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ICC Cricket World Cup

The current ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy.

Administrator International Cricket Council
Format One Day International
First tournament 1975, England
Last tournament 2007, West Indies
2011, Bangladesh, India, and Sri
Next tournament
Lanka
Tournament
multiple (refer to article)
format
Number of teams 19
Current
 Australia
champion
Most successful  Australia (4 titles)
Most runs Sachin Tendulkar (2,120)
Most wickets Glenn McGrath (71)

2011 Cricket World Cup

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The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day
International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the
International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals
tournament which is held every four years. The tournament is the world's fourth-largest and
fourth-most-viewed sporting event.[1][2][2] According to the ICC, it is the most important
tournament and the pinnacle of achievement in the sport.[3][4] The first Cricket World Cup contest
was organised in England in 1975. A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every
four years since 1973.

The finals of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test-playing and ODI-playing
nations, together with other nations that qualify through the World Cup Qualifier. Australia has
been the most successful of the five teams to have won the tournament, taking four titles. The
West Indies have won twice, while India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka have each won once.

The 2007 Cricket World Cup matches were held between 13 March and 28 April 2007, in the
West Indies. The 2007 tournament had sixteen teams competing in a pool stage (played in round-
robin format), then a "super 8" stage, followed by semi-finals and a final. Australia defeated Sri
Lanka in the final to retain the championship. The 2011 Cricket World Cup started on 19
February 2011 and continues until 2 April 2011. The tournament will be co-hosted by
Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka. There are 14 countries that are participating in the tournament.

Contents
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 1 History
o 1.1 Before the first Cricket World Cup
o 1.2 Prudential World Cups
o 1.3 1987–1996
o 1.4 Australian treble
 2 Format
o 2.1 Qualification
o 2.2 Tournament
 3 Trophy
 4 Media coverage
 5 Selection of hosts
 6 Statistical summaries
o 6.1 Results
o 6.2 Performance of teams
o 6.3 Individual awards
o 6.4 Main individual and team records
 7 See also
 8 References
 9 Notes
 10 External links
History
Main article: History of the Cricket World Cup

Before the first Cricket World Cup

The first ever international cricket match was played between Canada and the United States, on
the 24 and 25 September 1844. However, the first credited Test match was played in 1877
between Australia and England, and the two teams competed regularly for The Ashes in
subsequent years. South Africa was admitted to Test status in 1889.[5] Representative cricket
teams were selected to tour each other, resulting in bilateral competition. Cricket was also
included as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Paris Games, where Great Britain defeated France to
win the gold medal.[6] This was the only appearance of cricket at the Summer Olympics.

The first multilateral competition at international level was the 1912 Triangular Tournament, a
Test cricket tournament played in England between all three Test-playing nations at the time:
England, Australia and South Africa. The event was not a success: the summer was exceptionally
wet, making play difficult on damp uncovered pitches, and attendances were poor, attributed to a
"surfeit of cricket".[7] In subsequent years, international Test cricket has been generally been
organised as bilateral series: a multilateral Test tournament was not organised again until the
quadrangular Asian Test Championship in 1999.

The number of nations playing Test cricket increased gradually over the years, with the addition
of West Indies in 1928, New Zealand in 1930, India in 1932, and Pakistan in 1952, but
international cricket continued to be played as bilateral Test matches over three, four or five
days.

In the early 1960s, English county cricket teams began playing a shortened version of cricket
which only lasted for one day. Starting in 1962 with a four-team knockout competition known as
the Midlands Knock-Out Cup,[8] and continuing with the inaugural Gillette Cup in 1963, one-day
cricket grew in popularity in England. A national Sunday League was formed in 1969. The first
One-Day International event was played on the fifth day of a rain-aborted Test match between
England and Australia at Melbourne in 1971, to fill the time available and as compensation for
the frustrated crowd. It was a forty over match with eight balls per over.[9]

The success and popularity of the domestic one-day competitions in England and other parts of
the world, as well as the early One-Day Internationals, prompted the ICC to consider organising
a Cricket World Cup.[10]

Prudential World Cups

The Prudential Cup trophy

The inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted in 1975 by England, the only nation able to put
forward the resources to stage an event of such magnitude at that time. The 1975 tournament
started on June 7.[11] The first three events were held in England and officially known as the
Prudential Cup after the sponsors Prudential plc. The matches consisted of 60 six-ball overs per
team, played during the daytime in traditional form, with the players wearing cricket whites and
using red cricket balls.[12]

Eight teams participated in the first tournament: Australia, England, India, New Zealand,
Pakistan, and the West Indies (the six Test nations at the time), together with Sri Lanka and a
composite team from East Africa.[13] One notable omission was South Africa, who were banned
from international cricket due to apartheid. The tournament was won by the West Indies, who
defeated Australia by 17 runs in the final at Lord's.[13]

The 1979 World Cup saw the introduction of the ICC Trophy competition to select non-Test
playing teams for the World Cup,[14] with Sri Lanka and Canada qualifying.[15] West Indies won a
second consecutive World Cup tournament, defeating the hosts, England, by 92 runs in the final.
At a meeting which followed the World Cup, the International Cricket Conference agreed to
make the competition a quadrennial event.[15]

The 1983 event was hosted by England for a third consecutive time. By this time, Sri Lanka had
become a Test-playing nation, and Zimbabwe qualified through the ICC Trophy. A fielding
circle was introduced, 30 yards (27 m) away from the stumps. Four fieldsmen needed to be
inside it at all times.[16] India, an outsider quoted at 66-1 to win by bookmakers before the
competition began, were crowned champions after upsetting the West Indies by 43 runs in the
final.[10][17]

1987–1996
The 1987 tournament, named the Reliance World Cup after their Indian sponsors, was held in
India and Pakistan, the first time that the competition was held outside England. The games were
reduced from 60 to 50 overs per innings, the current standard, because of the shorter daylight
hours in the Indian subcontinent compared with England's summer.[18] Australia won the
championship by defeating England by 7 runs in the final, the closest margin in World Cup final
history.[19][20]

The 1992 World Cup, held in Australia and New Zealand, introduced many changes to the game,
such as coloured clothing, white balls, day/night matches, and an alteration to the fielding
restrictions. The South African cricket team participated in the event for the first time, following
the fall of the apartheid regime and the end of the international sports boycott.[21] Pakistan
overcame a dismal start to emerge as winners, defeating England by 22 runs in the final.[22]

The 1996 championship was held in the Indian subcontinent for a second time, with the inclusion
of Sri Lanka as host for some of its group stage matches.[23] In the semi-final, Sri Lanka, heading
towards a crushing victory over India at Eden Gardens (Calcutta) after their hosts lost eight
wickets while scoring 120 runs in pursuit of 254, were awarded victory by default after riots
broke out in protest against the Indian performance.[24] Sri Lanka went on to win their maiden
championship by defeating Australia by seven wickets in the final, which was held in Lahore.[25]

Australian treble

In 1999 the event was hosted by England, with some matches also being held in Scotland,
Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands.[26][27] Australia qualified for the semi-finals after reaching
their target in their Super 6 match against South Africa off the final over of the match.[28] They
then proceeded to the final with a tied match in the semi-final (also against South Africa) where
a mix-up between South African batsmen Lance Klusener and Allan Donald saw Donald drop
his bat and stranded mid-pitch to be run out. In the final, Australia dismissed Pakistan for 132
and then reached the target in less than 20 overs, with eight wickets in hand.[29]

A large crowd of over 10,000 fans welcome the Australian team on completing the first World
Cup hat-trick - Martin Place, Sydney.

South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya hosted the 2003 World Cup. The number of teams
participating in the event increased from twelve to fourteen. Kenya's victories over Sri Lanka and
Zimbabwe, among others — and a forfeit by the New Zealand team, which refused to play in
Kenya because of security concerns — enabled Kenya to reach the semi-finals, the best result by
an associate. In the final, Australia made 359 runs for the loss of two wickets, the largest ever
total in a final, defeating India by 125 runs.[30][31]

In 2007 the tournament was hosted by the West Indies; the Cricket World Cup became the first
such tournament to be hosted on all six populated continents.[32] Bangladesh progressed to the
second round for the first time, after defeating India, and they later went on to defeat South
Africa in the second round.[33] Ireland making their World Cup debut tied with Zimbabwe and
defeated Pakistan to progress to the second round, where they went on to defeating Bangladesh
to get promoted to the main ODI table.[34] Following their defeat to Ireland, the Pakistani coach
Bob Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room; it was later found out that he died of heart
failure,[35] though his death may not have been a direct result of the match's outcome. Australia
defeated Sri Lanka in the final by 53 runs (D/L), in farcical light conditions, extending their
undefeated run in the World Cup to 29 matches and winning three straight World Cups.[36]

Format
Qualification

Main article: Cricket World Cup qualification

The Test-playing nations qualify automatically for the World Cup main event, while the other
teams have to qualify through a series of preliminary qualifying tournaments. The One Day
International playing nations automatically enter the final qualification tournament, the World
Cup Qualifier, along with other nations who have qualified through separate competitions.

