The inaugural edition of the World Cup was played in 1975 in England . Eight teams participated in the tournament [ Australia , New Zealand , England , India , Pakistan , the West Indies , Sri Lanka and East Africa ]
Most runs [ World Cup ] : Sachin Tendulkar [ 2278 runs ]
Most wickets [ World Cup ] : Glenn McGrath [ 71 wickets ]
Most successful team : Australia [ 6 titles ]
World Cup Winning Captains : Clive Lloyd [ 1975 and 1979 ] , Kapil Dev [1983 ] , Allan Border [ 1987 ] , Imran Khan [ 1992] , Arjuna Ranatunga [ 1996 ] , Steve Waugh [ 1999 ] , Ricky Ponting [ 2003 and 2007 ] , MS Dhoni [ 2011 ] , Michael Clarke [ 2015 ] , Eoin Morgan [ 2019 ] , Pat Cummins [ 2023 ]
1975 World Cup [ England ] : West Indies beat Australia
S Venkataraghavan was the captain of Indian Cricket Team in the inaugural World Cup in 1975 . Gulabrai Ramchand was the manager of Indian Cricket Team at the 1975 World Cup
| Man of the Match | Clive Lloyd |
1979 World Cup [ England ] : West Indies beat Australia
| Man of the Match | Viv Richards |
1983 World Cup [ England and Wales ] : India beat West Indies
| Man of the Match | Mohinder Amarnath |
| Captain of Indian Cricket Team | Kapil Dev |
| Coach of Indian Cricket team | PR Man Singh |
1987 World Cup [ India and Pakistan ] : Australia beat England
| Man of the Match | David Boon |
1992 World Cup [ Australia and New Zealand ] : Pakistan beat England
| Man of the match : Wasim Akram | Wasim Akram |
| Player of the Tournament | Martin Crowe |
1996 World Cup [ Pakistan , India and Sri Lanka ] : Sri Lanka beat Australia
| Man of the Match | Aravinda de Silva |
| Player of the Tournament | Sanath Jayasuriya |
1999 World Cup [ England ] : Australia beat Pakistan
| Man of the Match | Shane Warne |
| Player of the Tournament | Lance Klusener |
2003 World Cup [ South Africa ] : Australia beat India
| Man of the Match | Ricky Ponting |
| Player of the Tournament | Sachin Tendulkar |
2007 World Cup [ West Indies ] : Australia beat Sri Lanka
| Man of the Match | Adam Gilchrist |
| Player of the Tournament | Glenn McGrath |
2011 World Cup [ India , Sri Lanka and Bangladesh ] : India beat Sri Lanka
| Man of the Match | MS Dhoni |
| Player of the Tournament | Yuvraj Singh |
2015 World Cup [ Australia and New Zealand ] : Australia beat New Zealand
| Man of the Match | James Faulkner |
| Player of the Tournament | Mitchell Starc |
2019 World Cup [ England ] : England beat New Zealand
| Man of the Match | Ben Stokes |
| Player of the Tournament | Kane Williamson |
2023 World Cup [ India ] : Australia beat India
| Man of the Match | Travis Head |
| Player of the Tournament | Virat Kohli |
2027 World Cup [ South Africa , Zimbabwe , Namibia ] :
2031 World Cup [ India and Bangladesh ] :
Ricky Ponting and Glenn McGrath are the only two players who have appeared in the four #ICCCricketWorldCup finals [ in 1996 , 1999, 2003 and 2007 ]
Ricky Ponting , Adam Gilchrist , and Glenn McGrath are three of the most successful cricketers in history, having won the World Cup three times each . They were all part of the Australian team that won the World Cup in 1999 , 2003 and 2007
Indian Captains in ICC Cricket World Cup
S Venkataraghavan [ 1975 and 1979 ] , Kapil Dev [ 1983 and 1987 ] , Mohammad Azharuddin [ 1992 , 1996 and 1999 ] , Sourav Ganguly [ 2003 ] , Rahul Dravid [ 2007 ] , MS Dhoni [ 2011 and 2015 ] , Virat Kohli [ 2019 ] , Rohit Sharma [ 2023 ]
Some Important Facts
First Test match was played in : 1877 [ between Australia and England ]
First ODI match was played in : 1971 [ between Australia and England ]
First Head Coach of Indian Cricket Team in 1971 : Keki Tarapore
First BCCI President : R E Grant Govan
Frst secretary of BCCI : Anthony De Mello
Captain of Indian Cricket Team in the inaugural World Cup in 1975 : S Venkataraghavan
First Captain [ Test ] of Indian Cricket team : C K Nayudu
First ODI Captain of India : Ajit Wadekar
First T20 Captain of India : Virendra Sehwag
First Foreign coach of Indian Cricket team : John Wright
First Test Captain of Independent India : Lala Amarnath
First captain [ Test ] of the Indian Women’s cricket team : Santha Rangaswamy
First ODI captain of the Indian women’s cricket team : Diana Edulji
First T20 captain of the Indian women’s cricket team : Mithali Raj
Most Man of the Match in Test Cricket : Jacques Kallis [ 23 ]
Most Man of the Match in ODI Cricket : Sachin Tendulkar [ 62 ]
Most runs in Test Cricket : Sachin Tendulkar [ 15 ,921 runs ]
Most runs in ODI Cricket : Sachin Tendulkar [ 18 ,426 runs ]
Most wickets in ODI Cricket : Muttiah Muralitharan [ Sri Lanka ] [ 534 wickets ]
Most wickets in Test Cricket : Muttiah Muralitharan [ Sri Lanka ] [ 800 wickets ]