Regardless of the sport, one of the mysteries of World Cups is why certain national teams are more adept than others at performing in crucial moments. In cricket, Australia has been the prime example of this phenomenon, having won a record six
, four more than any other nation. The last of these wins came during the 2023 Cricket World Cup, when Australia, with the help of an innings of 137 runs from Travis Head, chased down the 240 run target set by hosts India. Coming into the 2023 tournament, India topped the
, and despite their defeat in the World Cup final, they remained in the top spot after the tournament concluded. As the runner-up in the competition, India received two million U.S. dollars from the
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Which players are the competition’s record holders?
As is the case for most batting records in cricket, Sachin Tendulkar - known affectionately as the “Little Master”- tops the list of
leading Cricket World Cup run-scorers, having hit 2,278 runs in the six World Cups he played for India. In second place with 1,795 runs is Virat Kohli, whose work with the bat at the 2023 World Cup saw him overtake former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting. During the 2023 tournament, Kohli also went on to break Tendulkar's record for the
most ODI centuries. However, neither Kohli nor the Little Master made the top 10 list for the
highest individual score at the Cricket World Cup, with the number one spot going to New Zealander Martin Guptill, who hit a staggering 237 runs in 163 balls against the West Indies in 2015. With the ball in hand, Glenn McGrath is the
leading Cricket World Cup wicket-taker, having taken 71 wickets for Australia during their period of dominance when they won three back-to-back titles between 1999 and 2007.
How many spectators watched the 2023 Cricket World Cup?
The 2023 tournament in India drew record-breaking crowds, with the
total attendance at the Cricket World Cup rising from 0.75 million during the 2019 tournament to 1.25 million in 2023. The home nation's affinity for cricket was evident in
India's domestic TV audience for the Cricket World Cup, which reached a size of 518 million during the 2023 competition, with 300 million viewers alone tuning in to the World Cup final. In comparison, the
global cumulative average audience for the Cricket World Cup stood at 1.6 billion for the 2019 tournament. In response to the high demand among Indian TV audiences for the 2023 World Cup,
television advertising costs in India spiked during the competition, reaching three million Indian rupees for a 10-second ad slot on TV.
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