ICC Cricket world cup is played in every four years in the One Day International format. The Cricket World Cup is one of the most viewed and followed tournament. The first World Cup was held in the year 1975 in England.
Now the next World Cup is scheduled to take place in 2019 from May 30 which is hosted by England and Wales. This time a total of 10 teams will play ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. The top team of World Cup is Five-time champions Australia.
West Indies and India have won ODI World Cup for two times each while Pakistan and Sri Lanka has one World Cup tournament just one time each. Other teams have not managed to win a world cup yet.
Australia National Cricket Team has won their first world cup in the year 1987 which was hosted by India and Pakistan jointly. Then Australia won the three consecutive World Cup titles for the years 1999, 2003 and 2007. All the three world cups were hosted by different nations.
ICC Cricket World Cup 1999 was hosted by England and Wales, World Cup 2003 was hosted by South Africa and World Cup 2007 was hosted by West Indies. The past 2015 World Cup which is hosted by Australia and New Zealand was also won by Australia.
Next position is shared by Windies Cricket Teamand Indian Cricket Team. Both the teams have won two world cup titles each. For the first two World Cup seasons 1975 and 1979, Team West Indies emerged as winners. Both the World Cup seasons was hosted by England.
Team India emerged as winners for the first time in 1983 which was also hosted by England. The second world cup trophy came to India in the year 2011 which was hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Pakistan National Cricket Team stood winner for just one time that is for the World Cup 1992 which was hosted by Australia and New Zealand. In 1996, Sri Lanka managed to win the World Cup trophy for the first time. Other teams that made to finals but could not win a single world cup are New Zealand and England.
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