🏏 Cricket World Cup Winners – RRB Quick-Revision
🟡 Key Facts in 30 Seconds
- First WC: 1975 (England) – 60-over, white ball, day matches
- Trophy Design: 3 silver columns → globe → golden cricket ball
- Current Format: Round-robin + knock-outs (since 1992)
- Next Edition: 2025 ICC CWC (India) – 14 teams
🏆 Winners Table (Men’s ODI)
| Year |
Host |
Winner |
Runners-up |
Captain |
Margin |
Fun-Byte |
| 1975 |
Eng |
West Indies |
Aus |
Clive Lloyd |
17-run |
75-WI-17 |
| 1979 |
Eng |
West Indies |
Eng |
Clive Lloyd |
92-run |
79-WI-repeat |
| 1983 |
Eng |
India |
WI |
Kapil Dev |
43-run |
India-83-Wonder |
| 1987 |
Ind-Pak |
Australia |
Eng |
Allan Border |
7-run |
87-Aus-start |
| 1992 |
Aus-NZ |
Pakistan |
Eng |
Imran Khan |
22-run |
92-Reverse-Swing |
| 1996 |
Ind-Pak-SL |
Sri Lanka |
Aus |
Arjuna Ranatunga |
7-wkt |
96-Lanka-first-Asian |
| 1999 |
Eng |
Australia |
Pak |
Steve Waugh |
8-wkt |
99-Aus-Dynasty |
| 2003 |
SA |
Australia |
Ind |
Ricky Ponting |
125-run |
03-Ponting-140 |
| 2007 |
WI |
Australia |
SL |
Ricky Ponting |
53-run |
3-peat-07 |
| 2011 |
Ind-SL-Ban |
India |
SL |
MS Dhoni |
6-wkt |
11-Dhoni-6 |
| 2015 |
Aus-NZ |
Australia |
NZ |
Michael Clarke |
7-wkt |
5th-Cup-15 |
| 2019 |
Eng-Wales |
England |
NZ |
Eoin Morgan |
Super Over |
Boundary-count-26 |
| 2023 |
India |
Australia |
India |
Pat Cummins |
6-wkt |
6th-Title-23 |
🟢 T20 World Cup (Last 3)
| Year |
Winner |
Runner |
Venue |
| 2021 |
Australia |
NZ |
UAE/Oman |
| 2022 |
England |
Pak |
Aus |
| 2024 |
India |
SA |
Barbados |
🔢 Numbers to Glitch In
- Most Titles: Australia 6 (ODI)
- Only team to win 3 in a row: Australia (1999, 2003, 2007)
- Only Host to win on home soil: India (2011), England (2019), Australia (2023)
- Highest team score in Final: Australia 359/2 (2003)
- Youngest WC-winning captain: Kapil Dev – 24 yr (1983)
🧠 5-Second Mnemonics
- “75-79 Clive’s Claws” → WI both
- “83-K” → Kapil → K for Krick-Kapil
- “99-03-07 Triple-Ponting” → Aus hat-trick
- “ENG-19-NZ-pain” → tied final, England win on boundaries
- 6-AUS → think “Six-Stralia”
📝 Likely RRB MCQs (10)
1. Which country has won the most ODI World Cups?
Australia (6 times)
2. Who captained India to its first World Cup victory?
Kapil Dev
3. The 2019 World Cup final was decided by:
Boundary count after a Super Over tie
4. In which year did Sri Lanka first win the World Cup?
1996
5. The only team to win three consecutive ODI World Cups is:
Australia (1999, 2003, 2007)
6. Who was the captain of the 2023 World Cup-winning Australian team?
Pat Cummins
7. 1983 World Cup final: India beat West Indies by how many runs?
43 runs
8. Which nation hosted the 2023 ODI World Cup?
India
9. Who won the T20 World Cup 2024?
India
10. The first World Cup was held in:
1975, England
🎯 Last-night tip: Glance at the table once → recall the mnemonic → sleep on it → 3 marks secured!
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