Qualifying tournaments were introduced for the second World Cup, where two of the eight
places in the finals were awarded to the leading teams in the ICC Trophy.[14] The number of
teams selected through the ICC Trophy has varied throughout the years; currently, six teams are
selected for the Cricket World Cup. The World Cricket League (administered by the
International Cricket Council) is the qualification system provided to allow the Associate and
Affiliate members of the ICC more opportunities to qualify.The name "ICC Trophy" has been
changed to "ICC World Cup Qualifier".[37]

Under the current qualifying process, the World Cricket League, all 91 Associate and Affiliate
members of the ICC are able to qualify for the World Cup. Associate and Affiliate members
must play between two and five stages in the ICC World Cricket League to qualify for the World
Cup finals, depending on the Division in which they start the qualifying process.

Process summary in chronological order:

1. Regional tournaments: Top teams from each regional tournaments will be promoted to a
division depending on the teams' rankings according to the ICC and each division's empty
spots.
2. Division One: 6 Teams — All automatically qualify for the World Cup Qualifier.
3. Division Three: 6 Teams — Top 2 promoted to Division Two.
4. Division Two: 6 Teams — Top 4 qualify for the World Cup Qualifier.
 5. Division Five: 6 Teams — Top 2 promoted to Division Four.
6. Division Four: 6 Teams — Top 2 promoted to Division Three.
7. Division Three (second edition): 6 Teams — Top 2 qualify for the World Cup Qualifier.
8. World Cup Qualifier: 12 Teams — Top 6 are awarded ODI status and Top 4 qualify for
the World Cup.

Tournament

See also: History of the Cricket World Cup#Historical formats of final tournament

The captains of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

The format of the Cricket World Cup has changed greatly over the course of its history. Each of
the first four tournaments was played by eight teams, divided into two groups of four.[38] There,
competition comprised two stages, a group stage and a knock-out stage. The four teams in each
group played each other in the round-robin group stage, with the top two teams in each group
progressing to the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals played against each other in the
final. With the return of South Africa in 1992 after the ending of the apartheid boycott, nine
teams played each other once in the group phase, and the top four teams progressed to the semi-
finals.[39] The tournament was further expanded in 1996, with two groups of six teams.[40] The top
four teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals and semi-finals.

A new format was used for the 1999 and 2003 World Cups. The teams were split into two pools,
with the top three teams in each pool advancing to the Super 6.[41] The "Super 6" teams played
the three other teams that advanced from the other group. As they advanced, the teams carried
their points forward from previous matches against other teams advancing alongside them,
giving them an incentive to perform well in the group stages.[41] The top four teams from the
"Super 6" stage progressed to the semi-finals, with winners playing in the final.

The last format used in the 2007 World Cup, features 16 teams allocated into four groups of four.
[42]
Within each group, the teams play each other in a round-robin format. Teams earn points for
wins and half-points for ties. The top two teams from each group move forward to the Super 8
round. The "Super 8" teams play the other six teams that progressed from the different groups.
Teams earned points in the same way as the group stage, but carrying their points forward from
previous matches against the other teams who qualified from the same group to the "Super 8"
stage.[43] The top four teams from the "Super 8" round advance to the semi-finals, and the
winners of the semi-finals play in the final.
The current format, approved by ICC to be used in 2011 World Cup, features 14 teams allocated.
Within each group, the teams will play in a round-robin format. The top four teams from each
group will proceed to the knock out stage playing quarter-finals. Winners of the quarter-finals
will play semi-finals and the winning semi-finalists will play in the final.

Trophy

The Cricket World Cup trophy which is kept by the ICC.

Main article: Cricket World Cup Trophy

The ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy is presented to the winners of the World Cup finals. The
current trophy was created for the 1999 championships, and was the first permanent prize in the
tournament's history; prior to this, different trophies were made for each World Cup.[44] The
trophy was designed and produced in London by a team of craftsmen from Garrard & Co over a
period of two months.

The current trophy is made from silver and gild, and features a golden globe held up by three
silver columns. The columns, shaped as stumps and bails, represent the three fundamental
aspects of cricket: batting, bowling and fielding, while the globe characterises a cricket ball.[45] It
stands 60 cm high and weighs approximately 11 kilograms. The names of the previous winners
are engraved on the base of the trophy, with space for a total of twenty inscriptions.

The original trophy is kept by the ICC. A replica, which differs only in the inscriptions, is
permanently awarded to the winning team.

Media coverage
Mello
Main article: Cricket World Cup media

The tournament is the world's third largest (with only the FIFA World Cup and the Summer
Olympics exceeding it), being televised in over 200 countries to over 2.2 billion television
viewers.[1][2][46][47] Television rights, mainly for the 2011 and 2015 World Cup, were sold for over
US$1.1 billion,[48] and sponsorship rights were sold for a further US$500 million.[49] The 2003
Cricket World Cup matches were attended by 626,845 people,[50] while the 2007 Cricket World
Cup sold more than 672,000 tickets and recorded the highest ticketing revenue for a Cricket
World Cup.[51][52]

Successive World Cup tournaments have generated increasing media attention as One-Day
International cricket has become more established. The 2003 World Cup in South Africa was the
first to sport a mascot, Dazzler the zebra. An orange raccoon-like creature known as Mello was
the mascot for the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[53]

Selection of hosts

Civic Centre, South Africa honours the 2003 World Cup.

Main article: Cricket World Cup hosts

The International Cricket Council's executive committee votes for the hosts of the tournament
after examining the bids made by the nations keen to hold a Cricket World Cup.[54]

England hosted the first three competitions. The ICC decided that England should host the first
tournament because it was ready to devote the resources required to organising the inaugural
event.[11] India volunteered to host the third Cricket World Cup, but most ICC members believed
England to be a more suitable venue because the longer period of daylight in England in June[55]
meant that a match could be completed in one day.[56] The 1987 Cricket World Cup was the first
hosted outside England, held in Pakistan and India.

Many of the tournaments have been jointly hosted by nations from the same geographical region,
such as South Asia in 1987 and 1996, Australasia in 1992, Southern Africa in 2003 and West
Indies in 2007. Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka are going to host the 2011 World Cup.
Statistical summaries
Results

Final
Year Host Nation(s) Final Venue
Winner Result Runner-up
1975  West Indies WI won by 17  Australia
Lord's, London
Details England 291/8 (60 overs) runs Scorecard 274 all out (58.4 overs)

1979  West Indies WI won by 92  England

Lord's, London
Details England 286/9 (60 overs) runs Scorecard 194 all out (51 overs)

1983  India Ind won by 43  West Indies

Lord's, London
Details England 183 all out (54.4 overs) runs Scorecard 140 all out (52 overs)

1987 Eden Gardens,  Australia Aus won by 7  England

Details India, Pakistan Kolkata 253/5 (50 overs) runs Scorecard 246/8 (50 overs)

1992  Pakistan Pak won by 22  England

MCG, Melbourne
Details Australia, New Zealand 249/6 (50 overs) runs Scorecard 227 all out (49.2 overs)

SL won by 7
1996 Gaddafi Stadium,  Sri Lanka  Australia
wickets
Details India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Lahore 245/3 (46.2 overs) 241/7 (50 overs)
Scorecard
Aus won by 8
1999  Australia  Pakistan
Lord's, London wickets
Details England 133/2 (20.1 overs) 132 all out (39 overs)
Scorecard
Aus won by
2003 Wanderers,  Australia  India
125 runs
Details South Africa Johannesburg 359/2 (50 overs) 234 all out (39.2 overs)
Scorecard
Aus won by 53
2007 Kensington Oval,  Australia  Sri Lanka
runs (D/L)
Details West Indies Bridgetown 281/4 (38 overs) 215/8 (36 overs)
Scorecard
2011 Wankhede Stadium,
India, Bangladesh, Sri TBD TBD TBD
Details Mumbai
Lanka
2015
Not designated TBD TBD TBD
Details Australia, New Zealand
2019
Not designated TBD TBD TBD
Details England

