ICC Cricket World Cup: 5 times a team went undefeated en route World Cup glory

#4 Australia, 2003

Australia defeated India in the final

Australia has been the most dominant side in the world of ODI cricket, period. The Aussies have made a name for themselves by lifting the spectacular ICC World Cup on a record 5 occasions and it's no secret that they have time and again proved their mettle at the international tournament.

Back in 2003, South Africa hosted the 8th edition of the cricket world cup as all the contesting nations took the centre stage in a bid to become the world champions. Australia were the defending champions and entered the tournament as favourites and did live up to the tag as they went on to win the tournament pretty handsomely.

Ricky Ponting led the Australian side as he entered the tournament with a mission of replicating the success of 1999 and it is fair to say that he did so in an astonishing manner as Austalia won each and every game in its journey to the pinnacle.

Ponting was the star of the final where they humbled India as the skipper stole the spotlight, treating the fans to a batting masterclass with his innings of 140*.