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Glenn McGrath (Australia) took 71 wickets in World Cup cricket across four tournaments (1996-2007), making him the highest wicket-taker. His accurate line-and-length bowling was perfect for World Cup conditions. Kumble, Vaas, and Srinath were great but ended their careers with fewer World Cup wickets.

Ricky Ponting hit 31 sixes in World Cup matches, the most by any player. His aggressive batting, especially in the 2003 and 2007 World Cups, contributed heavily to this record. Tendulkar and Jayasuriya, while six-hitters, did not surpass Ponting's count in World Cup cricket specifically.

Sourav Ganguly hit 8 boundaries (fours) in a single World Cup match against Sri Lanka in 1999 (Taunton), which was a record at the time. His elegant stroke play through the off-side was on full display that day. Ponting, Tendulkar, and Dhoni had great boundary-hitting ability but not in a single World Cup match.

Sourav Ganguly holds the record for most sixes in a single World Cup match - he hit 5 sixes against Sri Lanka in the 1999 World Cup at Taunton. This powerful display of clean hitting was one of the most memorable innings of that tournament. Ponting, Jayasuriya, and Tendulkar did not hit as many sixes in a single World Cup match.

Judicial Magistrate S.P. Tamang ruled in 2009 that the June 2004 encounter in Gujarat, in which four persons were killed, was fake. This was part of investigations into alleged fake encounters during that period. The ruling brought attention to extrajudicial killings and police conduct in Gujarat at the time.

Nusli Wadia, the Bombay Dyeing chairman, denied financing Jaswant Singh's controversial book on Jinnah when it was published in 2009. The book 'Jinnah: India-Partition, Independence' created a political storm. Wadia clarified his position to distance himself from the controversy surrounding the book's content.

Kanchivaram, directed by Priyadarshan, won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the 55th National Film Awards ceremony. The awards are named after the year for which films are considered, not the year of the ceremony. This film, a Tamil-language period drama, was India's official entry to the Oscars.

In 2011, a UAE aircraft carrying undeclared arms and ammunition was detained at Kolkata airport. The flight, reportedly from a UAE defense supplier, was en route to China when it was intercepted by Indian authorities. The incident highlighted concerns about illegal arms transfers in the region.

Pankaj Advani defeated Mike Russell in the final of the 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship. Russell, a 10-time world champion from England, was the heavy favorite but lost to the rising Indian star. This victory marked one of Advani's many world titles in billiards.

Linkin Park's 'What I've Done' was featured prominently in the 2007 Transformers film and is widely associated with the movie. While not officially called 'The Transformers Song,' it became the unofficial anthem for the film due to its heavy use in marketing and the emotional climax of the movie.