India is a very talented side with quality players such as Jasprit Bumrah,

Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni who are the best ODI bowler, best ODI batsman
and the best wicket keeper respectively. India also have a deadly spin
duo namely Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal they have been very
consistent for India and even though they had got a beating from the
English openers , they can still be A very dangerous combo during the
World Cup finals if India do beat New Zealand in the semifinal. India
also have very good all-rounders such as the big hitting Hardik Pandya
and Kedar Jadhav who is handy in situations where Indian bowlers are
getting hit. India is a very strong side and can win their third world cup.
After beating Australia with such a huge margin India might repeat
what they did in 1983 and 2011.
Australia have already won the World Cup five times will they win it
again or will they be stopped by England in the semis or either India or
New Zealand. Australia have quality batsman like Aaron Finch, David
Warner, Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja. They also have quality
bowlers such as Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and also veteran spinner
Nathan Lyon. Australia with the first team to confirm qualification into
the top four in the group stage of the world cup and ended up being
second on the points table, Just one point Less than India. they will face
arch-rivals England in the second semi-final on the 11th of July. Indians
are probably hoping that Australia will be stopped but they can
Completely Crush our hopes and lift the cup for the sixth time in their
history.
Hosts and tournaments favorites England just manage to qualify for the
semis by defeating India and by also winning the last game in the group
stages. England have very good batsman such as Joe Root, Eoin
Morgan, Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy. Their opening partnership of
Bairstow and Roy completely destroyed the Indian spinners in the
match against India. they also have very good all-rounders such as Ben
Stokes, Moeen Ali and very good bowlers like newcomer Jofra Archer
and the experience Adil Rashid. England have made it to four finals but
have never won will this be the first title.
New Zealand is led by a very talented player Kane Williamson. New
Zealand have very good bowlers such as Trent Bolt and Tim Southee
and have good batsman such as Martin Guptill and their captain Kane
Williamson himself they also have good all-rounders such as Colin De
Grandhomme and Mitchell Santner. Their fielding is exceptional. New
Zealand will try to win their first World Cup title. They have never
reached the finals of any world cup so this time they will try to get their
first title.
Bangladesh led by Mashrafe Mortaza are under dogs no more as they
have created many upsets in the past few years gone by wins against
England in the 2015 world cup. Bangladesh have the best all-rounder in
the world Shakib Al Hasan who scored more than 600 runs and has
picked up more than 10 wickets in this world cup, so he has a lot of
chance of being the man of the series. Bangladesh has a lot of quality
bowlers especially Rubel Hossain and Mostafizur Rahman and have very
good batsmen like Mushfiqur Rahim , Tamil Iqbal ,Soumya Sarkar and
Shakib Al Hasan himself. They have not qualified for the semi-finals, but
they have entertained all viewers and are now a force to reckon with.
Pakistan who are India's arch Rivals started the world cup campaign buy
a huge loss to West Indies. But they bounced back with victories over
New Zealand and England. But they finished fifth in the points Tally and
does where out of the world cup. Pakistan had an embarrassing loss to
the Indian team and are yet to win a world cup match against India.
Pakistan has very good batsman like ok Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam and
Imam Ul Haq. They also have experience players like Mohammad
Hafeez coma Shoaib Malik ok and the captain Sarfaraz Ahmed. Pakistan
team is very unpredictable they can win on their day but other days
they perform very badly.
The South African cricket team has very good players like Hashim Amla,
Faf Du Plesis, Kagiso Rabada, Quinton de Kock and Chris Morris. their
greatest all-time player A B de Villiers retired from cricket just before
the world cup this dealt a severe blow to their prospects in this world
cup South Africa also missed the services of Dale Steyn duty injury and
Morne Morkel who retired. South Africa had a disastrous World Cup
losing almost all their initial matches but ended the campaign with a
good victory over Australia. South Africa has been labelled as chokers
as they always fail in important tournaments, yet they are one of the
best teams in the world.
West Indies is a team of many countries from the Caribbean they play
very passionate cricket. West Indies team has big names in cricket
history. they have previously won the World Cup 2 times. The current
lot of players include Chris Gayle, Andre Russell Shai hope and Shimron
Hetmyer are very capable and fantastic players in in many cricket
leagues Around The World yet when they play as a team together they
mostly underperform. this world cup they started very well with a big
win against Pakistan but could not hold on to the momentum and went
on a losing spree. West Indies finished at the end of the table as second
last. we hope to see the West Indies team revive to the earlier glory.
Afghanistan is a young team with a lot of potential. the key players are
Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi. They also have very talented 18-
year-old Mujibur Rahman and Ekram Ali Khil. Afghanistan promised a
lot of good performances but could not cope up to the World Cup
pressure at the end of each match they ended losing all their matches.
but they had gone down fighting against many teams including India
and Pakistan. their play was noteworthy and heartening to see specially
when the country is seeing a warlike situation. For the sake of cricket,
we wish Afghanistan also comes up and starts meaning against the top
teams of the world.
Sri Lanka has a very good cricket team but of late they have not been
performing to their potential since the departure of the pillars of
Srilankan cricket Arvind D'silva, Kumar Sangakkara, Muttiah
Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lanka has not been able to
achieve the same success it got when these great players were there.
Sri Lanka had a decent World Cup but two of their matches were
washed out. does they could not manage to qualify for the semifinals.
their captain Karunaratne and experienced Angela Mathew and Lasith
Malinga tried to take the team farther but the rest of the team did not
perform so well. ok Youngsters Avishka Fernando and Dhananjaya De
Silva where good finds for the team. hope the island country performs
to its potential next time.
Cricket World Cup Win History

