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World Cup Winning Captains Trivia Quiz

Nine cricketers have been lucky to captain their nations to glory in the first nine ODI Cricket World Cups (1975-2015). Can you identify them all, and the one who almost got his hands on the trophy?

A matching quiz by srini701. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
srini701

Time
4 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
396,913

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
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Questions		Choices
1. Captain of the team winning the first two World Cups in 1975 and 1979.		Imran Khan
2. Captain of the 1983 World Cup winning team.		Arjuna Ranatunga
3. This man led his team to, well, unexpected glory in the 1987 World Cup.		Allan Border
4. The 1992 World Cup was this captain's swansong and he truly made it memorable by winning it too.		Clive Lloyd
5. This man, later to become a politician, inspired his countrymen to World Cup glory in 1996.		Mike Gatting
6. This ice-cool man captained his team to a title triumph in the 1999 World Cup.		Steve Waugh
7. Only the second man to captain his team to two World Cup triumphs, this man was the absolute leader of his men in both 2003 and 2007.		M S Dhoni
8. This man ended a nation's 28-year wait, by leading his team to World Cup glory in 2011.		Ricky Ponting
9. Captain of the World Cup winning team in 2015.		Kapil Dev
10. One who almost won a World Cup....England made it to three of the first five World Cup finals (1979, 1987 and 1992) without ever winning it once. Who captained them in their closest run, in the 1987 final?		Michael Clarke

Select each answer

1. Captain of the team winning the first two World Cups in 1975 and 1979.

2. Captain of the 1983 World Cup winning team.

3. This man led his team to, well, unexpected glory in the 1987 World Cup.

4. The 1992 World Cup was this captain's swansong and he truly made it memorable by winning it too.

5. This man, later to become a politician, inspired his countrymen to World Cup glory in 1996.

6. This ice-cool man captained his team to a title triumph in the 1999 World Cup.

7. Only the second man to captain his team to two World Cup triumphs, this man was the absolute leader of his men in both 2003 and 2007.

8. This man ended a nation's 28-year wait, by leading his team to World Cup glory in 2011.

9. Captain of the World Cup winning team in 2015.

10. One who almost won a World Cup....England made it to three of the first five World Cup finals (1979, 1987 and 1992) without ever winning it once. Who captained them in their closest run, in the 1987 final?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Captain of the team winning the first two World Cups in 1975 and 1979.

Answer: Clive Lloyd

Clive Lloyd captained the West Indies to World Cup glory in both 1975 and 1979, winning the "man of the match" award in the first World Cup. He should have made it 3 in a row but for the "upset of the century."

2. Captain of the 1983 World Cup winning team.

Answer: Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev's India were 66-1 outsiders for the trophy and weren't expected to go too far. And if not a ridiculously magnificent 175 by Kapil Dev in a league game against Zimbabwe after India slumped to 17/5, they may not have made it to the semifinals in the first place!

3. This man led his team to, well, unexpected glory in the 1987 World Cup.

Answer: Allan Border

Like India in 1983, Australia weren't expected to go too far in the 1987 World Cup, hosted jointly by India and Pakistan. The two host nations lost in the semifinals and Border's Australians triumphed in a final of two unexpected finalists.

4. The 1992 World Cup was this captain's swansong and he truly made it memorable by winning it too.

Answer: Imran Khan

Imran Khan had all but retired by the time the 1992 World Cup came about but he inspired Pakistan to another unexpected triumph. For the third World Cup in a row, there was an underdog winning the trophy at the end of it all!

5. This man, later to become a politician, inspired his countrymen to World Cup glory in 1996.

Answer: Arjuna Ranatunga

For the fourth World Cup in a row, a relatively unknown team ended up winning it. 1996 was one of the biggest World Cup shocks after Sri Lanka came out of nowhere and ended up winning it, riding on some brilliant and tactical captaincy throughout the tournament by Arjuna Ranatunga.

6. This ice-cool man captained his team to a title triumph in the 1999 World Cup.

Answer: Steve Waugh

Australia tied their semifinals against South Africa in the semifinals and only got through because they had won their league game against them. And guess who had a major hand in Australia beating the South Africa in that league game? Steve Waugh, with a nerveless century!

7. Only the second man to captain his team to two World Cup triumphs, this man was the absolute leader of his men in both 2003 and 2007.

Answer: Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting helped Australia make it a hat-trick of World Cup wins by thumping a huge century in a one-sided finals in 2003 against India. 2007 was also a one-sided finals after Adam Gilchrist's big hundred. Ponting had some of the greatest players to play the game in his side, including Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Mathew Hayden, and Adam Gilchrist, in both 2003 and 2007.

8. This man ended a nation's 28-year wait, by leading his team to World Cup glory in 2011.

Answer: M S Dhoni

One-day cricket took off in a big way in India after that unexpected 1983 triumph but India had to wait till 2011, when it hosted the tournament, before it could win the cricket World Cup again. Their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni finishing the finals with a six, was the icing on the cake.

9. Captain of the World Cup winning team in 2015.

Answer: Michael Clarke

The fourth Australian to win a World Cup, Michael Clarke led his team to a fifth World Cup title on his home ground. New Zealand, the other hosts of the tournament, also made it to the finals, but ran out of luck there.

Answer: Mike Gatting

England was seemingly in control of that 1987 World Cup finals before Mike Gatting played an ill-advised reverse sweep and lost his wicket. It was all downhill from there and England lost the 1987 final by seven runs! It was a case of "so near yet so far" for Mike Gatting and his Englishmen!
England lost by 90 runs in 1979 to the West Indies, by 7 runs in 1987 to Australia and by 22 runs in 1992 to Pakistan.

Source: Author srini701

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