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First Country to win WC in home soil

  1. Pakistan

  2. India

  3. Sri Lanka

  4. West Indies
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Explanation

India won the 2011 World Cup at home (co-hosts with Sri Lanka), becoming the first country to win a World Cup on home soil. This occurred at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. Earlier tournaments saw hosts like England (1975, 1979, 1983) and Sri Lanka (1996 co-host) but none had won as outright hosts before India 2011.

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