Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. ICC World Cup 2015 ended today, here is a short not on Cricket World Cup 2015.


The 2015 Cricket World Cup was the 11th Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015. 

This was the second time when the tournament was held in Australia and New Zealand, with the first being the 1992 Cricket World Cup which was won by Pakistan.

Sachin Tendulkar was named as the 2015 Cricket World Cup Ambassador by the ICC for the second time, after 2011 Cricket World Cup where he was the ambassador.


Important Stats:

  1. Australia won the Cricket World Cup for the fifth time.
  2. Man of the Series: Mitchell Starc
  3. Man of the Match: James Faulkner
  4. Most Runs: Martin Guptill
  5. Most Wickets: Mitchell Starc & Trent Boult
  6. Kumar Dharmasena of Sri Lanka was the umpire in World Cup Final. He is the only player to play in a World Cup Final(1996) and umpire in one(2015).



Teams Played in 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup
  1. India (Defending Champion)
  2. Australia (Hosting nation)
  3. Pakistan
  4. South Africa
  5. New Zealand (Hosting Nation)
  6. West Indies
  7. Sri Lanka (Runners up of 2011)
  8. Bangladesh
  9. Zimbabwe
  10. United Arab Emirates
  11. Scotland
  12. England
  13. Ireland
  14. Afghanistan(First in World Cups)


S.Ravi of India was in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Umpire panel.


Indian Highlights at the World Cup 2015
  • India defeated Pakistan for the 6th Time in A Row in World Cups.
  • For the first time India defeated South Africa in a World Cup match.
  • MS Dhoni's 100th ODI win as India captain came against Bangladesh. The first non-Australian captain to won 100 ODI matches, and first Indian captain to achieve the mark. He is also the third captain to won 100 matches, after two Australians, Ricky Ponting, and Allan Border.
  • A record seventh consecutive match in which India bowled the opposition out.
  • During India vs Banlgadesh the umpires received widespread criticism after some controversial decision-making in that match. International Cricket Council President Mustafa Kamal said that Bangladesh would appeal against the decisions of the umpires in ICC's board meeting.
  • India lost to Australia as a result Australia never lost a World Cup Semi Final. As a result of this match, no Asian team qualified for World Cup final, for the first time since 1987.



Key Highlights from World Cup Matches:
  • Kumar Sungakkara (SL) became the second highest run scorer in ODIs.
  • The match between Australia vs England ended when James Anderson was run out straight after James Taylor was given out lbw. As Taylor's decision was reviewed and overturned, the ICC later admitted that the ball should have been declared dead (according to Article 3.6a of Appendix 6 of the Decision Review System Playing Conditions), and so Anderson was incorrectly given out.
  • Four players were dismissed for golden ducks during Scotland's innings against New Zealand, the first such instance in World Cups.
  • Shakib Al Hasan became the first Bangladeshi cricketer to achieve 4000 ODI runs.
  • Brendon McCullum (NZ) scored the fastest fifty in World Cup history (18 balls), the third-fastest overall and the fastest ODI fifty by a New Zealander.
  • Kumar Sungakkara became the fourth cricketer to play 400 ODI matches.
  • Dilshan's score of 161 not out was the highest individual score in an ODI without hitting a six.
  • The Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, the trophy which is usually the prize in any stand-alone ODI series between Australia and New Zealand.
  • Lahiru Thirimanne became the youngest Sri Lankan player to score a century at a World Cup.
  • Joe Root became the youngest English player to score a century at a World Cup.
  • Australia's score of 417/6 against debutant Afghanistan is the highest in World Cup history. Dawlat Zadran (Afg) became the third bowler in World Cup matches to concede 100 runs or more in an innings. Australia's victory margin of 275 runs is the highest in World Cup history.
  • Kyle Coetzer scored Scotland's first ever World Cup century and the highest score by an associate nation player in World Cups.
  • In Australia vs Sri Lanka, Glenn Maxwell scored his first century in an ODI, the second fastest in World Cups, and the fastest by an Australian in a World Cup (51 balls). Tillakaratne Dilshan hit six fours off an over, bowled by Mitchell Johnson, the first time this has happened in World Cup history.
  • Kumar Sungakkara became the second player to score 14,000 ODI runs, and scored a record third consecutive World Cup century.
  • Mahmudullah Riyad became the first Bangladesh player to score two consecutive World Cup centuries.
  • Chris Gayle became the first batsman to score a Double Century in a World Cup match and the first ever non-Indian batsman to score an ODI Double Century. Gayle's Double Century was also the fastest Double Century in ODI cricket. Gayle's 16 sixes in his innings equalled the ODI record jointly held by Rohit Sharma and AB de Villiers.
  • The first time Pakistan defeated South Africa in a World Cup match.
  • Jean Paul Duminy (SA) became the first South African to take a World Cup hat-trick.
  • AB de Villiers now holds the records for the most sixes in one World Cup tournament (20) and the most sixes in all World Cup matches (36).
  • Martin Guptill became the first player to score two consecutive centuries for New Zealand in a World Cup.
  • The highest successful run-chase in a World Cup knockout match came for New Zealand against South Africa in the Semi Finals.
  • The first time New Zealand qualified for a World Cup final.



Retirements from ODIs:

MichaelClarke
Australia
ShahidAfridi
Pakistan
Misbah-ul-Haq
Pakistan
MahelaJayawardene
Sri Lanka
KumarSangakkara
Sri Lanka
KhurramKhan
United Arab Emirates
BrendanTaylor
Zimbabwe



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