Year Winner Score Runner-up Score Result

1975 West Indies 291–8 Australia 274 West Indies won by 17 runs

1979 West Indies 286–9 England 194 West Indies won by 92 runs

1983 India 183 West Indies 140 India won by 43 runs

1987 Australia 253–5 England 246–8 Australia won by 7 runs

1992 Pakistan 249–6 England 227 Pakistan won by 22 runs

1996 Sri Lanka 245–3 Australia 241 Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets

1999 Australia 133–2 Pakistan 132 Australia won by 8 wickets

2003 Australia 359–2 India 234 Australia won by 125 runs

2007 Australia 281–4 Sri Lanka 215–8 Australia won by 53 runs

2011 India 277–4 Sri Lanka 274–6 India won by 6 wickets

2015 Australia 186–3 New Zealand 183 Australia won by 7 wickets

Cricket World Cup Key Players
Virat Kohli
India
Full name Virat Kohli
Born November 5, 1988, Delhi
Current age 30 years 247 days
Major teams India, Delhi, India Red, India Under-19s,Royal Challengers Bangalore
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Tests 77 131 8 6613 243 53.76 11549 57.26 25 20 731 19 72 0

ODIs 236 228 38 11286 183 59.40 12135 93.00 41 54 1057 118 117 0

T20Is 67 62 17 2263 90* 50.28 1647 137.40 0 20 223 54 33 0

Eoin Morgan
England
Full name Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan
Born September 10, 1986, Dublin
Current age 32 years 303 days
Major teams England, Ireland, Bangalore Royal Challengers,Barbados Tridents, England A, Ireland
A, Ireland Under-19s,Karachi Kings, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders,Middlesex, Middlesex 2nd
XI, Peshawar Zalmi,Sir Paul Getty's XI, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Sydney Thunder
Nickname Moggie
Playing role Middle-order batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper
Height 5 ft 9 in
Education Catholic University School

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Tests 16 24 1 700 130 30.43 1278 54.77 2 3 77 6 11 0

ODIs 231 215 31 7294 148 39.64 7992 91.26 13 46 604 211 82 0

T20Is 81 79 16 1810 85* 28.73 1376 131.54 0 10 136 81 36 0

Aaron Finch
Australia
Full name Aaron James Finch
Born November 17, 1986, Colac, Victoria
Current age 32 years 235 days
Major teams Australia, Auckland, Australia A,Australia Under-19s, Delhi Daredevils, Gujarat Lions,Kings
XI Punjab, Melbourne Renegades, Mumbai Indians,Pune Warriors, Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers
Hyderabad, Surrey,Victoria, Victoria Under-15s, Victoria Under-17s,Victoria Under-19s, Yorkshire
Nickname Finchy
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height 1.74 m

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Tests 5 10 0 278 62 27.80 618 44.98 0 2 30 1 7 0

ODIs 118 114 2 4559 153* 40.70 5092 89.53 15 24 453 112 59 0

T20Is 52 52 7 1671 172 37.13 1072 155.87 2 9 161 79 23 0

Kane Williamson
New Zealand
Full name Kane Stuart Williamson
Born August 8, 1990, Tauranga
Current age 28 years 336 days
Major teams New Zealand, Barbados Tridents,Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire 2nd XI,New Zealand
Under-19s, Northern Districts,Sunrisers Hyderabad, Yorkshire
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relation Cousin - D Cleaver

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Tests 72 127 12 6139 242* 53.38 11878 51.68 20 30 664 14 66 0

ODIs 148 141 14 6102 148 48.04 7441 82.00 13 39 557 49 60 0

T20Is 57 55 7 1505 73* 31.35 1236 121.76 0 9 158 26 27 0

Shakib Al Hasan
Bangladesh
Full name Shakib Al Hasan
Born March 24, 1987, Magura, Jessore
Current age 32 years 108 days
Major teams Bangladesh, Adelaide Strikers, Bangladesh A,Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, Barbados
Tridents,Dhaka Gladiators, Jamaica Tallawahs, Karachi Kings,Khulna Division, Kolkata Knight
Riders, Peshawar Zalmi,Sunrisers Hyderabad, Worcestershire
Also known as Saqibul Hasan
Playing role Allrounder
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Tests 55 103 7 3807 217 39.65 6150 61.90 5 24 470 19 22 0

