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In the group match,Ind vs Zim,India were reduced to 17/5,until the heroics of Kapil Dev 175 not out blostered India to 266/8 in 60 overs

In the group match,India met Australia,and defeated it by over a hundred runs margin

In the 1st semi Finals,Ind vs Eng-Player of the match was Mohinder Amarnath with a good all round performance

The Final: India v West Indies-Kirti Azad was the 12th man in the match

WC matches were held only in India and Pakistan

Finals- Eng vs Aus was held at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay

In a group match,Ind vs NZ, Chetan Sharma took hatrick,clean bowling all his 3 victims

India lost in SF,Graham Gooch scored a century in this.

1st time-Coloured clothing,white ball,fielding restrictions for 15 overs were introduced

After a group match,Pak vs SA,"Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Jonty " was the newspaper headlines when Rhodes had dismissed Inzamam in a famous way to bring a new aspect in the world cricket-fielding

Group match,Ind vs Aus-India won by 1 run,Azharuddin was the top scorer in the match with 93

Wasim Akram was the MOM in the finals-PAk vs Eng

Sachin was the highest run getter with over 500 runs

A group match-Kenya vs Zimbabwe,was held at Patna,Bihar

Semi Final-Ind vs SL,India slumped from 98/1 to 120/8,after which match was handed over to SL ,due to crowd trouble in Eden Gardens

Player of the Series was Aravinda De'Silva

Rahul Dravid was the highest run getter in the series with over 450 runs,with 2 -100s,3 -50s

India vs Pak-Javagal Srinath picked 5/27 ,as India defeated Pakistan easily

The famous Semi Finals-SA vs Aus-Klusener made 31 not out in 16 balls,still the match was tied,and Australia entered finals,as they had beaten SA in Super Six match.

Man of the series was -Lance Klusener-was instrumental in more than one occassion to bail SA out with a great late order assault, winning many close matches,but one the semi finals with Australia which was tied,had batting avg. of 122 with 281 runs,and pi

last over was bowled by Damien Fleming,SA needed 9 ,with1 wkt in hand

Shaun Pollock picked up 5 wkts in the match

Mark Boucher was the highest run getter for SA

Klusener hit one ball at long on ,it was dropped by Paul Refiel which went for 6 off McGrath,in his knock of 31 n.o off 16

Record 14 countries for the 1st time participated in the series

Sachin Tendulkar was the highest run getter-673,with 6-50s,1-100,earning him the player of the series

Super Six match-Ind vs Sri,Sri bowled out for 109 chasing India's 292,

Final-Ind vs Aus-Sehwag scored a blazing 100,still India lost convincingly,chasing 360

Australia pipped Pakistan in the finals to clinch the WC for the 3rd time in a row

Hayden was the highest run getter with over 650 runs,3-100s

Group match Ireland v Zim was a tied contest,with both scoring 221

India scored 400+ score in ODI for the 1st time,scoring 413 against minnows Bermuda

sachin tendulkar

inzamam ul haq

mohammed azharuddin

sourav ganguly

sachin tendulkar

sanath jayasuriya

anil kumble

ricky ponting