ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 

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The ICC Cricket World Cup is the International Cricket Championship of one day international ( ODI 50 overs and 60 overs ) cricket. The Championship is organised by International Cricket Council ( ICC ). It is held after every four years. The tournament is one of the world's most viewed Sporting events and is considered the "flagship event of the international cricket calendar" by the ICC. First edition was held in the year in 1975 in England and the latest edition was held in the year 2019 in England and next edition to be held in 2023 in India. The current Champions are England ( first title ) and most successful Champions are Australia ( 5 titles ). Sachin Tendulkar ( India ) leading run scorer of World Cup with 2278 runs till now and Glenn McGrath ( Australia ) is the leading wicket taker of World Cup with 71 wicket. The World Cup is open to all the members of International Cricket Council ( ICC ) , although highest ranking team receive automatic qualification. India and West Indies have won 2 titles while Pakistan , Sri Lanka and England have won it once.

WINNERS:-

The Season winners are:
• 1975-West Indies ( Clive Lloyd )
• 1979-West Indies ( Clive Lloyd )
• 1983-India ( Kapil Dev )
• 1987-Australia ( Allon Border )
• 1992-Pakistan ( Imran Khan )
• 1996-Sri Lanka ( Arjuna Ranatunga )
• 1999-Australia ( Stephen Waugh )
• 2003- Australia ( Ricky Ponting )
• 2007-Australia ( Ricky Ponting )
• 2011-India ( M.S.Dhoni )
• 2015-Australia ( Michael Mark )
• 2019-England ( Eoin Morgan  ) ( Due to more boundaries as in super over also match tied.  )

• 2023-Australia ( Pat Cummins)

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TITLES:-

The list shows the team and their wins and also acc. to World Cup 2019 standings :-
• India-2 titles ( Ind )
• Australia-6 titles ( Aus )
• New Zealand ( NZ )
• England-1 title ( Eng )
• Pakistan-1 title ( Pak )
• Sri Lanka-1 title ( SL )
• West Indies-2 titles ( WI )
• Afghanistan ( Afg )

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DEBUTANT TEAMS:-

Teams of ICC Cricket World Cup and their debuting years.
• 1975-Aus , East Africa ( EA ) , Eng , Ind , NZ , Pak , SL , WI
• 1979-Canada ( Can )
• 1983-Zimbabwe ( Zim )
• 1992-South Africa ( SA )
• 1996-Kenya , Netherland , United Arab Emirates ( UAE )
• 2003-Bangladesd ( Ban ) , Scotland
• 2007-Bermuda , Ireland ( Ire )
• 2015-Afghanistan ( Afg )

Source:- DNA India

MAN OF THE TOURNAMENT:-

• 1992-Martim Grove ( 456 runs )
• 1996-Sanath Jayasuriya ( 221 runs and 6 wickets)
• 1999-Lance Klusener ( 281 runs and 7 wickets )
• 2003-Sachin Tendulkar ( 673 runs and 2 wickets )
• 2007-Glenn McGrath ( 26 Wickets )
• 2011-Yuvraj Singh ( 362 runs and 15 wickets )
• 2015-Mitchell Starc ( 22 wickets )
• 2019-Kane Williamson ( 578 runs and 2 wickets )

• 2023-Virat Kohli ( 765 Runs )

Source: Telegraph India 

MAN OF THE MATCH IN FINALS:-

• 1975-Clive Lloyd ( 102 runs )
• 1979-Viv Richard's ( 138* runs )
• 1983-Mohinder Amarnath ( 3/12 in 7 overs )
• 1987-David Boon ( 75 runs )
• 1992-Wasim Akram ( 33 runs and 3/49 in 10 wickets )
• 1996-Aravia De Silva ( 107* and 3/42 in 10 overs )
• 1999-Shane Warne ( 4/33 in 10 overs )
• 2003-Ricky Ponting ( 140* runs )
• 2007-Adam Gilchrist ( 149 runs )
• 2011-M.S.Dhoni ( 91* runs )
• 2015-James Faulkner ( 3/36 in 10 overs )
• 2019-Ben Stokes ( 84* runs )

