Answer : Two ( Majid Khan and Asif Iqbal )
2. How many ODIs had India played before the 1975 World Cup?
Answer : Two in England in 1974
3. What was Sunil Gavaskar's average in the 1975 World Cup?
Answer : 113.00
4. Which was the only occasion on which the West Indies did not win a match in the first two World Cups?
Answer : Their match against Sri Lanka in 1979 at the Oval was washed out without a ball being bowled
5. Who scored a century for the West Indies when they defeated India by 9 Wickets in the 1979 World Cup?
Answer : Gordon Greenidge
6. How many Wickets did West Indies fast bowler Andy Roberts take in the finals in 1975 and 1979?
Answer : None
7. How many Australian batsmen were run out in the 1975 final?
Answer : Five
8. Who was the Man of the Match in Sri Lanka's victory over India in the 1979 world cup?
Answer : Duleep Mendis
9. In which World Cup did Kapil Dev appear for the First time?
Answer : 1979
10. At what time did the first final at Lord's in 1975 finish World Cup?
Answer : 8.42 AM IST
15.What are the best world cop bowling by an Indian prior to current edition?
Answer : 6-23 by Ashish Nehra against England at Durban in 2003
16.What landmark was achieved by captain Sourav Ganguly in the 2003 final against Australia at Johannesburg?
Answer : It was his 100th ODI as captain
17.Which is the only non test playing nation to reach the semi finals at the world cup?
Answer : Kenya in 2003
18.What was Sachin Tendulkar's score against Pakistan at Centurion in 2003?
Answer : 98
19.Which Aussie batsman 'walked' after being given not out by the umpire in the 2003 semifinal against Sri Lanka at Port Elizabeth?
Answer : Adam Gilchrist
20.Who scored his maiden ODI century in the 2003 world cup?
Answer : Andrew Symonds (143 against Pakistan at Johannesburg)
21.Who scored Canada's first world cup century in 2003?
Answer : John Davidson ( 111 Against West Indies at Centurion )
22.Who had bowling figures of 7 for 20 against England at Port Elizabeth in 2003?
Answer : Andy Bichel
23.What is the highest total in a world cup final?
Answer : 359 for 2 ( Australia against India at Johannesburg, 2003 )
24.Which was the only country India lost to in the 2003 world cup?
Answer : Australia twice, both in the group stage and the final.
25.Which was the first side to cross 400 runs in a World Cup match?
Answer : India (413-5 against Bermuda, Port of Spain in 2007)
26.Which is the smallest nation population wise to take part in the world cup?
Answer : Bermuda in 2007
27.What does Shane Bond of New Zealand and Dwanyne Leverock of Bermuda have in common?
Answer : They were both policemen by profession
28.Who was the Man of the Match in Bangladesh's shock win over India at Port of Spain in 2007?
Answer : Bangladesh's Mashrafe Murtaza
29.Name the Dutch bowler off whom South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs hit six sixes in an over at Basseterre in 2007?
Answer : Daan van Bunge
30.Who became the first bowler in all international cricket to take four wickets in four balls in the 2007 world cup?
Answer : Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka against South Africa, Georgetown,2007
31.What was special about march 17, the day Ireland shocked Pakistan in the 2007 world cup?
Answer : It was St. Patrick's Day, a national holiday in Ireland
32.Who is the all time highest wicket taker in the world cup prior to the current edition?
Answer : Australia's Glenn McGrath with 71 wickets from 39 matches
33.What is the highest individual score in a world cup final?
Answer : 149 by Adam Gilchrist, Australia against Sri Lanka, Bridgetown, 2007
34.What is the lowest score in the world cup history?
Answer : 36 all out by Canada against Sri Lanka at Paarl in 2003
35.Who scored India's lone century in the 2007 world cup?
Answer : Virender Sehwag with 114 against Bermuda at Port of Spain
36.Who scored a century for Sri Lanka in their victory over New Zealand in the 2007 semifinal at Kingston?
Answer : Mahela Jayawardene (115 not out)
37.What is the largest margin of victory by runs in a world cup match?
Answer : India beat Bermuda by 257 runs at Port of Spain in 2007
38.Who is the only bowler to take a wicket with his maiden world cup delivery?
Answer : Bermuda's Malachi Jones who took the wicket of India's Robin Uthappa at Port of Spain in 2007
39.Who has scored the fastest century to date in the world cup?
Answer : Kevin O'Brein, 50 balls, Ireland against England at Bangalore in 2011
40.And who has scored the second fastest?
Answer : Matthew Hadyen, 66 balls Australia against South Africa at St.Kitt's in 2007
41.Who holds the record for the most wickets in a single world cup tournament till date?
Answer : Glenn McGrath of Australia with 26 wickets in 2007
42.Who has scored the most number of runs in a single world cup edition?
Answer : Sachin Tendulkar with 673 runs in 2003
43.Who is the only umpire to stand in five successive world cup finals?
Answer : Steve Bucknor from 1992 to 2007
44.How many finals have Australia entered in the world cup?
Answer : six; 1975 ,1987 ,1996 ,1999 ,2003, 2007
45.Who are the only two captians to have won the world cup on two occassions?
Answer : Clive Lloyd of west Indies in 1975 and 1979 and Ricky Ponting of Australia in 2003 and 2007
46.Name the two captains who have scored centuries in world cup finals?
Answer : Clive Lloyd,1979 and Ricky Ponting,2003
47.What world cup record does India's current coach Gary Kirsten hold?
Answer : The highest score in world cup till 2011, 188 not out Vs UAE at Rawalpindi in 1996
48.Who is the first Indian to take five wickets and score a 50 in the same world cup match?
Answer ; Yuvraj Singh with 5 for 31 and 50 not out against Ireland at Bangalore in 2011
49.What was unique about England captain Andrew Strauss century in the match against India at Bangalore in 2011?
Answer : It was the first century by an England captain in the world cup history
50.Who scored a century on his world cup debut in 2011?
Answer : India's Virat Kohli against Bangladesh at Dhaka
51.Which South African born cricketer scored a century for the Netherlands against England in 2011 match?
Answer : Ryan ten Doeschate
52.How many times have New Zealand reached the semifinals including in 2011?
Answer : Six times
53.Which six sides in the world cup each had a pair of brothers in their ranks?
Answer : Ireland, West Indies, New Zealand, Pakistan, Kenya and Australia
54.How many times have Sri Lanka won a world cup match by 10 wickets?
Answer : Twice
55.How many wicket keeper cum captains were there in the 2011 World cup?
Answer : Two, India's MS Dhoni and Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakarra
56.How many times has Sachin Tendulkar won the Man of the Match award in India Vs Pakistan world cup matches?
Answer : Three times in five matches including 2011
57.How many of the current Sri Lankan squad also played in the 1996 and 2007 finals?
Answer : Two, Muttiah Muralitharan
58.How many of the current Indian team also played in the 2003 final?
Answer : Six: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan
59.Name the two Indian selectors who were members of the 1983 world cup winning team.
Answer : K. Srikkanth and Yashpal Sharma
60.Who is the only Indian player in the 2011 final who was also part of the side that lost the 1996 semifinal to Sri Lanka?
Answer : Sachin Tendulkar
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