History of the ICC Cricket World Cup

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(History of Cricket World Cup) Icc World Cup: The World Cup is going to start in May this year. The world's top ten teams are going to take part in this, let us know that there have been 11 World Cup events in the past, those who have succeeded in winning only 5 teams, let's take a look at the top 3 teams which are still in the World Cup Most successful in making the most of the final match.

3. West Indies 3 times (1975, 1979, 1983)

One-day cricket was started in 1971 and the first World Cup was played in 1975 and the first team to win the title was West Indies. In the captaincy of Sir Clive Lloyd, the West Indies won the tournament defeating Australia. Lloyd scored a magnificent 102 in this match and he became the first batsman in the World Cup history to score a century in the final. The West Indies won the title for the second time in the next edition of the World Cup by defeating England in the captaincy of Clive Lloyd. Clive Lloyd thus became the first captain to win two consecutive World Cups. The West Indies reached the World Cup final in 1983, but they were defeated by India.

2. India 3 times (1983, 2003, 2011) - When India won the first World Cup

India has also succeeded in winning the World Cup title twice. For the first time, India won the title of Kapil Dev in 1983 by defeating West Indies team. This win is considered to be astonishing and it is also credited for bringing cricket to fame. India failed to win this trophy for the next 28 years. Although under the leadership of Sourav Ganguly, the Indian team reached the World Cup final in 2003 but lost to Australia there. India has succeeded in winning the tournament again under Mahendra Singh Dhoni's leadership in 2011. Then India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets.

1. Australia 7 times (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015)

Australia's team has succeeded most times in winning the World Cup. So far, Australia's team has won this title 5 times under the leadership of 4 captains. In the history of the World Cup, except for Australia, no team has been unable to reach the final too many times. Australia won the first World Cup by defeating England in 1987 under the captaincy of Allan Border. The second time they won by defeating Pakistan in 1999 in the captaincy of Steve Waugh. In the captaincy of Ricky Ponting, Australia won the World Cup twice, first defeating India in 2003 and defeating Sri Lanka in 2007.

Australia's team won the title for the fifth time by defeating New Zealand under the leadership of Michael Clarke in 2015. Apart from this, Australia was also able to reach the final in 1975 and 1996, but then it was defeated by the West Indies and Pakistan. It shows how much Australia is dominating world cricket

The Performance Of Team India In World Cup

At the moment, if India is called the superpower of cricket, then something will not be wrong. India has achieved many important successes in the cricket world. The Indian team's performance in World Cup cricket is discussed, and then all 10 World Cup matches from 1975 to 2011 are remembered. Let's know how the Indian team is performing in the World Cup.

1975 World Cup: It was called Prudential World Cup. World's first event was held in England and it was won by West Indies in the captaincy of Clive Lloyd. The World Cup in 1975 made the first century in the match between India and England. This century was done by England batsman Dennis Amiss. This was the match in which Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar batted for 60 overs and scored only 36 runs without being dismissed.

The performance of the Indian team was not something special and it was only in the first round. India was in Group A along with England, New Zealand and East Africa in this tournament. India had to face defeat by a huge margin of 202 in their first match. In the next match, India defeated East Africa to a certain extent by 10 wickets, but they lost their next match to New Zealand by four wickets and got out of the tournament.


World Cup 1979: This second edition of the World Cup was played in England between 9 and 23 June 1979. There were two things in the first World Cup and the second World Cup. Both were held in England and won both titles in the West Indies. The Indian team was eliminated in the first round after losing all three group matches. The West Indies, England, Australia and Pakistan played semi-finals and the title rivalry took place between the West Indies and England.

1983 World Cup: This third edition of the World Cup held in England between June 9 and June 25, 1983, was won by the team which was being called the lousiest team before the start of the tournament. This team was led by Kapil Dev, the Indian team. The Indian team won the title and got its iron in the whole world. Not only won the title by defeating the West Indies in the final, but it also shattered Clive Lloyd's dream of winning three consecutive World Cups.

West Indies, Pakistan, and England, including Team India, made the semi-finals. The first semi-final between India and England, while the second semi-final was played between the West Indies and Pakistan. Khatib Jung happened between India and the West Indies in which India defeated the West Indies by 43 runs.


World Cup 1987: It was named Reliance World Cup The World Cup of 1979 was the first such World Cup held outside England and the responsibility of organizing the event was taken jointly by India and Pakistan. The ODI cricket played a big part in the tournament played from 8 October to 8 November 1987 and the number of overs has been reduced from 60 to 50.

The Indian team was in Group A with Australia, New Zealand and Zimbabwe. From here India made a place in the semifinals and it was from England. India lost in the semi-finals and this is where their World Cup 1987 tour ends. Later, Australia won the title in the final by defeating England.