ODIs 206 194 27 6323 134* 37.86 7641 82.75 9 47 574 42 50 0

T20Is 72 72 9 1471 84 23.34 1196 122.99 0 8 152 32 18 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

Tests 55 93 12774 6415 205 7/36 10/124 31.29 3.01 62.3 8 18 2

ODIs 206 203 10517 7857 260 5/29 5/29 30.21 4.48 40.4 8 2 0

T20Is 72 71 1571 1775 88 5/20 5/20 20.17 6.77 17.8 3 1 0

Rashid Khan
Afghanistan
Full name Rashid Khan Arman
Born September 20, 1998, Nangarhar
Current age 20 years 293 days
Major teams Afghanistan, Adelaide Strikers,Afghanistan Under-19s, Band-e-Amir Dragons,Boost
Defenders, Comilla Victorians, Guyana Amazon Warriors,ICC World XI, Kabul Eagles, Quetta
Gladiators,Sunrisers Hyderabad, Sussex
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

Tests 2 3 485 256 9 5/82 7/102 28.44 3.16 53.8 0 1 0

ODIs 68 64 3378 2333 131 7/18 7/18 17.80 4.14 25.7 4 4 0

T20Is 38 38 864 867 75 5/3 5/3 11.56 6.02 11.5 3 2 0

Faf du Plessis
South Africa
Full name Francois du Plessis
Born July 13, 1984, Pretoria
Current age 34 years 362 days
Major teams South Africa, Chennai Super Kings, Lancashire,Northerns, Rising Pune Supergiants, South
Africa A,South Africa Under-19s, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Titans,World-XI
Playing role Middle-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Height 5 ft 11 in
Education Affies Boys School, Pretoria

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Tests 58 98 14 3608 137 42.95 7834 46.05 9 19 438 17 53 0

ODIs 143 136 20 5507 185 47.47 6215 88.60 12 35 495 66 81 0

T20Is 44 44 6 1363 119 35.86 1006 135.48 1 8 126 45 21 0

Chris Gayle
West Indies
Full name Christopher Henry Gayle
Born September 21, 1979, Kingston, Jamaica
Current age 39 years 292 days
Major teams West Indies, Barisal Burners, Chittagong Vikings,Dhaka Gladiators, ICC World
XI, Jamaica, Jamaica Tallawahs,Karachi Kings, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders,Lahore
Qalandars, Lions, Matabeleland Tuskers,Melbourne Renegades, Rangpur Riders,Royal Challengers
Bangalore, Somerset,St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Stanford Superstars,Sydney Thunder, Vancouver
Knights, Western Australia,Worcestershire
Playing role Allrounder
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Tests 103 182 11 7214 333 42.18 11970 60.26 15 37 1046 98 96 0

ODIs 298 291 17 10393 215 37.93 11923 87.16 25 53 1119 326 124 0

T20Is 58 54 4 1627 117 32.54 1139 142.84 2 13 138 105 15 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

Tests 103 104 7109 3120 73 5/34 6/81 42.73 2.63 97.3 2 2 0

ODIs 298 199 7424 5926 167 5/46 5/46 35.48 4.78 44.4 3 1 0

T20Is 58 23 319 377 17 2/15 2/15 22.17 7.09 18.7 0 0 0

Lasith Malinga
Sri Lanka
Full name Separamadu Lasith Malinga
Born August 28, 1983, Galle
Current age 35 years 316 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, BCCSL Academy XI,Galle Cricket Club, Guyana Amazon Warriors,Jamaica
Tallawahs, Kent, Melbourne Stars, Montreal Tigers,Mumbai Indians, Nondescripts Cricket
Club, Ruhuna,Ruhuna Reds, Ruhuna Royals, Southern Express
Also known as Separamadu Lasith Malinga Swarnajith
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

Tests 30 59 5209 3349 101 5/50 9/210 33.15 3.85 51.5 7 3 0

ODIs 225 219 10878 9722 335 6/38 6/38 29.02 5.36 32.4 11 8 0

T20Is 73 73 1571 1911 97 5/31 5/31 19.70 7.29 16.1 1 1 0

Mohammad Amir
Pakistan
Full name Mohammad Amir
Born April 13, 1992, Gujjar Khan, Punjab
Current age 27 years 88 days
Major teams Pakistan, Essex, Essex, Federal Areas,Karachi Kings, National Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan
Under-19s,Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi Rams
Also known as Mohammad Aamer
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

Tests 36 67 7619 3627 119 6/44 7/64 30.47 2.85 64.0 6 4 0

ODIs 59 58 2911 2329 77 5/30 5/30 30.24 4.80 37.8 1 1 0

T20Is 42 42 936 1066 55 4/13 4/13 19.38 6.83 17.0 1 0 0