ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
Events Men’s Cricket World Cup
Edition 13th
Date 5 October – 19 November
Format One Day International
Host Country India
Total team 10
Total matches 48
Winner Australia (6th)
Runners-up India
Player of the Series Virat Kohli
Most Runs Virat Kohli (765 runs)
Most Wickets Mohammed Shami (24)
Tournament Format Round-Robin and Knockout
Mascot ‘Blaze’ and ‘Tonk’
Theme Song Dil Jashn Bole
Brand Ambassador Shahrukh Khan
Most runs Virat Kohli (765 runs)
Most wickets Mohammed Shami (24 wickets)
Highest Team Score South Africa 428/5 (50)
Lowest Team Score Sri Lanka (51)
Highest individual score Glenn Maxwell (201*)
Best bowling Mohammed Shami (7/57)
Most Centuries Quinton de Kock (4)
Most fifties Virat Kohli (6)
Most fours Virat Kohli (68)
Most sixes Rohit Sharma (31)
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Team and Captains
S.N. Team Captain
1. India Rohit Sharma
2. Australia Pat Cummins
3. England Jos Buttler
4. South Africa Temba Bavuma
5. New Zealand Kane Williamson
6. Bangladesh Saqib Al Hasan
7. Pakistan Babar Azam
8. Sri Lanka Dasun Shanaka
9. Afghanistan Hashmatullah Shahidi
10. Netherlands Scott Edwards
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 All Venue
S.N. Stadium City
1. Narendra Modi Stadium ( Final) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
2. M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru, Karnataka
3. MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai, Tamil Nadu
4. Eden Gardens Kolkata, West Bengal
5. BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
6. Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra
7. Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Hyderabad, Telangana
8. Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium Pune, Maharashtra
9. HPCA Stadium Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
10. Arun Jaitley Stadium Delhi
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Mascot
The mascot consists of two
characters, a male and a female,
whose names are ‘Blaze’ and ‘Tonk’.
Question – Where and between whom was the
final match of Cricket World Cup 2023 played?
On 19 November 2023, the final match of
the Cricket World Cup 2023 was played
between India and Australia at Narendra
Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Question – Which player was chosen man of the
match in the final match of Cricket World Cup 2023?
Australia’s Travis Head was chosen
man of the match in the final of the
Cricket World Cup 2023.
ICC Cricket World Cup Venues
Edition Year Host Nations
1st 1975 England
2nd 1979 England
3rd 1983 England and Wales
4th 1987 India and Pakistan
5th 1992 Australia and New Zealand
6th 1996 Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka
7th 1999 England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the Netherlands
8th 2003 South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya
9th 2007 West Indies
10th 2011 India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
11th 2015 Australia and New Zealand
12th 2019 England and Wales
13th 2023 India
14th 2027 South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia
15th 2031 India and Bangladesh
ICC Cricket World Cup Winners
Edition Year Winner Runner-up
1st 1975 West Indies Australia
2nd 1979 West Indies England
3rd 1983 India West Indies
4th 1987 Australia England
5th 1992 Pakistan England
6th 1996 Sri Lanka Australia
7th 1999 Australia Pakistan
8th 2003 Australia India
9th 2007 Australia Sri Lanka
10th 2011 India Sri Lanka
11th 2015 Australia New Zealand
12th 2019 England New Zealand
ICC Cricket World Cup India’s Captain
Edition Year Captain
1st 1975 S. Venkataraghavan
2nd 1979 S. Venkataraghavan
3rd 1983 Kapil Dev
4th 1987 Kapil Dev
5th 1992 Mohammad Azharuddin
6th 1996 Mohammad Azharuddin
7th 1999 Mohammad Azharuddin
8th 2003 Sourav Ganguly
9th 2007 Rahul Dravid
10th 2011 MS Dhoni
11th 2015 MS Dhoni
12th 2019 Virat Kohli
13th 2023 Rohit Sharma
Question – In which year ICC Cricket
World Cup matches were played with
50-50 overs for the first time?
Answer
In the Cricket World Cup of 1975, 1979, and
1983, all the matches were played in 60-60
overs.
For the first time in the year 1987, Cricket
World Cup matches were played in a 50-50
overs format.
Question – Which country has
won the ICC Cricket World Cup
title the most number of times?
Answer
Australia has the most successful
team in the Cricket World Cup and
has won 6th titles.
Question – Which player has scored the
most runs in the history of the Cricket
World Cup?
Answer
In the history of the Cricket World Cup,
Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run
scorer with 2278 runs in 45 matches.
Question – Which player has taken the most
wickets in the history of the Cricket World Cup?
Answer
Australia’s fast bowler Glenn
McGrath is the highest wicket-
taker with 71 wickets in 39
matches.
Facts
* England has been the host country of
the Men’s Cricket World Cup a maximum
of 5 times.
* India is hosting the World Cup for the
fourth time in 2023, including jointly
hosting in 1987, 1996, and 2011
