ICC Cricket World Cup (One Day International) is organized by Sport’s governing body of the International Cricket Council at an interval of every four years.
Current champion :
The winner of 2015 is Australia and they are the current champion. The new champion will be decided on 14th July 2019.
Most successful team :
Australia has proved to be the most successful team till the World Cup 2015 with five titles to their credit and they are also the hatrick winner of World Cup. They won the World Cup in 1999, 2003 and 2007 consecutively.
Highest Run Scorer :
Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run scorer with 2278 runs.
Highest Wicket Taker :
Glenn McGrath is the highest wicket taker with 71 wickets.
Cricket World Cup Winners :
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Score | Result |
| 1975 | West Indies | 291-8 | Australia | 274 | West Indies won by 74 runs. |
| 1979 | West Indies | 286-9 | England | 194 | West Indies won by 92 runs. |
| 1983 | India | 183 | West Indies | 140 | India won by 43 runs. |
| 1987 | Australia | 253-5 | England | 246-8 | Australia won by 7 runs. |
| 1992 | Pakistan | 249-6 | England | 227 | Pakistan won by 22 runs. |
| 1996 | Sri Lanka | 245-3 | Australia | 241 | Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets. |
| 1999 | Australia | 133-2 | Pakistan | 132 | Australia won by 8 wickets. |
| 2003 | Australia | 359-2 | India | 234 | Australia won by 125 runs. |
| 2007 | Australia | 281-4 | Sri Lanka | 215-8 | Australia won by 53 runs. |
| 2011 | India | 277-4 | Sri Lanka | 274-6 | India won by 6 wickets. |
| 2015 | Australia | 186-3 | New Zealand | 183 | Australia won by 7 wickets. |
Members of Afghanistan Team :
Batsman : Noor Ali Zadran, Asghar Afghan, Nazibullah Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Hashmatullah Shahidi.
All-rounder : Rahmat Shah (Batting all-rounder), Gulbadin Naib (Captain/Bowling All-rounder), Samullah Sherwani (Batting All-rounder), Md. Nabi (Bowling All-rounder)
Wicket Keeper : Md. Sahzad (Keeper/Batsman)
Bowler : Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Mujeeb Ur Rahman Hamid Hassan.
Members of Australian Team :
Batsman : Aaron Finch (Captain/Batsman), Usman Khawaja, Shawn Marsh, David Warner, Steven Smith.
All-rounder : Glen Maxwell (Batting All-rounder), Marcus Stoinis (Batting All-rounder).
Wicket Keeper : Alex Carey (Keeper/Batsman).
Bowler : Cane Richardson, Nathan Coulter Nile, Jeson Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cumins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa.
Members of Bangladesh Team :
Batsman : Tamim Iqbal, Sabbir Rahman, Saumya Sarkar.
All-rounder : Mahmudullah (Batting All-rounder), Musaddek Hossain (Batting All-rounder), Mohammad Saifuddin (Batting All-rounder), Shakib Al Hasan (batting All-rounder), Vice-Captain, Mehidy Hasan (Bowling All-rounder).
Wicket Keeper : Liton Das (Keeper) – WK Batsman, Mahammad Mithun – WK Batsman, Mushfiqur Rahim (Keeper) – WK Batsman.
Bowler : Mashrafe Martaza (Captain) – Bowler, Mustafizur Rahman (Bowler), Rubel Hossain (Bowler), Abu Jayed (Bowler).
Members of England Team :
Batsman : Eoin Morgan (Captain) – Batsman, Joe Root – Batsman, Jason Roy – Batsman.
All-rounder – Batting All-rounder :
Ben Stokes, Joe Denly, Moeenali.
All Rounder – (Bowling All-rounder) :
Tom Curran, Chris Woakes, David Wiley.
Wicket Keeper : Jonny Bairstow – WK Batsman, Jos Buttler (Keeper) – WK Batsman.
Bowler : Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid.
Members of Indian Team :
Batsman : Rohit Sharma, Vice-Captain, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (Captain), Batsman.
All-rounder – Batting All-rounder : Vijay Shankar, Kedar Jadhav.
All-rounder – Bowling All-rounder : Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja.
Wicket Keeper : K.L.Rahul – WK Batsman, M.S.Dhoni – WK Batsman, Dinesh Karthik – WK Batsman.
Bowler : Kuldeep Yadav, Mahammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Members of New Zealand Team :
Batsman : Kane Williamson (Captain ), Batsman, Martin Guptil, Ross Taylor.
All-rounder – Batting All-rounder : Colin de Grandhomme, Colin Munro, James Neesham.
All-rounder – Bowling All-rounder : Mitchell Santner.
Wicket Keeper : Tom Blundell – WK Batsman, Tom Latham – WK Batsman, Henry Nicholls – WK Batsman.
Bowler : Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi.
Members of Pakistan Team :
Batsman : Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Abid Ali.
All-rounder – Batting All-rounder : Sohaib Mallik, Mohammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail.
All-rounder – Bowling All-rounder : Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Imad Wasim.
Wicket Keeper : Sarfaraz Ahmed (Captain) – WK Batsman.
Bowler : Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hossain.
Members of South Africa Team :
Batsman : Faf du Plessis (Captain) – Batsman, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Hassim Amla, Russie van der Dussen.
All-rounder – Batting All-rounder : Jean-Paul Duminy.
All-rounder – Bowling All-rounder : Andile Phelukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Chris Morris.
Wicket Keeper : Quinton de Kock – WK Batsman.
Bowler : Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Dale Steyn, Tabraiz Shamsi.
Members of SriLanka Team :
Batsman : Dimuth Karunaratne (Captain), Avishka Fernado, Lahiru Thirimanne.
All-rounder – Batting All-rounder : Angelo Mathew, Dhananjaya de Silva, Isuru Udana, Milinda Siriwardana.
All-rounder – Bowling All-rounder : Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis.
Wicket Keeper : Kusal Perera – WK Batsman, Kusal Mendis – WK Batsman.
Bowler : Jeffrey Vaandersay, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep.
Members of West Indies Team :
Batsman : Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Darren Bravo, Shimran Hetmyer.
All-rounder – Batting All-rounder : Ashley Nurse, Fabian Allen.
All-rounder – Batting All-rounder : Andre Russel, Carlos Brathwaite, Jason Holder (Captain).
Wicket Keeper : Nicholas Pooran – WK Batsman, Shai Hope – WK Batsman.
Bowler : Kemar Roach, Oshane Thomas, Shanoon Gabriel, Sheldon Cottrell.
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Ratikanta Singh
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