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Lord's has hosted the final five times. The inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup final was held on 21 June 1975 at Lord's, contested by Australia and the West Indies.A man of the match performance, [11] including a century, from West Indian captain Clive Lloyd, coming in to bat at number five with his team at 50/3, [12] formed the basis of a 149-run fourth-wicket partnership with Rohan Kanhai. [13]
India secured their second World Cup and the first since 1983. [93] This was also the first instance of any host nation winning the World Cup. [107] Tendulkar scored 482 runs and was the second-highest run scorer in the tournament. [108] Khan was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 21 wickets. [108]
India is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body of cricket. The ICC Men's T20 World Cup has been hosted by the ICC in the T20I format since 2007. There have been nine editions of the tournament and India has participated in every edition.
India are above New Zealand in the table - despite the Black Caps winning every game of the ICC Cricket World Cup so far
India won their second T20 World Cup title, equalling the West Indies and England in most tournaments won. [38] India also broke the record of the longest time between successive tournament wins (17 years), breaking the record of 12 years set by England. [39] India also became the first team to win the T20 World Cup by winning 8 matches without ...
Autographed bat of the World Cup winning captains till 2015 at the Blades of Glory Museum, Pune, India India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh together hosted the 2011 World Cup . Pakistan was stripped of its hosting rights following the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009 , with the games originally scheduled for Pakistan ...
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil.
In September 2007, India won the first ever Twenty20 World Cup held in South Africa, beating their arch-rivals Pakistan by 5 runs in a thrilling final. [17] India won the Cricket World Cup in 2011 under the captainship of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, [10] the first time since 1983 (28 years) – they beat Sri Lanka in the final held in Mumbai's ...