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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]
The 2011 Cricket World Cup was co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. [109] [110] There were 14 teams that participated in the 2011 World Cup and the format reverted to the one used in the 1996 edition. The teams were grouped into two groups of six teams each and the top four teams from each group qualified for the quarterfinals.
This is a list of the squads picked for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. The 10 participating nations were instructed to finalise their 15-player squads prior to 28 September 2023, with any replacements after this date requiring approval from the International Cricket Council. All squads were announced by 26 September 2023.
India and Australia beat New Zealand and South Africa respectively to qualify for World Cup 2023 final
Australia have also notably featured in 8 finals of the total 13 World Cups, including the four in a row (1996 to 2007). The furthest a non-Test playing nation has ever reached is the semi-finals, achieved by Kenya in the 2003 tournament. India is the first host country to have won the world cup on the home ground in 2011.
India also became the first team to win the World Cup on home soil. [60] India defeated England in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy final and captain M. S. Dhoni became the first men's cricket team captain in history to win the three major ICC trophies, namely the Cricket World Cup, ICC Men's T20 World Cup and ICC Champions Trophy. [61] [62]
The Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup) [3] is the quadrennial international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket.The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament.
India is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body of cricket. The ICC Men's T20 World Cup has been hosted by the ICC in the T20I format since 2007. There have been nine editions of the tournament and India has participated in every edition.