Performance of teams

Main article: Cricket World Cup teams

Map of each nation's best results

Nineteen nations have qualified for the finals of the Cricket World Cup at least once (excluding
qualification tournaments). Seven teams have competed in every finals tournament, five of which
have won the title.[10] The West Indies won the first two tournaments, and Australia has won four,
while India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have each won once. The West Indies (1975 and 1979) and
Australia (1999, 2003 and 2007) are the only nations to have won consecutive titles.[10] Australia
has played in 6 of the 9 final matches (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007) including the finals
in the four most recent tournaments. England has yet to win the World Cup, but has been
runners-up three times (1979, 1987, 1992). The best result by a non-Test playing nation is the
semi-final appearance by Kenya in the 2003 tournament; while the best result by a non-Test
playing team on their debut is the Super 8 (second round) by Ireland in 2007.[10]

A chart showing each country's historical performance in the Cricket World Cup

Sri Lanka, who co-hosted the 1996 Cricket World Cup, is the only host to win the tournament,
though the final was held in Pakistan.[10] England is the only other host to have made the final, in
1979. Other countries which have achieved or equaled their best World Cup results while co-
hosting the tournament are New Zealand, semi-finalists in 1992; Zimbabwe, reaching the Super
Six in 2003; and Kenya, semi-finalists in 2003.[10] In 1987, co-hosts India and Pakistan both
reached the semi-finals, but were eliminated by Australia and England respectively.[10]

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of
the end of the 2007 tournament.

Appearances Statistics
Team Best result
Total First Latest Played Won Lost Tie NR
Champions (1987,
 Australia 9 1975 2007 69 51 17 1 0
1999, 2003, 2007)
Champions (1975,
 West Indies 9 1975 2007 57 35 21 0 1
1979)
 India 9 1975 2007 Champions (1983) 58 32 25 0 1
 Pakistan 9 1975 2007 Champions (1992) 56 30 24 0 2
 Sri Lanka 9 1975 2007 Champions (1996) 57 25 30 1 1
Runners-up (1979,
 England 9 1975 2007 59 36 22 0 1
1987, 1992)
Semifinals (1975,
 New Zealand 9 1975 2007 1979, 1992, 1999, 62 35 26 0 1
2007)
 South Africa 5 1992 2007 Semifinals (1992, 40 26 12 2 0
 1999, 2007)
 Kenya 4 1996 2007 Semifinals (2003) 23 6 16 0 1
 Zimbabwe 7 1983 2007 Super Six (1999, 2003) 45 8 33 1 3
 Bangladesh 3 1999 2007 Super 8 (2007) 20 5 14 0 1
 Ireland 1 2007 2007 Super 8 (2007) 9 2 6 1 0
 Canada 3 1979 2007 Round 1 12 1 11 0 0
 Netherlands 3 1996 2007 Round 1 14 2 12 0 0
 Scotland 2 1999 2007 Round 1 8 0 8 0 0
 Bermuda 1 2007 2007 Round 1 3 0 3 0 0
 Namibia 1 2003 2003 Round 1 6 0 6 0 0
 United Arab
1 1996 1996 Round 1 5 1 4 0 0
Emirates
East Africa 1 1975 1975 Round 1 3 0 3 0 0

Individual awards

Main article: Cricket World Cup awards

Since 1992, one player has been declared as "Man of the Tournament" at the end of the World
Cup finals:[57]

Year Player Performance details

1992 Martin Crowe 456 runs
1996 Sanath Jayasuriya 221 runs and 7 wickets
1999 Lance Klusener 281 runs and 17 wickets
2003 Sachin Tendulkar 673 runs and 2 wickets
2007 Glenn McGrath 26 wickets

Previously, there was no tournament award, although Man of the Match awards have always
been given for individual matches. Winning the Man of the Match in the final is logically
noteworthy, as this indicates the player deemed to have played the biggest part in the World Cup
final. To date the award has always gone to a member of the winning side. The Man of the
Match award in the final of the competition has been awarded to:[57]

Year Player Performance details

1975 Clive Lloyd 102 runs
1979 Viv Richards 138*
1983 Mohinder Amarnath 3/12 and 26
1987 David Boon 75 runs
1992 Wasim Akram 33 and 3/49
1996 Aravinda de Silva 107* and 3/42
1999 Shane Warne 4/33
2003 Ricky Ponting 140*
2007 Adam Gilchrist 149

Main individual and team records

Main article: List of Cricket World Cup records

Sachin Tendulkar, the leading run-scorer in World Cup history.

World Cup records[58]
Batting
Most runs Sachin Tendulkar 2120 (1992–2011)
Highest average (min. 20 inns.) Viv Richards 63.31 (1975–1987)
Highest score Gary Kirsten v UAE 188* (1996)
Sourav Ganguly & Rahul
Highest partnership Dravid 318 (1999)
(2nd wicket) v Sri Lanka
Most runs in a tournament Sachin Tendulkar 673 (2003)
Bowling
Most wickets Glenn McGrath 71 (1996–2007)
Lowest average (min. 1000 balls
Glenn McGrath 19.21 (1996–2007)
bowled)
Best bowling figures Glenn McGrath v Namibia 7/15 (2003)
Most wickets in a tournament Glenn McGrath 26 (2007)
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) Adam Gilchrist 39 (1999–2007)
Most catches (fielder) Ricky Ponting 24 (1996–2007)
Team
Highest score  India v Bermuda 413/5 (2007)
Lowest score  Canada v Sri Lanka 36 (2003)
75% (Played 69, Won
Highest win % Australia
51)
Most consecutive wins Australia 25 (1999–2011)
Most consecutive tournament wins Australia 3 (1999–2007) [59]
The Cricket World Cup is held every four years and is entirely organized by the International
Cricket Council or initialized as ICC. This cup is more or so a showpiece event of the cricket
calendar as per the ICC site.

History

It was in 1975 in England that the first and foremost Cricket World Cup was held. The tenth
match will be hosted by Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India. The Indian sub-continent is also
working hard to make the 2011 Cricket World Cup a vast success. In 2007, around 16 teams had
entered the Cricket World Cup, with the largest number of teams ever in the history of this
tournament. The teams are split in two groups of eight or four groups of four teams. They
compete with each other in a group A against group B kind of competition. Then, the top four
teams from each of the group will go ahead to the next round and play in the semi-finals in the
“super-eights”.

The Qualification Process

There are 14 teams that would participate in the Cricket World Cup under the present system.
They include around ten ICC test playing nations, which are from across the world. These
include Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, India, Bangladesh,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Along with this team, there are four teams that are advancing
from the ICC World Cup qualifier. These four teams which will advance from the 2009 qualifier
in South Africa were Kenya, the Netherlands, Canada and Ireland. Also, the format of the
matches is contested in a fifty over per side.

Winners

The Australia team is the only participant who have won three successive titles in 1999, 2003
and in 2007 respectively. They have also won four total Cricket World Cup’s along with their
successive victory in 1987. On the other hand, the West Indies has won twice, which is in 1975
and in 1979. India and Pakistan has won the title in 1983 and in 1992 respectively. Sri Lanka
won the series in 1996.

2011 status

The Asian subcontinent will be hosting the 2011 CWC, with India being the site of 29 of the 49
matches along with the final match. Sri Lanka team will be hosting 12 matches with Bangladesh
hosting eight of the matches. In 2011, this will mark the 10th time that the tournament will be
played.

Women’s World Cup

Since 1973, the Women’s World Cup of Cricket series has been played 9 times. The next match
will be set for 2013. The Australian team has won five titles, with the Britain having three and
New Zealand wining one.
The probable venues

If one need to know some of the venues that were and would be used for the tenth World Cup,
then some of them include the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the Chinnaswamy Stadium in
Bangalore, the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmadabad, Wankhede
Stadium in Mumbai, the Sinhalese Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka and many more.

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Jamaica Minister of Tourism Aloun N'Dombet Assamba

Bronx, NY, June 13, 2006 - The third annual Caribbean Tourism Organization’s town hall
forums in New York were last night dominated by talk of Cricket World Cup 2007 as tourism
ministers from six Caribbean countries brought nationals up to date on their state of preparedness
for hosting the world's third largest sporting spectacular.

Speaking to a diverse group of more than 150 Caribbean Diaspora nationals at the St. Luke's
Episcopal Church in the Bronx, Ministers Harold E. Lovell of Antigua and Barbuda, Aloun
N'Dombet Assamba of Jamaica and Richard "Ricky" Skerritt of St. Kitts and Nevis, reiterated
that they will be ready to host a “world class” event come next March.
“It’s a watershed opportunity for Caribbean tourism,” said Minister Skerritt, adding, “And we
have to do it right … because people will see the good and the bad.”

