11 World Cups, 406 matches, 5 champion nations, 165 hundreds and much more: The World Cups in numbers
Op India“Statistics are like a bikini. List of ODI World Cups Year Matches Winner 1975 15 West Indies 1979 15 West Indies 1983 27 India 1987 27 Australia 1992 39 Pakistan 1996 38 Sri Lanka 1999 42 Australia 2003 54 Australia 2007 51 Australia 2011 49 India 2015 49 Australia Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar dominates the batting records in World Cup. Top 10 batsman with most runs in World Cup Player Country Mat Inns NO HS Runs 100s 50s Avg S/R Tendulkar, S R India 45 44 4 152 2278 6 15 56.95 88.98 Ponting, R T Australia 46 42 4 140* 1743 5 6 45.87 79.95 Sangakkara, K C Sri Lanka 37 35 8 124 1532 5 7 56.74 86.55 Lara, B C West Indies 34 33 4 116 1225 2 7 42.24 86.27 de Villiers, A B South Africa 23 22 3 162* 1207 4 6 63.53 117.30 Jayasuriya, S T Sri Lanka 38 37 3 120 1165 3 6 34.26 90.66 Kallis, J H South Africa 36 32 7 128* 1148 1 9 45.92 74.40 Dilshan, T M Sri Lanka 27 25 4 161* 1112 4 4 52.95 92.98 Jayawardene, D P M D Sri Lanka 40 34 3 115* 1100 4 5 35.48 85.94 Gilchrist, A C Australia 31 31 1 149 1085 1 8 36.17 98.01 Just like Tendulkar, Australian Legend Glenn McGrath outscores everyone in the bowling department. Top 10 bowlers with most wickets in World Cup Player Country Matches Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Best 5w McGrath, G D Australia 39 325.5 42 1292 71 18.20 7/15 2 Muralitharan, M Sri Lanka 40 343.3 15 1335 68 19.63 4/19 0 Wasim Akram Pakistan 38 324.3 17 1311 55 23.84 5/28 1 Vaas, W P U J C Sri Lanka 31 261.4 39 1040 49 21.22 6/25 1 Khan, Z India 23 198.5 12 890 44 20.23 4/42 0 Srinath, J India 34 283.2 21 1224 44 27.82 4/30 0 Malinga, S L Sri Lanka 22 170.4 7 908 43 21.12 6/38 1 Donald, A A South Africa 25 218.5 14 913 38 24.03 4/17 0 Oram, J D P New Zealand 23 182.2 21 768 36 21.33 4/39 0 There are only 4 tied matches played in World Cup history. Tied Matches Match Ground 1999 Australia v. South Africa Edgbaston 2003 South Africa v. Sri Lanka Kingsmead 2007 Ireland v. Zimbabwe Sabina Park 2011 India v. England M Chinnaswamy Stadium Some miscellaneous stats related to the World Cup are as follows.
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