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The 50-over World Cup is far older and has been competed for since back in 1975. Australia are the record winners having run out victorious on five occasions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015).
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 ...
The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Final was played between India and Sri Lanka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on 6 April 2014. This was the 5th ICC World Twenty20 . Sri Lanka won the match by six wickets, [ 1 ] its first World Twenty20 victory, after being runners-up twice at 2009 and 2012 .
India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil. [1] [2] India's Yuvraj Singh was declared as the player of the tournament. [3] This was the first time in World Cup history that two Asian teams had appeared in ...
The top eleven teams from the previous tournament qualified automatically, along with the five winners of regional qualification tournaments. In November 2023, Sri Lanka was suspended by the ICC due to government interference in the country's cricket board; while Sri Lanka lost its rights to host the men's U-19 World Cup as a result, [3] it did not affect the ability for Sri Lanka to play ...
Sri Lanka, as a co-host of the 1996 World Cup, was the first host to win the tournament, though the final was held in Pakistan. [18] India won in 2011 as host and was the first team to win a final played in their own country. [99] Australia and England repeated the feat in 2015 and 2019 respectively. [49]
The match was contested between former World Cup winners Australia, who were considered the favourites and Sri Lanka. It was Australia's third World Cup final appearance after their win in the 1987 edition and the loss to West Indies in the 1975 ICC Cricket World Cup final. It was Sri Lanka's first final appearance. After Australia scored 241 ...
Silva eventually fell for 57 when Kamran did get a stumping right, and despite Nuwan Kulasekara's cameo, Sri Lanka ended up 11 short. Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi took his 300th ODI wicket during this match. [6] The defeat was the first home loss for Sri Lanka in World Cup matches. [7]