All of the ministers stressed their respective islands will be ready to host Cup matches next year,
with Antigua and Barbuda’s Lovell revealing their infrastructure will be in place by later this
year. And he added, “I have no doubt that the CWC Windies will be a memorable one and the
best ever.”

Focusing on room stock, the ministers said more accommodations are being added to their
existing supply and they have also embarked on a program to get locals to open up their homes
to welcome potential cricket lovers to the island.

Jamaica’s Assamba said the island’s tourism board is currently encouraging residents with four
rooms or more and who meet certain stipulations, to consider becoming entrepreneurs and
opening bed and breakfasts.

She also stressed that there is tremendous economic opportunities that will spin off of the event,
since as she pointed out, visitors will seek out events and things to do when matches are not
being played as well as after matches at nights.

Assamba, however, said she feels strongly that the region will not see “immediate” economic
returns but that the “payback” to the millions governments are expending to prepare for the
event, will come over a 8-10 year period following the Cup.

Weighing in on the issue of room rates and availability during cricket world cup next March, the
minister stressed that this is the peak tourism period and many hoteliers have previous
arrangements with travel agents for annual groups of rooms. So it’s hard for them to simply
disband those arrangements for a one-time event.

Minister Assamba also focused on the high rates members of the media are being asked to dole
out for accommodation, stressing the issue will have to be resolved by individual countries. But
she criticized officials of the ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc., saying they should
have discussed the issue of accommodation with the ministers of tourism of each host island
before putting their plans in place regarding media lodging.

As Assamba put it, “There’s a serious disconnect between CWC Windies and tourism ministers”
on this issue.

Meanwhile, addressing a gathering of no more than 100 at Medgar Evers College in the borough
of Brooklyn, Ministers of Tourism from Grenada, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, Brenda
Hood, Manzoor Nadir, and Senator Howard Chin Lee, respectively, spoke about the economic
windfall and television exposure they expect from hosting the sporting event.

Grenada’s tourism minister, Brenda Hood, also revealed that information received yesterday
indicated that Grenada is the third most popular country for ticket requests. Jamaica and St. Kitts,
she said, are first and second, respectively.
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The Indian cricket team has won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, and was runner-up at the 2003
Cricket World Cup. They were semifinalists in the 1996 Cricket World Cup and in the 1987
Cricket World Cup.They came 6th place in the Super 6 in the 1999 World Cup and have been
knocked out of the world cup 4 times in Group stage (1975, 1979, 1992 and 2007).

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 1 India at the 1975 World Cup

 2 India at the 1979 World Cup
 3 India at the 1983 World Cup
 4 India at the 1987 World Cup
 5 India at the 1992 World Cup
 6 India at the 1996 World Cup
 7 India at the 1999 World Cup
 8 India at the 2003 World Cup
 9 India at the 2007 World Cup
 10 India at the 2011 World Cup

[edit] India at the 1975 World Cup

Main article: 1975 Cricket World Cup

The 1975 Cricket World Cup was the first World Cup and comprised a number of 60-over
matches. India were grouped with England, East Africa and New Zealand and were to play each
of these teams once. To advance to the semi-finals they had to come in the Top 2 of their pool.
However, the running was tough and India opened their campaign with a particularly infamous
loss.

India lost their first match to hosts England by 202 runs after England had scored 334 (4 wickets,
60 overs) in their allotted overs, with help from DL Amiss (137 from 147 balls), and KWR
Fletcher (68 from 107 balls), who shared a second-wicket partnership of 176 runs. Any hopes of
an Indian win were lost through some extremely controversial batting by Sunil Gavaskar (36
from 174 balls, 1 four), who batted through the 60 overs for 36 not out as India scored 132 (3
wickets, 60 overs). This match was treated as a disgrace in India and the players came under
much controversy. The rest of India's World Cup Campaign was less controversial; they picked
up an easy 10 wicket win against minnows East Africa (through some more intelligent batting by
Sunil Gavaskar (65 from 86 balls, 9 fours) and Farokh Engineer (54 from 93 balls, 7 fours)before
bowing out of the tournament in a must-win match against New Zealand. After scoring 230 all
out in 60 overs, led by a half-century from Abid Ali (70 from 98 balls, 5 fours, 1 six), Glenn
Turner (114 from 177 balls, 13 fours) brought New Zealand home with 4 wickets and 1.1 overs
remaining. .

The Indian Squad of the 1975 World Cup comprised:

 Abid Ali
 Mohinder Amarnath
 Bishan Singh Bedi
 Farokh Engineer (wicketkeeper)
 Anshuman Gaekwad
 Sunil Gavaskar
 Karsan Ghavri
 Madan Lal
 Brijesh Patel
 Eknath Solkar
 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (captain)
 Gundappa Viswanath

 India's record: 1−2

 West Indies's record: 5−0 (champions)

[edit] India at the 1979 World Cup

Main article: 1979 Cricket World Cup

In the 1979 Cricket World Cup, India was grouped up with reigning champions the West Indies
as well as New Zealand, and minnows Sri Lanka. Once again, the matches were played in 60-
over ODI. India got off to a bad start after their top order capitulated to a strong West Indies,
with only Gundappa Viswanath (75 from 134 balls, 7 fours) putting up any resistance. They
eventually lost by 9 wickets, the only wicket being that of Desmond Haynes, nabbed LBW by
Kapil Dev, as Gordon Greenidge (106 from 173 balls) put up an unbeaten West Indian century.

The next match practically ended their World Cup Campaign, with a 8-wicket loss at the hands
of New Zealand. The match was reasonably close as India were all out for 182 with 5 overs to
spare, with only Sunil Gavaskar (55 from 144 balls, 5 fours) putting up any resistance, and New
Zealand had only 3 overs remaining to achieve their target. All bowlers gave little over 3 runs an
over, but BA Edgar (84 from 167 balls) eventually brought New Zealand home, in a 100-run
opening partnership with JG Wright. A demoralized India went into the last match against Sri
Lanka as favourites, but they failed to chase down Sri Lanka's 238, losing by 47 runs. India
ended their World Cup without managing to score above 200, a performance that generated
renewed uproar in India.

The Indian Squad of the 1979 World Cup composed of:

 Mohinder Amarnath
 Bishan Singh Bedi
 Kapil Dev
 Anshuman Gaekwad
 Sunil Gavaskar
 Karsan Ghavri
 Surinder Khanna (wicketkeeper)
 Brijesh Patel
 Bharath Reddy
 Yashpal Sharma
 Dilip Vengsarkar
 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (captain)
 Gundappa Viswanath

 India's record: 0−3

 West Indies's record: 4−0 (champions, 1 match washed out)

[edit] India at the 1983 World Cup

Main article: 1983 Cricket World Cup

In the 1983 Cricket World Cup, India was given a boost in that it would be able to play two
matches against each of the three teams in its pool. The only minnows in the World Cup were the
Zimbabwe cricket team, a team that India was grouped with. India were also grouped with the
West Indies and Australia, creating formidable matchups for a team that had become known for
its inability to perform in the World Cup.

India opened up their campaign against the favourites, the West Indies. But it shocked all
observers with a 34 run victory thanks to a strong performance from Yashpal Sharma (89 from
120 balls, 9 fours). India totalled up 262 in 60 overs and tumbled the West Indies out for 228,
thanks to a quick 3 wickets from Ravi Shastri. A confident team went on to deal out a thrashing
against Zimbabwe, chasing down the total of 156 with 23 overs and 5 wickets to spare, helped by
a half-century from Sandeep Patil (50 from 54 balls, 7 fours, 1 six). Madan Lal was the destroyer
in chief with his three wickets. However, the confidence and morale were short-lived as India
was dealt out a 162 run thrashing from Australia 2 days later. India collapsed to 158 attempting
to chase Australia's mammoth 320.
As India entered the second half of the group stage, they opened up with a loss against the West
Indies by 66 runs. Vivian Richards (119 from 146 balls) took the West Indies to 282 in 60 overs,
a score that India was unable to chase despite Mohinder Amarnath's (80 from 139 balls) good
innings. India's next match against Zimbabwe was to become famous for the remainder of
history. The favourites, India, were 5-17 by an emerging Zimbabwe bowling lineup. A defeat
would have made qualifying for the semifinal impossible, but Kapil Dev's (175 from 138 balls,
16 fours, 6 sixes)* famous innings took India to 266 (he combined with Syed Kirmani (24 from
56 balls, 2 fours) in a 126 run 9th wicket partnership). The Zimbabwe batsmen got starts but
were once again hampered by Kapil Dev and Madan Lal who got 4 wickets between them. India
ended up winning by 31 runs. However, the last match against Australia was still a must win. But
India made light work, winning by 118 runs thanks to 4-wicket hauls by Madan Lal and Roger
Binny.

