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Kapil Dev led the India team in the third edition of the World Cup in 1983. India registered its first ever World Cup victories over West Indies, Australia and England cricket teams en route to the final. It won the World Cup for the first time after defeating the West Indies, who had won the inaugural two editions of the World Cup.
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]
It was hosted by Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka; it was the second World Cup to be played in Pakistan and India (after the 1987 Cricket World Cup) while Sri Lanka were first-time hosts. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka , who defeated Australia by seven wickets in the final on 17 March 1996 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore , Pakistan.
By the series win, India became the second Asian country to defeat South Africa in ODI and T20I series on their home soil after Pakistan. In the 2019 World Cup, India were defeated in the semi-finals by New Zealand. [29] A new era began when the captaincy was passed from Virat Kohli to Rohit Sharma and coaching shifted from Ravi Shastri to ...
India won their second World Cup title by beating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, where the Indian captain M.S. Dhoni along with the spinning all-rounder Yuvraj Singh chased 275 with notable performances from Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli, making India the first country to win the World Cup at home. [46]
The 2011 Cricket World Cup Final was the final match of the 2011 Men's Cricket World Cup, the 10th edition of ICC's championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The match was played between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Saturday 2 April 2011. It was the first time that two Asian teams had faced each other in an ...
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 is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body of cricket. There have been eight editions of the tournament and India has participated in every edition. India have won it twice in 2002 and 2013 while also finishing as runners-up in 2000 and 2017.