ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 Complete Details

Summary of ICC Men’s World Cup 2023

Venue: India

Participants: 10 teams

The final was played between:India & Australia

Indian Captain: Rohit Sharma

Australian Captain: Pat Cummins

The final played at: Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on November 19

Result: Australia defeated India in the final and won the World Cup 2023. Australia clinches sixth World Cup title.

ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 Complete Details

The 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup marked the 13th edition of the men’s tournament, a quadrennial event featuring the world’s top ten One Day International (ODI) teams. Notably, it was the inaugural occasion where India served as the sole host for the men’s Cricket World Cup.

Participants:

Ten national teams participated in the tournament, which followed a round-robin and knockout format. The teams were:

1. India
2. Australia
3. New Zealand
4. South Africa
5. England
6. Sri Lanka
7. Afghanistan
8. Bangladesh
9. Pakistan
10. Ireland

Schedule and Venue

The tournament started on 5th October and concluded on 19th November 2023.

• The tournament took place in ten different stadiums, in ten cities across India.
• The final took place between India and Australia at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It is the largest sports stadium in the world.

Key Highlights of ICC Men’s World Cup 2023

Australia won the toss and opted to bowl first, hoping to exploit the dew factor in the second innings. India scored 240 for 10 in 50 overs.

• Australia chased down the target in 43 overs, with Travis Head scoring an unbeaten 137 and Marnus Labuschagne scoring 58 not out.

Australia recorded their sixth World Cup title

• Australia won their sixth World Cup title. They have title wins in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015.

India finished as the runners-up for the second time in the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup

• India lost out on a chance to win the third ODI World Cup title.

Player of the match

• Travis Head was declared the “Player of the Match” He scored 137 runs in 120 balls.

Player of the tournament

• Virat Kohli earned the prestigious “Player of the Tournament” title in the ICC World Cup 2023, recognizing his outstanding performance.
• Kohli scored a total of 765 runs across 11 innings, setting a new record for the highest runs scored by a batter in a single edition of the World Cup.

Prize money:

• The total prize money pool for the tournament was USD 10 million, with the winners receiving USD 4 million and the runners-up receiving USD 2 million.

Some of the key achievements from the tournament:

• Most runs: Virat Kohli (765 runs)
• Highest individual score: Glenn Maxwell (201)
• Most centuries: Quinton de Kock (4)
• Most sixes: Rohit Sharma (31)
• Most wickets: Mohammed Shami (24)
• Best figures: Mohammed Shami (7/57)
• Most WK dismissals: Quinton de Kock (20)

Some of the historical moments of ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 are:

1. Virat Kohli scored his 50th ODI hundred and overtook Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most ODI centuries in the semi-final match against New Zealand on 15 November 2023.

2. Mohammed Shami- created the record of the fastest-ever 50 wickets in the World Cup

• On November 15, Mohammed Shami became the fastest bowler to claim 50 wickets in the ODI World Cup.
• The Indian pacer reached this feat in his 17th innings, surpassing the previous record held by Australian speedster Mitchell Starc, who had accomplished the feat in his 19th innings during the 2023 edition.

3. Mohammed Shami- best ODI bowling figures by any Indian player in World Cup

• Mohammed Shami created history by taking a seven-wicket haul in an ODI against New Zealand in the World Cup semi-final.
• This proved to be the best-ever figures secured by an Indian bowler in ODI matches.

4. Mohammed Shami – created a record for the most five-wicket hauls in the entire history of the ODI World Cup

• His achievement surpassed Australia’s Starc, who had three five-wicket hauls in 26 matches.
• Mohammed Shami established a record for the most five-wicket hauls in a single edition of the World Cup.
• He also became the first bowler to achieve three five-wicket hauls in a single edition of the World Cup.
• In the 2023 edition, Shami claimed five-wicket hauls against both New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
• Shami secured his fourth five-wicket haul during the 2019 World Cup against England.

4. Rohit Sharma- Scored most centuries at the World Cup

• Rohit Sharma holds the record for the most centuries in Cricket World Cup history, achieving a remarkable total of 7 centuries.

5. Glenn Maxwell- created a record for scoring the fastest-ever century in the Cricket World Cup

• Glenn Maxwell made history by achieving the fastest century ever in a Cricket World Cup, accomplishing the feat in a mere 40 balls against Afghanistan.

6. Glenn Maxwell- Scored First-ever double century in ODI World Cup

• Glenn Maxwell scored the first-ever double-century in any ODI chase in the match against Afghanistan.
• He scored an unbeaten 201 runs off 128 balls with 21 fours and 10 sixes.

India’s record at ICC ODI World Cup Finals

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