6. Tenth ODI Cricket World Cup was played between
14 International Teams. England, India, New
Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West
Indias,Zimbabwe, South Africa, Bangladesh,
Canada, Kenya, Netherlands and Ireland
participated for the 10th Cricket World Cup
tournament.
7. Total 49 games were played at 13 different
venues of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
8. Host Country : India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Teams : 14
(England, India, New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indias,
Zimbabwe, South Africa, Bangladesh, Canada, Kenya, Netherlands, Ireland)
Games : 49
Venues : 13
Format : Four groups of four teams, top two from each proceeded to
the Super Eights, from which the semi-finalists were chosen and two winner
teams of semi-finals progresses to Final.
9. Winner : India
Runners-up : Sri Lanka
Prize money(winner) : US $ 5.00m
Prize money(Runners-up) : US $ 2.24m
Man of the match (Final) : MS Dhoni
(India)
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24. Gautam Gambhir's well-made half century in the company of
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