World Cup 1992: World Cup 1992 was held in a joint host of Australia and New Zealand. The Indian team played under the captaincy of this World Cup Mohammed Azharuddin. After so many years of this World Cup, it is pleasant to remember that it was Sachin Tendulkar's first World Cup.

Prior to the World Cup in 1992, the Indian team made four-month long Australian tour. It was considered to be good preparation for the World Cup in terms of India, but the Indian team could not perform as scheduled in the World Cup 1992.

India's first match was played in England from Perth and in this exciting match, the Indian team lost by nine runs, chasing the score of 237 runs.

It was not a good start for the tournament for India, but the way the team fought against England, there are some expectations in the coming matches. The Indian team's next match was against Sri Lanka, but in the rain, the match was washed away and India and Sri Lanka got one point.

After this, India played their match against the then champion Australia in Brisbane. This match crossed the adventures of adventure and with India and Australia, cricket fans of the whole world enjoyed the thrill of this match.

Australia made a score of 237/9 in 50 overs before playing. In reply, India had won the match against Captain Azharuddin's 93 runs, but due to two consecutive run out (Manoj Prabhakar and Raju), India lost the match by one run.

The next match for India was extremely important, which was played against Pakistan in Sydney. India won the first World Cup 1992 here. Earlier, India scored a score of 216/7 and all-rounded Pakistan out for 173 runs.

This match is more remembered for the joke of Javed Miandad and Kiran More than the result.

India's next match was against Gymbobwe in Hamilton, which they easily won, but the Indian team lost important matches against the West Indies and this is a major setback to the expectations of reaching the semi-finals. India's next two matches were against New Zealand and South Africa, which they lost.

In this way, India won only two of eight matches in World Cup 1992. It was a pleasant thing for India in the 1992 World Cup that it defeated Pakistan, who later won the title.

World Cup 2019: Afghanistan - Windies would like to end the tournament with victory

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Leeds When teams of Afghanistan and the West Indies came in the World Cup, it was expected that these teams would do something special, but it turned out to be the opposite. In the West Indies account, only one win in eight matches. Afghanistan is still waiting to win after eight games. Now both of these teams will face face-to-face on the Headingley field on Thursday and both of them will have to end the seven ICC World Cup-2015.

Both teams have long been out of the semi-final race and now every match has become a fight for goodwill.


West Indies won a match. He had defeated Pakistan in the first match, but after that, he could not win. He looked towards a win against Australia, New Zealand, but due to his mistakes, he was away from victory.

Afghanistan also showed good competition in some matches but could not show the patience needed to win. When this team came into the World Cup then it was expected that a couple would turn around. This hope got dashed.

In the last match, he has the opportunity to win, but in any case, it will not be easy for him to face the West Indies. Chita West Indies will also be there.

The reason for this is Afghanistan's strong spin bowling attack, which has names like Rashid Khan, Mujib ur Rahaman and Mohammed Nabi. Spin is the weakness of the stormy batters of the West Indies, whose wickets quickly fall in an effort to make runs against them.

In such a situation, Chris Gayle, Ink Hop, Nicholas Puran, Shimron Hatmayer and Carlos Brathwaite will play against Afghanistan. At the same time, the same alert will be Afghanistan as if the batting of the West Indies has started, then the fielder of Afghanistan will only be able to lift the ball from across the border.

A name in this World Cup in the West Indies bowling has been the subject of discussion. They are Sheldon Cottrell. This young man has done the best and Oshaye Thomas has done his best. Kemar Roach and Shanan Gabriel have been out in the team from inside. Who will play against Afghanistan will know only on the day of the match

If talking about Afghanistan's batting, then much depends on Najibullah Jadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, and Hazratullah Jajai. Captain Gulbuddin Nab also has to contribute with both bat and ball.

The two teams have the advantage that they can beat each other but the team who has been resting in the moment of pressure is more likely to win.

Team :

Afghanistan: Gulbadin Nab (Captain), Noor Ali Jadran, Asghar Stanijai, Hazratullah Jajai, Hashmatullah Jadar, Rashid Khan, Daulat Jadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan, Mujib ur Rehman, Rahmat Shah, Samihullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahjahad, Ekram Ali (wicketkeeper)

West Indies: Jason Holder (Chris), Chris Gayle, Evelyn Lewis, Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmayer, Ashley Nurse, Fabien Allen, Carlos Brathwaite, Nicholas Puran (wicketkeeper), ink hop, wicketkeeper, Kemar Roach, Oshena Thomas, Sheldon Cottrell, Sunil Ambris.