ODI CRICKET WORLD CUP: HISTORY, WINNERS, RUNNERS-UP AND CAPTAINS

HISTORY OF THE ODI CRICKET WORLD CUP:-

THE ICC MEN’S CRICKET WORLD CUP IS THE PREMIER INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL (ODI) CRICKET. IT IS ORGANIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL (ICC) EVERY FOUR YEARS. THE FIRST TOURNAMENT WAS HELD IN 1975 IN ENGLAND, AND IT HAS SINCE EVOLVED INTO ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENTS WORLDWIDE.

INITIALLY, THE TOURNAMENT FEATURED 60-OVER MATCHES, BUT FROM 1987 ONWARDS, THE FORMAT CHANGED TO 50 OVERS PER SIDE. THE WORLD CUP HAS WITNESSED LEGENDARY PERFORMANCES, ICONIC MOMENTS, AND FIERCE RIVALRIES THAT HAVE SHAPED THE HISTORY OF THE GAME.

KEY MILESTONES IN WORLD CUP HISTORY:

1975-1983:-

WEST INDIES DOMINATED, WINNING THE FIRST TWO EDITIONS BEFORE INDIA’S UNDERDOG VICTORY IN 1983.

1987-1999:-

AUSTRALIA EMERGED AS A CRICKET POWERHOUSE, WINNING THREE TITLES IN THIS PERIOD.

2003-2007:-

AUSTRALIA COMPLETED A HISTORIC HAT-TRICK, WINNING THREE CONSECUTIVE WORLD CUPS UNDER RICKY PONTING.

2011:-

INDIA BECAME THE FIRST TEAM TO WIN THE WORLD CUP ON HOME SOIL, LED BY MS DHONI.

2019:-

ENGLAND CLAIMED THEIR MAIDEN WORLD CUP TITLE IN A DRAMATIC FINAL AGAINST NEW ZEALAND.

2023:-

AUSTRALIA SECURED THEIR SIXTH TITLE, REAFFIRMING THEIR DOMINANCE IN WORLD CUP HISTORY.

ODI CRICKET WORLD CUP WINNERS, RUNNERS-UP & CAPTAINS (1975-PRESENT):-

YEAR	HOST(S)	WINNER	WINNING CAPTAIN	RUNNER-UP
1975	ENGLAND	WEST INDIES	CLIVE LLOYD	AUSTRALIA
1979	ENGLAND	WEST INDIES	CLIVE LLOYD	ENGLAND
1983	ENGLAND	INDIA	KAPIL DEV	WEST INDIES
1987	INDIA, PAKISTAN	AUSTRALIA	ALLAN BORDER	ENGLAND
1992	AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND	PAKISTAN	IMRAN KHAN	ENGLAND
1996	INDIA, PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA	SRI LANKA	ARJUNA RANATUNGA	AUSTRALIA
1999	ENGLAND	AUSTRALIA	STEVE WAUGH	PAKISTAN
2003	SOUTH AFRICA	AUSTRALIA	RICKY PONTING	INDIA
2007	WEST INDIES	AUSTRALIA	RICKY PONTING	SRI LANKA
2011	INDIA, SRI LANKA, BANGLADESH	INDIA	MS DHONI	SRI LANKA
2015	AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND	AUSTRALIA	MICHAEL CLARKE	NEW ZEALAND
2019	ENGLAND	ENGLAND	EOIN MORGAN	NEW ZEALAND
2023	INDIA	AUSTRALIA	PAT CUMMINS	INDIA

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