India's semi-final match against England contained no drama. India coasting to a 6 wicket
victory. The major contributors were Yashpal Sharma (61 from 115 balls, 3 fours, 2 sixes),
Mohinder Amarnath (46 from 92 balls, 4 fours, 1 six), and Sandeep Patil (51 from 32 balls, 8
fours) with the bat. Kapil Dev picked up 3-35 to seal a victory that took India to the World Cup
final. The final was considered somewhat of an anticlimax, most expecting a clear West Indies
win although India had beaten them in the preliminary rounds. The West Indies tumbled India
out for 183, with Kris Srikkanth (38 from 57 balls, 7 fours, 1 six) top scoring, and were cruising
on their way to a memorable victory at 2-57, with Vivian Richards (33 from 28 balls) at the head
before suffering a major collapse. They were annihilated by the Indian bowlers and reached 6-76
before providing some sort of resistance. They were all out for 140, India won by 43 runs. The
heroes of the day were Mohinder Amarnath (3/12 and 26) and Kris Srikkanth (top scorer with
38).

The Indian Squad that won the 1983 World Cup comprised:

 Mohinder Amarnath
 Kirti Azad
 Roger Binny
 Kapil Dev (captain)
 Sunil Gavaskar
 Syed Kirmani (wicketkeeper)
 Madan Lal
 Sandeep Patil
 Balwinder Sandhu
 Yashpal Sharma
 Ravi Shastri
 Kris Srikkanth
 Sunil Valson
 Dilip Vengsarkar

India's record: 6−2 (champions)

[edit] India at the 1987 World Cup
Main article: 1987 Cricket World Cup

India was the host of the 1987 Cricket World Cup and was expected to perform seeing as it was
the reigning champions. It was grouped in Pool A with Australia, New Zealand and Zimbabwe.
The matches had been reduced to 50 overs to accommodate for the number of daylight hours on
the Indian subcontinent. India's start to the tournament was bright, as it topped the pool, getting 5
wins and only 1 loss, this loss being by only 1 run. It carried this out despite the fact that it
lacked the likes of its past World Cup heroes: Mohinder Amarnath and Madan Lal, India's team
was still captained by Kapil Dev and featured veterans like Sunil Gavaskar.

The first match of the tournament for India was arguably the most eventful one. Australia won
the match by just 1 run, after piling up 270 in their first innings, helped by a century from Geoff
Marsh (110 from 141 balls). India began their innings brightly and were cruising at 2-207 before
Navjot Sidhu (73 from 79 balls, 4 fours, 5 sixes) fell. This was followed by a spectacular middle
order and tailend collapse that made India lost their last 8 wickets for just 62 runs. India were all
out for 269 with one ball remaining in the match, leaving the possibility of a tie or victory within
their grasp. The performance was heartening, however, because of the strong batting of Kris
Srikkanth (70 from 83 balls, 7 fours) and Navjot Sidhu.

The second match against New Zealand was dramatic too, with Navjot Sidhu (75 from 71 balls,
4 fours, 4 sixes) once again rescuing India after India had fallen to 3/21, and Kapil Dev (72 from
58 balls, 4 fours, 1 six)*, cutting loose brilliantly in the later half of the innings, taking India to
252. India eventually pulled off a 16-run victory thanks to some economical bowling from Ravi
Shastri and Mohammed Azharuddin. The rest of the group stage were smooth runnings for India,
getting Zimbabwe all out for 135 and then beating them by 8 wickets in the third match. India
beat Australia in the third match by 56 runs after India totalled up 289 (6 wickets, 50 overs), with
Dilip Vengsarkar (63 from 60 balls, 3 fours, 2 sixes), Sunil Gavaskar (61 from 72 balls, 7 fours),
Mohammed Azharuddin (54 from 45 balls, 5 fours, 1 six)* and Navjot Sidhu (51 from 70 balls, 2
fours) all scoring half-centuries, and a 7 wicket win over Zimbabwe, with Navjot Sidhu (55 from
61 balls, 5 fours, 1 six) never failing to score 40 in a memorable World Cup campaign. India
sealed up the Group Stage with a 9-wicket thrashing of New Zealand, as their batsmen chased
down 221 with 18 overs and 9 wickets to spare, thanks to a 136-run opening partnership between
Kris Srikkanth (75 from 58 balls, 9 fours, 3 sixes), and Sunil Gavaskar (103 from 88 balls, 10
fours, 3 sixes)*.

India went into the semi-finals facing the mouth-watering prospect of facing arch-rivals Pakistan
in the final. But to the horror of fans, their world cup campaign ended in the Semis against
England. Kapil Dev bowled strongly as England managed to put up 254 in the first innings,
helped by strong performances from Graham Gooch (115 from 136 balls, 11 fours) and captain
Mike Gatting (56 from 62 balls, 5 fours). But India was pushed out of contention as Navjot
Sidhu and Sunil Gavaskar failed. A strong performance from Mohammed Azharuddin (64 from
74 balls, 7 fours) pulled India within reach of the target, but the tail failed to capitalize, India
losing by 35 runs with 5 overs to spare.
The Indian Squad of the 1987 World Cup comprised:

 Mohammed Azharuddin
 Roger Binny
 Kapil Dev (captain)
 Sunil Gavaskar
 Kiran More (wicketkeeper)
 Chandrakant Pandit
 Manoj Prabhakar
 Chetan Sharma
 Ravi Shastri
 Maninder Singh
 Navjot Singh Sidhu
 Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
 Kris Srikkanth
 Dilip Vengsarkar

 India's record: 5−2 (semifinalist)

 Australia's record: 7−1 (champions)

[edit] India at the 1992 World Cup

Main article: 1992 Cricket World Cup

Held in Australia and New Zealand, the 1992 Cricket World Cup had a number of special
additions. Not in the least was the inclusion of cricket heavyweight South Africa. It was also the
first world cup to include coloured clothing. Another major addition was the fact that the cup
was not divided into pools, and each team had a match against all the other teams. There were 9
teams competing in all. India had a considerably strong team, still bolstered by Kapil Dev and
Mohammed Azharuddin. It also had rising star Sachin Tendulkar, who would later become the
leading run-scorer in career world cups.

India began badly, losing to England by nine runs. Their second match against Sri Lanka was
abandoned due to rain and Australia sneaked home in their third match by only 1 run, despite a
strong batting performance from Mohammed Azharuddin (93 off 103 balls). Their first win of
the tournament came in the next match against rivals Pakistan, followed by a win against
minnows Zimbabwe, the win was by a commanding 55 runs, with Sachin Tendulkar (81 from 77
balls, 8 fours, 1 six) leading the way. India was practically knocked out of the tournament in the
next match through its loss to the West Indies by 5 wickets. It went on to lose to New Zealand
and South Africa. It only won 2 of its 8 matches, knocking it firmly out of contention for the
semi-finals. India ended seventh on the table, above only Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.

Even the general player performances were at best, lacklustre, Mohammed Azharuddin was the
leading batsman, scoring 332 runs in 7 matches without a century included. Sachin Tendulkar
scored 283 runs in 7 innings that included 3 fifties. Tendulkar also ended up with a strike rate of
83.98, 6th in the tournament. The highest batting strike rate in the tournament was that of Kapil
Dev, who carried a strike rate of 124.81.

The Indian Squad of the 1992 World Cup comprised:

 Praveen Amre
 Mohammed Azharuddin (captain)
 Subroto Banerjee
 Kapil Dev
 Ajay Jadeja
 Vinod Kambli
 Sanjay Manjrekar
 Kiran More (wicketkeeper)
 Manoj Prabhakar
 Venkatapathy Raju
 Ravi Shastri
 Kris Srikkanth
 Javagal Srinath
 Sachin Tendulkar

 India's record: 2−5 (1 drawn match)

 Pakistan's record: 6−3 (champions, 1 drawn match)

[edit] India at the 1996 World Cup

Main article: 1996 Cricket World Cup

Sachin Tendulkar, the top-scorer for the tournament

India were the co-hosts of the 1996 Cricket World Cup along with Pakistan and Sri Lanka and
were expected to perform well at home. Changes in format included the re-use of a group format,
in which there were two pools of six, after which the top four from each group prgogressed to the
quarter-finals. India was placed in Group A with Australia, Kenya, Sri Lanka, West Indies and
Zimbabwe. With the West Indies beginning to lose their grip on ODI cricket and with the
inclusion of two minnows in their group, India were expected to cruise into the quarter-finals.

