Cricket World Cup history: 3 players who have won the World Cup thrice

The fans regard the ICC Cricket World Cup as the greatest event in the history of cricket. The excitement level during the tournament has no bars as it occurs only once in 4 years. The support which the players receive has been increasing year by year which has made the event even more thrilling and invigorating to watch out for.

The 12th edition of this grand carnival is underway in England and Wales with the top 10 cricketing nations of the world battling it hard to win the trophy. Australia, India, England and New Zealand are most favoured teams to lift the title in 2019. Australia is the King of this event as the country has won 5 trophies so far.

Every cricketer dreams to lift the golden ICC trophy once in his career. Tthere are players who have never tasted this success in their cricketing career while there are a few players who have lifted the trophy not once or twice, but thrice in their career.

This article presents the list of those 3 cricketers who have lifted the World Cup thrice in their career. They are:

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#3 Glenn McGrath

Glenn McGrath was a part of 1999,2003 and 2007 ICC World Cup editions.

Glenn McGrath proved to be the catalyst in medium-pace bowling while playing for Australia. He changed the concept of the medium-pace bowlers. Despite bowling at an average pace, he used to maintain his accurate line and length which brought a revolution in medium pace bowling.

Glenn McGrath was one of the most unforgettable parts of the 1999, 2003 and 2007 World Cup editions which were won by the Australian side. He played the role of the cornerstone in Australia’s bowling line-up in all the 3 editions and helped his team in lifting the trophies.

#2 Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist took the Australian wicket-keeping to a whole new level.

Australia have been having a slightly better luck in cricket because of their multi-skilled cricketers. The nation has produced a plethora of star all-rounders who have won the matches single-handedly for their nation. Apart from this, Australia has also been home to a great wicket-keeper batsman who proved to be a game changer in cricket.

Adam Gilchrist is the player who had mastery over his art of batting along with donning the wicket-keeping gloves. While playing his maiden World Cup in the year 1999, Adam Gilchrist proved to be the real match winner for his side as he could contribute in both the fields.

Widely regarded as the best wicket-keeper batsman in the history of cricket, he even holds a bunch of records in his name with both bat and gloves. He holds the record of 2nd highest dismissals after Kumar Sangakkara in the history of the World Cup. Gilchrist has also won the World Cup in 1999, 2003 and 2007.

#1 Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting proved to be the most successful captain for Australia in the history of World Cup

Donning the yellow jersey of his nation, Ricky Ponting is known as one of the most successful captains for Australia in the history of ICC Cricket World Cup. He was an inseparable part of Australia’s 3 World Cup winning squads. After playing his debut match in the year 1995, Ricky Ponting won 3 World Cup trophies for his nation in the year 1999, 2003 and 2007.

After winning the trophy under the captaincy of Steve Waugh in 1999, Ricky Ponting became the captain of the Australian side thanks to his great records for the nation. The nation, later on, lifted the trophy World Cup twice even under their new and talented captain. Ricky Ponting even had a great career as an individual cricketer as he smashed over 13,000 runs in his ODI career.