• 2023-Travis Head ( 137 Runs )

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WORLD CUP RECORDS:-

• The record for most runs accrues to Sachin Tendulkar ( India )with 2278 runs.
• The record for highest average ( minimum 10 innings) accrues to Lance Klusener ( SA ) of 124.00 average.
• The record for highest score accrues to Martin Guptil ( NZ ) vs WI i.e. in 237* in 2015.
• The record for highest partnership accrues to Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuel's ( WI ) i.e. 372 runs in 2015.
• The record for most runs in single world cup accrues to Sachin Tendulkar ( India )i.e. 273 runs in 2003.
• The record for most centuries accrues to Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma ( 6 centuries).
• The record for most centuries in a single world cup accrues to Rohit Sharma ( 5 centuries) in 2019.
• The record for most wickets accrues to Glenn McGrath ( Australia ) with 71 wickets.
• The record for fastest lowest average ( min 1000 balls ) accrues to Glenn McGrath ( Australia)of 18.19.
• The record for best strike rate ( min 1000 balls ) accrues to Lasith Malinga ( SL ) of 24.8.
• The record for best economy rate ( min 1000 balls ) accrues to Andy Robert's ( WI ) of 3.24.
• The record for best bowling figures accrues to Glenn McGrath ( Australia ) v.s. Namibia of 7/15 in 2003.
• The record for most wickets in a tournament accrues to Mitchell Starc ( Australia ) with 27 wickets in 2019.
• The record for fastest bowl bowler accrues to Shoaib Akhtar i.e. 161.3 km/hr ( 2003 ).
• The record for most dismissals ( WK ) accrues to Kumar Sangakara with 54 dismissals.
• The record for most Catches ( fielder ) accrues to Ricky Ponting with 28 Catches.
• The record for highest score ( team ) accrues to Australia with the score of 417/5 in 2015 vs Afghanistan.
• The record for lowest score ( team ) accrues to Canada with the score of 36/10 in 2003 vs Sri Lanka.
• The record for highest win percentage ( in terms of matches) accrues to Australia with 74.73 % ( won 69/74 matches. )
• The record for most consecutive wins accrues to Australia with 27 matches.
• The record for most consecutive tournament won accrues to Australia with 3 tournament won together ( 1999 , 2003 , 2007 ).
• The record for most hat tricks accrues to Lasith Malinga with 2 hat tricks ( 2007 , 2011 ).
• Sri Lankan cricketer Nuwan Kulasekara accrues the record of bowling the last ball of the 2011 World Cup and also the first ball of the following 2015 World Cup.
• Cricketer Sunil Valson of India is the only player to win a World Cup without even playing an international match! Valson was the part of the 14 member squad of the 1983 world cup winning Indian team. Valson in fact never made his international debut.
• In the over four decade long history of the tournament, India has never lost a single match against Pakistan. Pakistan, in turn, has never lost a match to Sri Lanka.
• India is also the first team to score and defend 400+ runs in World Cup history against Bermuda (413/5 in 50 overs) in the 2007 World Cup.
• Sri Lanka was also the first ever team to win a final while batting second on course of its claim to the 1996 title.

Source: Times Of India ( TOI )

WORLD CUP AWARDS:-

• "THE GOLDEN BAT AWARDS" ( now known to be "ICC GOLDEN BAT" ) for top run scorer of the tournament.
• "THE GOLDEN BALL AWARDS" ( now known to be "ICC GOLDEN BALL" ) for top wicket getter of the tournament.
• "THE PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT AWARD" ( now known to be "ICC PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT" ) for outstanding player in the entire World Cup Tournament.
• "THE PLAYER OF THE MATCH IN FINALS" ( now known to be "ICC PLAYER OF THE MATCH IN FINALS" ) for outstanding player in the World Cup Finals.

Source:-

• cricbuzz.com 
• espncricinfo.com 
• sportskeeda.com 
• The Times Of India( TOI )
• Mykhel.com