28 years after Kapil Dev lifted the Prudential World Cup, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni did the honours in front of a packed Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This after he led the chase for 275 runs as India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup final by six wickets.
With Twenty20, the three-hour, 20-overs-a-side version, One-Day internationals and Test matches, cricket is the second most popular sport in the world. The ICC World Cup is the world’s second largest single sporting event, drawing a cumulative television audience of five billion.
Sachin Tendulkar height may not be that big, but his stature is the biggest in the Cricketing world. Runs : 32647 (14692 T + 17955 O ), 200s : 7(6 T + 1 O), 100s : 99(51 T + 48 O), 50s : 152(59 T + 93 O)
The highest number of wicket in International Cricket in both format Test and One day. 134 Tests: 800 wickets, 337 one day: 515 wickets. The most 5 wickets: 67times a world record. The world record for 10 or more wickets in a test: 22 times.
After Kapil Dev Yuvraj Singh is the second indian player who took more than 10 wickets and scored above 300 runs. Before this Indian all rounder legend Kapil Dev took 12 wickets and scored 303 runs in 1983 cricket world cup.
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the equal oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877. Australia won the Cricket World Cup 4 times in total; 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007.
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