India opened their campaign against Kenya at Cuttack. India won the toss and elected to bowl
first. They restricted the Kenyans to 6-199, with spinners Anil Kumble and Venkatapathy Raju
taking two and three wickets respectively. The target was easily achieved with 55 balls and seven
wickets to spare, primarily due to Sachin Tendulkar (127 from 138 balls, 15 fours, 1 six)* who
scored an unbeaten century in an opening partnership of 163 runs with Ajay Jadeja (53 from 85
balls, 4 fours, 1 six).

India continued their campaign in Gwalior against the West Indies, who won the toss and elected
to bat first. The West Indies did reach 2/91 but after a mid innings collapse were dismissed for
173 off the final ball of the 50 overs. Kumble and Manoj Prabhakar claimed three wickets each,
while Javagal Srinath only conceded 22 runs for his two wickets. India started poorly, slumping
to 2/2 after both Navjot Singh Sidhu and Jadeja were removed by Ambrose, but steadied on the
back of Sachin Tendulkar (70 from 91 balls, 8 fours), whose half-century led India to a win by
five wickets and more than ten overs to spare.

India then faced tournament favourites Australia in Bombay, and the tourists batted first after
winning the toss. Mark Waugh (126 from 135 balls) and Mark Taylor (59 from 73 balls) set the
foundation with a 103 run opening stand, and Australia reached 3/232 before Waugh was
dismissed for 126. Australia suffered five run-outs, four in the last ten overs whilst chasing quick
runs, with Venkatesh Prasad and Raju taking two wickets each. India's chase started poorly, with
Ajay Jadeja and Vinod Kambli dismissed by Damien Fleming with only seven runs scored.
Sachin Tendulkar (90 from 84 balls, 14 fours, 1 six) counter-attacked ferociously, and India were
well ahead of the required run rate at 3/143 when he charged a wide from Mark Waugh and was
stumped for 90. From there onward, the run chase began to falter, with only Sanjay Manjrekar
managing 62 from 91 balls, resulting in a 16 run loss, dismissed for 242 in the 48th over.

India then faced Sri Lanka in a batsman dominated match in Delhi. Sachin Tendulkar (137 from
137 balls, 8 fours, 5 sixes) scored another century and captain Mohammed Azharuddin got 72
from 80 balls in a 175 run partnership as India compiled 3/271. However, the opening pair of
Romesh Kaluwitharana and Sanath Jayasuriya launched Sri Lanka to 42 after just three overs.
Jayasuriya managed to score 79 from 77 balls, leaving the score at 4/141. With the run-rate under
control, Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga (46*) and Hashan Tillakaratne (70*) made a 131
run partnership to steer them to a six wicket win with eight balls remaining. Kumble led the
bowling with 2/39 whilst Prabhakar was punished for 47 runs in four overs.

India ended the group stage against Zimbabwe in Kanpur, who won the toss and sent the Indians
in to bat. After slumping to 3/32, Sidhu (80 from 116 balls, 5 fours) and Vinod Kambli (106
from 110 balls, 11 fours) put on 142 runs before Jadeja finished off the innings with 44* from 27
balls to total 5/247. The Zimbabweans lost wickets at regular intervals and fell 40 runs short,
with Raju taking 3/30 and Kumble, Srinath and Jadeja two each.

India's third placing in the group left them with a quarter final matchup against arch rivals
Pakistan, who had finished second in their group at Bangalore. The match had a huge leadup,
and Pakistani captain Wasim Akram withdrew due to injury. India elected to bat after winning
the toss, with Navjot Sidhu (93 from 115 balls, 11 fours) and Tendulkar reaching 90 before the
fall of Tendulkar. Sidhu went on to fall just short of a century, and although wickets fell
regularly, the Indians continued to score quickly, with Jadeja scoring a rapid 45 from 25 balls in
the final overs, including 40 from Waqar Younis' last two overs. Prasad and Kumble then took
three wickets each to keep Pakistan to 248 to complete a memorable victory. This resulted in
widespread disappointment in Pakistan, leading to a government inquiry, crowd demonstrations
outside players' homes and the suicide of one distraught fan.

India were faced Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Calcutta and sent Sri Lanka in to bat first. Both
Kaluwitharana and Jayasuriya were dismissed in Srinath's first over, uppercutting wide balls
down to third man. Srinath then removed Asanka Gurusinha to leave the score at 3/35. However
half centuries from Aravinda de Silva (66 from 47 balls) and Roshan Mahanama (58 from 101
balls) helped Sri Lanka to a total of 8/251. India made a solid start, with Sachin Tendulkar (65
from 88 balls, 9 fours) scoring a half-century and taking India to 1/98. However, the pitch began
to crumble and take more spin, and when Tendulkar was stumped, the incoming batsmen were
unable to cope with the four pronged spin-attack of Jayasuriya (3/12), de Silva, Muttiah
Muralitharan and Kumar Dharmasena, who took 6 wickets as India lost 7/22 to slump to 8/120.
At this point, sections of the crowd began setting fire to the stands and throwing missiles onto the
field. Play was stopped as the crowd's anger began to develop into a dangerous riot. Umpires
decided that Sri Lanka be awarded the game due to India's hopeless position, knocking them out
of the World Cup.

India's campaign was higlighted by the consistency of Sachin Tendulkar, who managed 50 or
more in all but two of his matches. With 523 runs at 87.16, Tendulkar was the leading run scorer
in the entire World Cup, with two of his six dismissal due to run outs rather than batting errors.
His 137 against Sri Lanka was the 4th highest of the entire tournament and his partnership of 175
with Azharuddin the fourth highest in the tournament. No other Indian batsmen aggregated 250
runs. India was also bolstered by the performances of Anil Kumble, who was leading wicket
taker in the entire tournament with 15 wickets at 18.73 apiece and also the leading catcher, with
eight catches. Raju, Prasad and Srinath were tied in tenth spot with eight wickets each.

The Indian Squad of the 1996 World Cup comprised:

 Salil Ankola
 Mohammed Azharuddin (captain)
 Ajay Jadeja
 Vinod Kambli
 Aashish Kapoor
 Anil Kumble
 Sanjay Manjrekar
 Nayan Mongia (wicketkeeper)
 Manoj Prabhakar
 Venkatesh Prasad
 Venkatapathy Raju
 Navjot Singh Sidhu
  Javagal Srinath
 Sachin Tendulkar

India used Srinath and Prasad in each game as opening pace bowlers, with Kumble as the
spinner. Depending on the pitch conditions, Raju was used four times as a second spinner, whilst
Ankola and Kapoor played in the other matches as a spinner. Mongia, Tendulkar, Azharuddin,
Kambli and Jadeja played in all matches, whilst Manjrekar, Sidhu and Prabhakar contested two
positions in the team, with Prabhakar used as a fifth pace option.

 India's record: 4−3 (semifinalist)

 Sri Lanka's record: 8−0 (champions, won two matches by walkovers)

[edit] India at the 1999 World Cup

Main article: 1999 Cricket World Cup

The 1999 Cricket World Cup in England was one in which India were not expected to perform
too well. Despite having the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, they
weren't having too much of a good run. India was placed in Group A in the pool rounds against
South Africa, Zimbabwe, hosts England, reigning champions Sri Lanka and minnows Kenya.

India opened up with a close loss to South Africa in the final overs of the match. Although South
Africa won by 4 wickets, the match was not without drama as South Africa had to score had
approximately a run a ball in the last 10 overs. The match featured a good performance from
Sourav Ganguly (97 from 142 balls, 11 fours, 1 six) and Rahul Dravid (54 from 75 balls, 5
fours). None of the bowlers backed up the batting performance however, with Javagal Srinath the
leading wicket-taker despite being very expensive. South Africa scored runs more quickly than
India did, with Jacques Kallis (96 from 128 balls) leading the way. India then appeared to have
lost all form as they lost to Zimbabwe in a 3-run thriller. India were without the services of
Sachin Tendulkar in this match as the star batsman flew to India after his father's death.The
tailenders embarrassed supporters as India, chasing 252, went from 7/246 to all out for 249 with
3 overs left.

