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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]
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
Kapil Dev led the India team in the third edition of the World Cup in 1983. India registered its first ever World Cup victories over West Indies, Australia and England cricket teams en route to the final. It won the World Cup for the first time after defeating the West Indies, who had won the inaugural two editions of the World Cup.
Ahead of the 2022 tournament in Qatar, heres a list of the nations with the most FIFA World Cup trophies.
The world cups are, depending on the sport, either the highest level international tournaments in a given sport, or the second level of competition after world championships. List [ edit ]
The last time the two cricket frenzy nations clashed during the 2023 Cricket World Cup match played at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, India outclassed Pakistan by 7 wickets taking the scoreline to 8–0 in India's favour at ODI World Cups. [39] In T20 World Cups also, India has a superior record. India won the 2007 T20 World Cup by ...
India volunteered to host the third Cricket World Cup, but most ICC members preferred England as the longer period of daylight in England in June meant that a match could be completed in one day. [95] The 1987 Cricket World Cup was held in India and Pakistan, the first hosted outside England. [96]
Australia has the better record in the Cricket World Cup, having faced India 14 times. In the 2003 Cricket World Cup Final, Australia knocked out India tremendously.The last time the two cricket frenzy nations clashed in 2023 Cricket World Cup final match played at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, Australia again dominated India and Australia won by 6 wickets.