5 teams you might not know who played the World Cup

#4 United Arab Emirates

The team from Middle East Asia marked their presence in the quadrennial tournament for the first time in 1996 World Cup played in the subcontinent. The team was captained by right arm leg spinner Sultan Zarawani.

UAE tasted success in one match in the tournament, as they came on top against fellow associate nation Netherlands, in what was the first official ODI between two ICC associate teams.

Another noteworthy point concerning UAE was the score of 188* against them by Gary Kirsten, which remained the record for the highest score in the World Cup for 19 years, until it was broken by Chris Gayle and subsequently by Martin Guptill in 2015.

Gary Kirsten notched a then-record 188* against UAE

UAE missed out on the next four editions of the World Cup and made a comeback in the 2015 World Cup which was played Down Under. The squad, largely comprising of Indian and Pakistani natives, was led by 43-year old off spinner Mohammad Tauqir, a local man. The wicketkeeper of UAE, Swapnil Patil, happened to be the childhood friend of Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane.

This time around, the Middle East nation failed to score any points as they finished at the bottom of Group B, with their best performance coming against Zimbabwe.