5 Cricket World Cup facts that you may not know

5) India have won it all

India won the World Cup in 1983

Once upon a time, 50 overs wasn’t the maximum number of overs a side could play in an innings. ODI cricket used to be 60 overs-an-innings and the final of the 1983 World Cup was the last time an ODI game had 60-overs-per-innings.

As we all know, India won that tournament. The next World Cup they won the T20 World Cup in 2007 and then came the 2011 World Cup triumph—which makes them the only team in the history of cricket to win the 20 overs, the 50 overs and the 60 overs World Cup.

This is a record that will perhaps never be broken since 60-60 ODI games are never happening again.