1983 (Kapil Dev) and 2011 (MS Dhoni), finals in 2003 and 2023, and an unbeaten World Cup record against Pakistan.

India at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup

India at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup covers the team's two titles, won in 2007 under MS Dhoni and 2024 under Rohit Sharma, plus a runner-up finish in 2014.

India at the Olympics

India at the Olympics refers to the participation of India, represented by the Indian Olympic Association, in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, first appearing in 1900.

India at the Paralympics

India at the Paralympics: Indian athletes' participation via the Paralympic Committee of India since Tel Aviv 1968. First medal Murlikant Petkar's 1972 gold; record 29 medals (7 gold) at Paris 2024, 18th on the medal table.

India at the Women's T20 World Cup

India's women's team has played every ICC Women's T20 World Cup since 2009, reaching the 2020 final, four semifinals, and never winning the title, with Australia often ending its campaigns.

India men's national field hockey team

India men's national field hockey team, governed by Hockey India; most successful Olympic hockey side with 8 golds (1928-1980), 1975 World Cup title, bronzes at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, captained by Harmanpreet Singh, coached by Craig Fulton.

India men's national volleyball team

India men's national volleyball team, governed by the Volleyball Federation of India; Asian Games bronze in 1958 and 1986, Asian Championship best of fifth, and AVC Men's Cup bronze at home in Ahmedabad in 2026.

India national badminton team

India national badminton team: BAI-governed men's, women's and mixed squads; first Thomas Cup champions 2022 (3-0 over Indonesia), 2026 bronze, Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games silver, three Olympic medals.

India national blind cricket team

India national blind cricket team, run by CABI (Samarthanam), represents India in visually impaired cricket; multiple ODI and T20 World Cup titles (2012, 2014, 2017, 2022) and inaugural Women's T20 World Cup 2025.

India national cricket team

India national cricket team (Men in Blue), governed by the BCCI since 1928; Test debut 1932. World Cup 1983 and 2011, Champions Trophy 2013, record three T20 World Cups (2007, 2024, 2026), first side to defend the T20 title.

India national cricket team record by opponent

The India national cricket team record by opponent lists India's head-to-head Test, ODI, and T20I results against each country since 1932, showing a far stronger home record than away.

India national football team

India national football team, men's team of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), nicknamed the Blue Tigers. Asian Games gold 1951 and 1962, 1956 Olympics fourth, 1964 Asian Cup runners-up; never passed World Cup qualifying final round, ranked 138th in 2026.

India national kabaddi team

India national kabaddi teams (men's and women's), run by the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India. Record 11 Asian Games golds; men beat Iran 40-34 and women 37-34 for a 2026 golden double; 2025 World Cup sweep.