India made up for their early losses with a very convincing win over Kenya by 94 runs. India
scored 2/329 through centuries from Sachin Tendulkar (140 from 101 balls, 16 fours, 3 sixes)
who rejoined the team and Rahul Dravid (104 from 109 balls, 10 fours), both near a run a ball.
The pair scored 237 in 29 overs at a run rate of 8.17 before Mohanty wiped up the Kenyan
batsmen with a 4-wicket-haul. They followed on with a record win against Sri Lanka by 157
runs. Sourav Ganguly (183 from 158 balls, 17 fours, 7 sixes) and Rahul Dravid (145 from 129
balls, 17 fours, 1 six) picked up two centuries at over a run a ball to get India to a total of 6/373,
sharing a partnership of 318 runs in 44.9 overs. Sri Lanka were then rattled through a 5-wicket
haul from Robin Singh (5/31 in 9.3 overs). They went on to seal a place in the Super Six
competition with a win against home side England by 63 runs; once again Sourav Ganguly (40
from 59 balls, 6 fours) and Rahul Dravid (53 from 82 balls, 6 fours) starred with the bat, while a
strong team effort with the ball got England all out for just 169.
India entered the Super Sixes segment as the team that came second in Pool A. Their strong
performances in the Pool Stage did not give them a point boost going into the next segment, as
they had taken losses to both of the other teams that had advanced through to the next stage from
Pool A. They began badly through a loss against Australia by 77 runs, with only Ajay Jadeja
(100 from 138 balls, 7 fours, 2 sixes) and Robin Singh (75 from 94 balls, 5 fours, 3 sixes) putting
up any resistance. They then continued their now extremely strong record against Pakistan in
World Cup's with yet another convincing victory over their long-term rivals; the win was by 47
runs. Rahul Dravid (61 from 89 balls, 4 fours) and Mohammed Azharuddin (59 from 77 balls, 3
fours, 1 six), led the way as India posted a total of 227 (6 wickets, 50 overs). Venkatesh Prasad
then wiped up the Pakistani batsmen, taking 5 wickets for 27 runs as Pakistan was bowled all out
for 180 (all out, 45.3 overs). The match was even more significant than usual as the two nations
were at war with each other (see 1999 Kargil Conflict). As events between the other teams
unfolded, India were eliminated from the tournament, to India, the last match of the tournament
against New Zealand was a dead rubber. In the end India lost the thriller by 5 wickets, as New
Zealand achieved the target of 252 with just 8 balls to spare, despite a strong performance from
Ajay Jadeja (76 from 103 balls, 6 fours, 2 six).

Despite being eliminated and being forced to play a dead rubber there were some plus-points for
the Indian team leaving the world cup. The consistency and effectiveness of batting trio: Sachin
Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly was yet to be fully experienced. Despite not
making the semi-finals, Rahul Dravid, being involved in two mammoth partnerships, was the
leading run-scorer of the entire tournament with 461 runs at 65.85. The top 3 highest scores of
the tournament were that of Indians, with Sourav Ganguly's 183, Rahul Dravid's 145 and Sachin
Tendulkar's 140* higher than any other scores in the tournament.

The Indian Squad for the 1999 World Cup comprised:

 Ajit Agarkar
 Mohammed Azharuddin (captain)
 Nikhil Chopra
 Rahul Dravid (reserve wicketkeeper)
 Sourav Ganguly
 Ajay Jadeja
 Amay Khurasiya
 Anil Kumble
 Debashish Mohanty
 Nayan Mongia (wicketkeeper)
 Venkatesh Prasad
 Sadagoppan Ramesh
 Robin Singh
 Javagal Srinath
 Sachin Tendulkar

 India's record: 4−4 (Super 6, 6th place)

 Australia's record: 7−2 (champions, tied semifinal match)
[edit] India at the 2003 World Cup
Main article: 2003 Cricket World Cup

Like in the previous World Cup, India were beginning their 2003 Cricket World Cup Campaign
on a string of poor performances. The World Cup consisted of a similar format to the previous
world cup. The Indian team was somewhat stronger than the team representing them in the 1999
World Cup, but still contained the batting trio of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav
Ganguly, now accompanied by rising talents Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif and Virender
Sehwag. India were placed in Group A, accompanied by Holland, Australia, Zimbabwe,
Namibia, England and rivals Pakistan. The Top 3 in the pool would advance to the Super Six
section of the tournament.

India had a horrid beginning to the tournament, their first match was against minnows Holland,
who tumbled the Indian batsmen out for just 204 (all out, 48.5 overs, 206 minutes), with only
Sachin Tendulkar (52 from 72 balls, 7 fours) putting up resistance, although Javagal Srinath and
Anil Kumble reverted the damage with 4 wickets each and India ended up winning by 68 runs,
the unconvincing victory setting the stage for immense criticism. The next match on India's list
was against world champions Australia. The Indian team, batting first, was steadily making
progress at 1/41 when disaster struck, Virender Sehwag's wicket triggered a middle order
collapse that left India struggling at 5/50 having lost 4 wickets for 9 runs. Sachin Tendulkar and
Harbhajan Singh offered some resistance but the damage was done as India were out for 125 (all
out, 41.4 overs, 176 minutes). Australia scored the target in 22.2 overs, only losing one wicket.
The Indian performances in the first two matches triggered uproar within India, player effigies
were said to be burnt on streets and the Board of Control for Cricket in India was under immense
pressure to reshuffle the team at the end of the World Cup.

This reaction at home may have triggered the Indian performances in the remainder of the World
Cup. India moved onto their third match (against Zimbabwe), lacking confidence. Sachin
Tendulkar (81 from 91 balls, 10 fours) took India to 255 (7 wickets, 50 overs) and 3 wickets
from Sourav Ganguly set the stage for a strong 83 run win by the Indians. This was followed by
a 181 run thrashing handed out to minnows Namibia. Sachin Tendulkar (152 from 151 balls, 18
fours) scored a century and Sourav Ganguly (112 from 119 balls, 6 fours, 4 sixes)* another
century in a second-wicket partnership of 244 runs in 39.5 overs to take India to 311 (2 wickets,
50 overs, 207 minutes). Namibia were then all out for 130 (all out, 42.3 overs, 163 minutes)
thanks to 4 wickets from part-timer Yuvraj Singh. The man of the match was Sachin Tendulkar
in both matches.

India finished off the Pool Stage with an 82 run victory over England and a 6 wicket victory over
Pakistan. Ashish Nehra achieved 6/23 against England to help India defend 250 as England were
all out for 168. The Indian batting was bolstered by 50s from Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj
Singh. The match against Pakistan was considered one in which Sachin Tendulkar offered his
best. Chasing 274, Tendulkar (98 from 75 balls, 12 fours, 1 six) pulled off a near century to
guide India to an unlikely victory. Tendulkar was once again awarded Man of the Match.
India were untroubled in the Super Six stage and continued their streak of strong performances
with three wins out of three matches. The wins were comfortable, beating Kenya by 6 wickets
through a century from Sourav Ganguly (107 from 120 balls, 11 fours, 2 sixes); beating Sri
Lanka by 183 runs thanks to 97 from 120 balls from Sachin Tendulkar, 66 from 76 balls, from
Virender Sehwag and 4/35 from Javagal Srinath. This match was particularly infamous from a
Sri Lankan point of view because there were five Sri Lankan batsmen that got out for 'ducks', or
without scoring a single run. The last win was against New Zealand; after Zaheer Khan helped
get the New Zealanders out for 146, Mohammed Kaif brought India home to a comfortable 7
wicket victory.

This brought India into the semi-finals against overperforming minnows Kenya. The match was
not dramatic. Sachin Tendulkar (83 from 101 balls, 5 fours, 1 six) and Sourav Ganguly (111
from 114 balls, 5 fours, 5 sixes) took India to 4/270. From where a combined bowling effort
from 7 bowlers got Kenya all out for 179. This brought India into the all-important World Cup
grand final with Australia, but Australia dominated from the very start, achieving 105 runs in 14
overs before losing a single wicket. Ricky Ponting (140 from 121 balls), and Damien Martyn (88
from 84 balls) took Australia to an Australian record 359 (2 wickets, 50 overs), a record that
would not be beaten until 2006, while scoring at the rate of 7.18 runs per over. India never stood
a chance after Sachin Tendulkar lost his wicket for just 4. Virender Sehwag (82 from 81 balls, 10
fours, 3 sixes) and Rahul Dravid (47 from 57 balls, 2 fours) shared a partnership of 88 runs in
13.2 overs, bringing India to 3/147. With India scoring at 5.96 runs an over, the batsmen were
scoring fluently, but India's wickets were falling too quickly. India lost their last 7 wickets for
only 87 runs to score 234 (all out, 39.2 overs).

