ICC world cup is the pinnacle of cricket sport and winning the trophy makes special for country, team, players and the captain. The first ever cricket world cup was played in 1975 which was won by West Indies. Clive Lloyd was the first ever captain to lift ICC world cup.
The recent world cup trophy was lifted by English captain Eoin Morgan when England won 2019 edition at home. Clive Lloyd and Ricky Ponting are the two most successful captains of ICC world cup as they won it twice for respective countries West Indies and Australia.
Let’s checkout the list of captains who have won cricket world cup.
| WORLD CUP | WINNING CAPTAIN | TEAM |
| 1975 | Clive Lloyd | West Indies |
| 1979 | Clive Lloyd | West Indies |
| 1983 | Kapil Dev | India |
| 1987 | Allan Border | Australia |
| 1992 | Imran Khan | Pakistan |
| 1996 | Arjuna Ranatunga | Sri Lanka |
| 1999 | Steve Waugh | Australia |
| 2003 | Ricky Ponting | Australia |
| 2007 | Ricky Ponting | Australia |
| 2011 | MS Dhoni | India |
| 2015 | Michael Clarke | Australia |
| 2019 | Eoin Morgan | England |
| 2023 | – | – |
The next edition of ICC cricket world cup 2023 will be played in India. Who do you think will add his name to the list?
