** Australian Ricky Ponting has the excellence of showing within the most variety of CWC matches – 46 from 1996 to 2011, in 5 CWC editions. Nonetheless, Pakistani Javed Miandad (1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1996) and Sachin Tendulkar (1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011) have the honour of showing within the six editions of the CWC, essentially the most by any participant! A number of different gamers have appeared within the 5 editions of the CWC.
** West Indian Viv Richards is the primary batter within the Cricket World Cup (CWC) to cross the run combination of 1000 runs. He achieved this landmark on 30 October 1987 within the Reliance WC match in opposition to Pakistan at Karachi throughout his knock of 67 runs. He was then aged 35 years, 237 days! Since then, 20 different batters have managed to emulate Richards by scoring over 1000 runs within the CWC.
** India’s Sachin Tendulkar is the one batter within the CWC to cross the run combination of 2000 runs. He achieved this landmark on 9 March 2011 within the CWC match in opposition to Netherlands at Delhi throughout his knock of 28 runs. He was then aged 37 years, 319 days! It was the fortieth CWC match of his profession. With a tally of 2278 runs in 45 video games, Tendulkar is the very best run-getter within the CWC historical past! Australia’s Ricky Ponting has the second-highest combination with simply 1743 runs!
** Each Sachin Tendulkar and South African AB de Villiers are the quickest to achieve the combination of 1000 runs in CWC. They achieved the landmark of their twentieth innings in 1999 and 2015, respectively. Tendulkar was 26y-45d when he did so in 1999, the youngest in CWC historical past (Virat Kohli was 30y-243d in 1999, the second youngest).
** Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal’s 51 in opposition to India at Port of Spain on 17 Mar 2007, made him the youngest to register a fifty within the CWC at 17 years, 362 days!
** Sri Lankan born Flavian Aponso, throughout his 58 for Netherlands in opposition to Pakistan at Lahore on 26 Feb 1996, at 43 years, 121 days grew to become the oldest batter to attain a fifty within the CWC.
** Eire’s Paul Stirling was 20 years, 196 days when he made 101 in opposition to Netherlands on 18 Mar 2011 at Kolkata, thus making him the youngest to register a three-figure rating within the CWC.
** Sri Lankan Tillekeratne Dilshan at 38 years, 148 days grew to become the oldest to register a three-figure rating within the CWC throughout his 104 in opposition to Scotland at Hobart on 11 Mar 2015.
** Sunil Gavaskar at 38 years, 113 days grew to become the oldest to register a maiden century within the CWC throughout his 103* (in 85 balls) in opposition to New Zealand at Nagpur on 31 Oct 1987.
** Kapil Dev was 24 years, 163 days when he made his unbeaten 175 in opposition to Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells on 18 Jun 1983. He’s the youngest to attain a 150+ within the CWC.
** Sri Lankan Tillekeratne Dilshan at 38 years, 135 days grew to become the oldest to register a 150+ rating within the CWC throughout his unbeaten 161 in opposition to Bangladesh at Melbourne on 26 Feb 2015.
** Solely two batters have the excellence of make a double century within the CWC and each got here in the identical event in 2015 however in numerous international locations – in Australia and New Zealand! West Indian Chris Gayle was 35 years, 156 days when he made 215 in opposition to Zimbabwe at Canberra on 24 Feb 2015, whereas New Zealand’s Martin Guptill was 28 years, 172 days throughout his unbeaten 237 in opposition to West Indies at Wellington on 21 Mar 2015!
** Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma have hit the utmost variety of centuries in CWC. They’ve six centuries every. Nonetheless, Rohit Sharma has hit 5 in the course of the 2019 version, essentially the most by any batter!
** Pakistani Wasim Akram within the 2003 CWC in South Africa grew to become the primary bowler to claimed 50 wickets within the CWC. Since then, solely three different bowlers have managed to cross this landmark within the CWC, particularly, Aussie Glenn McGrath (the main wicket-taker in CWC with 71 wickets), Sri Lankans M Muralidharan and Lasith Malinga. McGrath and Malinga achieved their respective landmarks in simply 30 video games, in the course of the 2007 version of the CWC, the quickest by any bowler!
** Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi at 19 years, 90 days grew to become the one teenage bowler to assert a five-wicket haul within the CWC, when he claimed 6/35 in opposition to Bangladesh at Lord’s on 5 Jul 2019.
** UAE’s Shaukat Dukanwala grew to become the oldest to assert a five-wicket haul at 30 years, 40 days, when he took 5/29 in opposition to Netherlands at Lahore on 1 Mar 1996.
** Canada’s Nitesh R Kumar at 16 years, 283 days is the youngest to look within the CWC match. He did so within the 2011 version in opposition to Zimbabwe at Nagpur on 28 Feb 2011.
** Netherland’s Barbados born Nolan Clarke was 47 years, 240 days when he made his debut in opposition to New Zealand at Baroda on 17 Feb 1996. He thus grew to become the oldest debutant to look within the CWC match. A few weeks later, he appeared in his remaining CWC recreation in opposition to South Africa at Rawalpindi on 5 March 1996 on the age of 47 years, 257 days, thus making him the oldest to look in a CWC match!
** Lasith Malinga is among the many ten bowlers to assert a hat-trick. Nonetheless, he’s the one bowler in CWC historical past to take action on two separate events – as soon as in opposition to South Africa in 2007 and in opposition to Kenya in 2011. In opposition to South Africa, Malinga managed the declare 4 wickets in 4 balls at Windfall in Guyana on 28 Mar 2007, thus making him the one bowler to attain this uncommon feat in CWC.
** Sri Lankan Chaminda Vaas in the course of the CWC match in 2003 in opposition to Bangladesh at Pietermaritzburg on 14 Feb 2003 achieved a singular feat, when claimed the primary 4 wickets within the very first over of the match. He had three wickets off the primary three balls after which off the fifth ball of the over after conceding a 4 and broad!
** Sri Lankan Nuwan Kulasekara has the distinctive distinction of delivering the ultimate ball of 2011 CWC, through which MS Dhoni hit the event successful run – an enormous six on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 2 Apr 2011 and practically 4 years later he had the honour to ship the primary ball of the 2015 event at Christchurch in opposition to New Zealand on 14 Feb 2015. However on this event, Kiwi opener Martin Guptill simply left the ball alone exterior off stump! Nonetheless, Sri Lanka misplaced each these video games!
** Solely 5 gamers have the excellence of aggregating over 500 runs and declare 25 wickets on this CWC profession – Pakistan’s Imran Khan (666 runs + 34 wickets), India’s Kapil Dev (669+28), Australian Steve Waugh (978+27), Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya (1165+27) and Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan (1146+34). The final identify participant is the one one on this elite listing to combination 1000-plus runs and take 30-plus wickets!
** Solely two gamers have the excellence of registering a century and take a four-wicket haul in a CWC match. The primary, Feiko Kloppenburg for Netherlands in opposition to Namibia at Bloemfontein on 3 Mar 2003 opened the Dutch batting and made 121 after which went on to assert 4/42 in his ten overs of medium tempo. The opposite, Sri Lankan Tillekeratne Dilshan in opposition to Zimbabwe at Pallekele on 10 Mar 2011 as an opener hit 144 after which claimed 4/4 in 3 overs along with his off-breaks!
** Solely two gamers have the excellence of registering a fifty and take a five-wicket haul in a CWC match. Yuvraj Singh was the primary when he claimed 5/31 in his ten overs as a left arm spinner and hit an unbeaten 50 in opposition to Eire at Bengaluru on 6 Mar 2011. The opposite was Bangladesh’s Shakib Al
Hasan in opposition to Afghanistan at Southampton on 24 June 2019 made 51 after which claimed 5/29 in 10 overs along with his left-arm spin!
** Australians Ricky Ponting and Glenn McGrath are the one two gamers who’ve appeared within the 4 CWC finals – in 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007. They together with Adam Gilchrist have been part of the profitable CWC title successful taking part in XI on three events (in 1999, 2003, 2007).