the 1st cricket world cup was held in 1975.
the 1st cricket world cup was held in 1975.
when was the 1st cricket world cup held?
1975
the indian cricket team are two times world champions. in addition to winning the 1983 cricket world cup, they triumphed over sri lanka in the 2011 cricket world cup on home soil- "a remarkable achievement". they were also runners-up at the 2003 cricket world cup, and semifinalists four times(1987, 1996, 2015, 2019). they came last in the super six stage in the 1999 cricket world cup and have been knocked out 4 times in the group stage (1975, 1979, 1992 and 2007). india's historical win-loss record at the cricket world cup is 46-27, with 1 match being tied and another one being abandoned due to rain.
india at the cricket world cup
the following is a list of all the major statistics and records for the 2007 cricket world cup held in the west indies from 13 march to 28 april 2007. though india were eliminated early, they set the odi record for the highest victory margin in their 257 run win over bermuda. in their match against netherlands, herschelle gibbs (south africa) created odi and international cricket record when he hit sixes off all six deliveries in daan van bunge's over. in the super 8 stage games, lasith malinga (sri lanka) created odi record when he took four wickets in four consecutive deliveries in a losing effort against south africa. by the end of the tournament, new world cup records for the fastest fifty (20 balls – brendon mccullum of new zealand) and fastest hundred (66 balls – matthew hayden of australia) were established. glenn mcgrath established a new cricket world cup record for the most number of wickets (26) and also finished his odi career with the most number of wickets in world cup history (71). the number of sixes in the overall tournament (373) was 40% higher than the previous record holder, the 2003 cricket world cup (266). the tournament also saw 32 century partnerships (previous record of 28 during the 1996 cricket world cup) and 10 batsmen over 400 runs (previous record of 4 during the 2003 cricket world cup).
2007 cricket world cup statistics