Nah, In 1999, they lost with ALL teams except Pakistan in super six stage
Here are the results starting 1987.
1987 - England knocked us out in SF
1992 - Lost against ALL teams except Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Round robin
1996 - Sri Lanka knocked us out in SF
1999 - Lost against ALL teams except Pakistan in Super Six
(Lost against Zimbabwe in Group)
2003 - Lost against Australia in Final
2007 - Lost against Bangladesh in Group
2015 - Lost against Australia in SF
2019 - ???
Only twice Australia was a hurdle among so many world cups. Fact is, India is afraid (In your words) of ALL the teams including weak teams like Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in World Cups
And in the Word Cups India won, i.e. 1983 and 2011 India could win against Australia and also most of the other teams. Basically, they should play well in all matches to win a World Cup, one team can't be a problem
Let's see