ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2023- AN OVERVIEW

GENERAL INFORMATION 

1. Host - India

2. Winner - Australia

3. Runners up - India

4. Inaugural Match - England Vs New Zealand (Finalists of 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup)

5. Date of Inaugural Match - 5th October 2023

6. Venue of Inaugural Match - Narendra Modi Stadium (Ahmedabad)

7. Date of Final Match - 19th November 2023

8. Venue of Final Match - Narendra Modi Stadium (Ahmedabad)

9. Format of the game - One Day (50 overs)

10. No. of participant countries - 10

11. No. of Matches played - 48

12. Player of the Match in the Final - Travis Head

13. Player of the Tournament - Virat Kohli

14. Mascot of the Tournament - Blaze & Tonk 

15. Meaning of the Mascot - Gender Equality & Diversity 

16. Theme song - Dil Jashn Bole

17. Composer of the song - Pritam

18. Writers of the song - Shlok Lal & Saveri Verma

17. Brand Ambassador - Shahrukh Khan

TOURNAMENT STATISTICS 

1. Most runs by a batter- Virat Kohli (765 runs)

2. Most wickets by a bowler - Mohammed Shami (24 wickets)

3. Highest Team Score - South Africa (428-5)

4. Lowest Team Score - Sri Lanka (55)

5. Highest Individual Score - Glenn Maxwell (201* against Afganistan)

6. Best Bowling Figure - Mohammed Shami (57/7)

7. Most centuries - Quinton de Kock (4)

8. Most half centuries - Virat Kohli (6)

9. Most fours by a batter - Virat Kohli (68)

10. Most sixes by a batter - Rohit Sharma (31)

TEAMS & THEIR CAPTAINS

1. India- Rohit Sharma 

2. South Africa - Temba Bavuma

3. Australia - Pat Cummins

4. New Zealand - Kane Williamson 

5. Pakistan - Babar Azam

6. Afganistan - Hashmatullah Shahidi

7. Sri Lanka - Dasun Shanaka (Kusal Mendis in later part after Dasun was ruled out due to injury)

8. Bangladesh - Shakib Al Hasan

9. England - Jos Buttler

10. Netherlands - Scott Edwards

SPECIAL RECORDS MADE DURING THE WORLD CUP

1. Virat Kohli's 765 runs in a single word cup is the highest in any edition of the Tournament. It was previously held by Sachin Tendulkar (673 runs). He became the first ever batter in the world cricket to score 700+ runs in a world cup edition.

2. South Africa's total of 428/5 against Sri Lanka in New Delhi was the highest team total for any side in this World Cup.

3. 771 runs scored between Australia (388) and New Zealand (383/9) in Dharamsala became the highest aggregate score made in one match of a world cup.

4. Sri Lanka's 55 all-out against India's 357/8 in Mumbai was the lowest team total in the World Cup, while semifinalists South Africa's 83 all-out against India remains the second lowest.

5. Glenn Maxwell's sensational 201 not out off 128 balls (21x4s, 10x6s) against Afghanistan was the highest individual total for any batter in this World Cup. Maxwell also recorded the most fours hit by any batter in an innings during this World Cup.

6. Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman's 11 sixes during his 81-ball 126 not out were the highest for any batter in any innings.

7. Australia's win over the Netherlands by 309 runs reset the record of biggest win by margin of runs for any team in World Cup history.

8. Rohit Sharma with his 31 sixes in the tournament became the batter with highest no. of sixes hit in all editions of the Tournament combined. He surpassed the record of Chris Gayle 

(49).

9. Virat Kohli became the first batter ever to score 50 centuries in ODI Cricket surpassing the records of his idea Sachin Tendulkar (49). His 50th century camein the Semi final match against New Zealand.

10. Mohammed Shami's 7/57 against New Zealand in the semifinal is the joint-best show by any bowler in terms of wickets taken in an innings of a World Cup match. It was also the best performance for any bowler in this World Cup.

11. Pakistan recorded the highest successful chase (345) for any team in World Cup history, during their league stage contest against Sri Lanka in Hyderabad.

12. The Netherlands' Bas de Leede gave away 2/115 against Australia in New Delhi in the league stage, which is the costliest spell for any bowler not just in the world cup, but also in ODI History.

13. Glenn Maxwell hit the fastest century in the world cup history that came in just 40 balls against Netherlands.