Eight editions of the T20 World Cup have followed 2007’s inaugural spectacle. Not once in all these years has a team lifted the sleek, silver-plated prize in successive campaigns — a fair reflection of the challenge of attaining consistency in a format inclined to fickleness.

Can India buck the trend? Can the two-time champion, on the back of winning the 2024 T20 World Cup in the Caribbean, manage another serious tilt at the title on home turf?

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