There were a huge amount of bright sides in this tournament for India. Firstly, Man of the
Tournament Sachin Tendulkar had outperformed every other cricketer in the world cup and had
reclaimed his status as one of the best batsmen in the history of world cricket. Tendulkar was
leading run scorer with 673 runs, followed by fellow Indian Sourav Ganguly who was 208 runs
behind in second. Tendulkar's 152 against Namibia was the second highest score of the
tournament and he achieved an average of 61.18. There were upsides in the bowling department
as well with Zaheer Khan 4th on the wicket takers list. Finally, India as a team had achieved a
streak beaten only by Australia; they lost only two matches in the entire World Cup, both of
those being by large margins to champions Australia.

The Indian Squad that were the Runners-up of the 2003 World Cup comprised:

 Sachin Tendulkar
 Sanjay Bangar
 Rahul Dravid (wicketkeeper)
 Sourav Ganguly (captain)
 Mohammad Kaif
 Zaheer Khan
 Anil Kumble
 Dinesh Mongia
 Ashish Nehra
 Parthiv Patel (reserve wicketkeeper)
  Virender Sehwag
 Harbhajan Singh
 Yuvraj Singh
 Javagal Srinath
 Ajit Agarkar

 India's record: 9−2 (runner-up)

 Australia's record: 11−0 (champions)

[edit] India at the 2007 World Cup

 2007 Cricket World Cup

India, this time had gone to the West Indies with 2 convincing home series wins against West
Indies and Sri Lanka. For the 2007 tournament, India had what was considered a decent World
Cup squad, as it had three batsmen who had scored more than 10,000 ODI runs (Sachin
Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid), world class spin bowling in the form of
Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble and a decent pace bowling attack. They were pitted against
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and World Cup debutants Bermuda in Group B.

India's World Cup campaign started disastrously, as they lost to Bangladesh in the opener,
leaving them with two must-win matches in their group. All Indian batsmen, barring Yuvraj
Singh (47) and Sourav Ganguly (69), faltered against the pace of Mashrafe Mortaza and the left
arm spin of Abdur Razzak and Mohammad Rafique.

India next scored 413 against Bermuda, the highest score by India in one-day cricket and the
highest team total in a World Cup game. Virender Sehwag, who was selected in the team only at
captain Rahul Dravid's insistence, rediscovered his form with 114. Yuvraj Singh and Sachin
Tendulkar destroyed the amateur Bermudan bowling, with innings of 83 and 57 respectively.
India won the game by 257 runs, and this left them to beat tournament favorites Sri Lanka. Due
to their loss to Bangladesh, India's presence in the tournament depended on them defeating Sri
Lanka.

At the Queen's Park Oval at Trinidad, on 23 March, the Indian pace bowlers made early inroads,
dismissing the danger men, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara
early. Upul Tharanga and Chamara Silva consolidated, making half centuries each and the Sri
Lankan innings ended for 254 for the loss of 6 wickets.

The Indians batting crumbled against the Sri Lankan bowling attack, with only Dravid and
Sehwag showing some resistance. Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni fell for ducks, and
Yuvraj was run out for 6. Muttiah Muralitharan took 3 wickets, winning him the Man of the
Match award. India were all out for only 185, considered surprising given India's batting strength
and the batting-friendly nature of the Queen's Park Oval. With one victory and two losses, India
were hence knocked out of the World Cup. Bangladesh's win over Bermuda cemented India's
exit. It was also the first time since 1992 that the Indian cricket team failed to progress to the
latter stages of the tournament.

After the debacle, embattled coach Greg Chappell resigned after reports that the senior players
were not happy with him. However Dravid retained his captaincy. There were several attacks on
players homes and protests by infuriated fans, especially in Bangalore and Mumbai.

The 2007 Indian world cup team comprised:

 Sourav Ganguly
 Robin Uthappa
 Virender Sehwag
 Rahul Dravid (captain)
 Sachin Tendulkar
 Yuvraj Singh
 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicketkeeper)
 Ajit Agarkar
 Harbhajan Singh
 Munaf Patel
 Zaheer Khan
 Irfan Pathan
 Anil Kumble
 Dinesh Karthik (reserve wicketkeeper)
 Shanthakumaran Sreesanth

 India's record: 1−2

 Australia's record: 11−0 (champions)

[edit] India at the 2011 World Cup

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup

India has a blistering start in World Cup 2011 after defeating Bangladesh by 87 runs at Mirpur,
Virender Sehwag scored 175 whereas Virat Kohli was unbeaten at 100 in the opening match.
India tied their second match against England in Bangalore on 27th February, Sachin Tendulkar
made 120 whereas English skipper Andrew Strauss was applauded for his 158. All round
performance by Yuvraj Singh sparkled the crowd in Bangalore. India sealed the victory over
Ireland in their third match by 5 wickets. 5 scalps plus unbeaten 50 by Yuvraj Singh was the first
man in world cup history to perform this feat.India defeated Netherlands on sluggish track of
Feroz Shah Kotla on 9th March, India won with 81 balls to spare, which is their fifth-best in
terms of balls remaining, in a World Cup match, now they are focusing on next big match
against South Africa at Nagpur on Saturday. India lost their first match in World Cup 2011 by 3
wickets, although their first two partnerships shared 267 runs to the total of 296 but India can't
continue this rhythm and for 29 runs, they lost their 9 wickets in 9 overs. South Africa
accomplished their task in last over while lost of 3 wickets. MS Dhoni blasted his batsmen for
poor performance. Subsequently, India met West Indies in the last league match of the
tournament and won the match by 80 runs, with Yuvraj Singh sparkling once again with a
brilliant century. The icing on the cake came when India beat Australia in the quarter-final match
by 5 wickets at Motera, Ahmedabad. It was Yuvraj Singh once again to the rescue when they
needed 74 runs from 75 balls, chasing 260. Yuvraj Singh was awarded the 'Man of the Match',
his fourth award in the 2011 World Cup.

In my opinion T20 cricket is not killing real cricketing skills. Game i mean cricket
remains the same only the overs are reduced.
It brings a lot of fun, excitement among the viewers....One more it saves a lot of
time....many who were not watching cricket coz it's time consuming , hav started
watching it.....Younger player are getting more chance and the team India is
getting new talents these days....DHONI team...

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Deepakattri SKILLS??
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:51 am 
according to me T20 is spoiling the cricketing skills because it can
produce only hitters. it can not make a person fully skilled in all the
Joined: Mon Sep 15, sector.talking about the dhoni's team. u can see the situation just
2008 9:25 am after the IPL matches. They were enable play 50 overs. they were all
Posts: 4 out in just 35 yrs.To play in one day match, it requires a player to be
well skilled in everysector

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 Post subject: Re: IS T20 CRICKET KILLING REAL CRICKETING

gajendra_negi SKILLS??
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:15 pm 
well my dear friends in my opinion dis form of
Joined: Wed Oct 29, cricket is nt killin cricketin skills infact it is a
2008 11:47 pm very gud move by icc intdroducin dis
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form...becoz in 2days lyfe nobody has time 2 sit
in front of tv bout 4 to 5 hrs....everyone has lots
of work 2 do...so if u r gettin a great fun nd
 exictement in 1 or 2 hrs frm dis cricket den it is
superb .....u can take example of latest IPL
which was a great sucess,its like a blockbuster
for BCCI...even for crickter its like a bonus frm
BCCI...many younster got chance in IPL ....sme
people might think dat in dis form of cricket u
hv 2 jst hit d ball ...no defence..no class..bt i
think it is abslotely wrong becoz if u r nt hvin
gud class u cannot judge ball correctly ..so
instead of sayin dat it is killin cricketin skills we
shud welcum dis step taken by ICC.....thank
you..

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 Post subject: Re: IS T20 CRICKET KILLING REAL CRICKETING

harish_thakur SKILLS??
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:15 pm 
my frnd...according to me T20 is killing the spirit of game, why because
it dosent matter how much you score, but it matter till what limit you
Joined: Wed Jan 14, sustain the heat of game.....we all know that the class of cricket is judge
2009 2:14 pm by test matches won by team and we know that Ganguly is the best
Posts: 2 captain India had ever because he had converted more than 50% of test
matches in his tenure into success....and not because he had given many
ODI cups......Ultimately we could see that T20 is giving us hitter like
Pathan but we are losing the skill of patience, of classical playing, which
Tendulkar had played.