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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]
At senior level, India has won 6 ICC trophies (2 Cricket World Cup, 2 T20 World Cup, 2 Champions Trophy), while Pakistan has won 3 (1 Cricket World Cup, 1 T20 World Cup, and 1 Champions Trophy). India has overwhelmingly dominated Pakistan in ICC World Cups, winning 14 out of 15 matches, with Pakistan securing only one victory.
He has also scored the most World Cup half-centuries with 15 [12] and shares the record with Pakistan's Javed Miandad for the most number of World Cup tournaments played with 6. [ 13 ] Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath holds the record for the most World Cup wickets taken with 71, [ 14 ] the record for the best figures taken in an World Cup ...
The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup is the quadrennial international championship of One Day International cricket. [3] The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament.
India's score was the highest team total against Pakistan in a World Cup match. Hasan Ali conceded 84 runs, the most by a Pakistani bowler in a World Cup match. Vijay Shankar (Ind) was the third bowler to take a wicket with his first ball in the World Cup.
The competition was played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India hosted 17 matches at 17 venues, Pakistan hosted 16 matches at six venues and four matches were played at three Sri Lankan venues Australia and the West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the bombing of Central Bank in Colombo by the Tamil Tigers in January ...
India played their first ODI in 1974 and a total of 256 players have represented the team. Since 1974 India has played 1,058 ODIs, resulting in 559 victories, 445 defeats, 10 ties and 44 no results. [2] India's first series victory came against England in 1981, winning 2–1. [3] India won the Cricket World Cup twice in 1983 and 2011 and was ...
The Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket was part of the celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of European settlement in the Australian state of Victoria. It was a One Day International (ODI) tournament held in Australia from 17 February to 10 March 1985. India defeated Pakistan in the final by 8 wickets.