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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]
It was the first time that two Asian teams had faced each other in an ODI World Cup final. India won the match by six wickets—its second World Cup win after the 1983 tournament—and became the third team to have won the title more than once, after Australia (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007) and the West Indies (1975 and 1979). [3]
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]
India played its third ever World Cup final against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. [93] Sri Lanka scored 274 runs in 50 overs with Mahela Jayawardene scoring a century. India lost two wickets within the first seven overs but recovered to chase the target in the 49th over, to win by six wickets.
Rohit Sharma of India has appeared in every edition of the Men's T20 World Cup. Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh has taken most number of wickets in the T20 World Cup and also appeared in every edition of the Men's T20 World Cup. This is a list of records that have been broken over the tournaments of the Men's T20 World Cup. [1]
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, while the latter hosted World Cup matches for the first time. 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 ...
India have appeared in the World Cup final four times 1983, 2003, 2011, 2023 and won twice in 1983 and 2011. It was the second team (after the West Indies) to win the World Cup, and the first to win the competition on home soil after winning it in 2011. India have also won two ICC Champions trophies (2002 and 2013).
Glenn Maxwell of Australia (pictured) has the highest strike rate at the World Cup with 160.32. [e] [76] A batsman's strike rate is the average number of runs scored per 100 balls faced. [77] Glenn Maxwell of Australia has the highest strike rate at the Cricket World Cup with 160.32.