ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, which is held in Australia and New Zealand, is special event for every cricket fans and players. Hence, it produce some interesting facts that you might do not know.
- The weight of the current World Cup Trophy is 11Kg.
- Sachin Tendulkar has scored most runs, 2278 in the World Cup Tournament.
- Glenn McGrath has taken 71 wickets, which is most wickets by a bowler in World Cup.
- 210 players playing Cricket World cup 2015.
- Australia has 4 times lifted the world cup trophy, which is the highest number by any country. India and West Indies twice, Pakistan and Sri Lanka once time, are others cricket world cup winners
- 23 years after world cup is being hosted in Australia and New Zealand.
- 26 matches to be hosted by Australia and 23 by New Zealand.
- There are 14 Numbers of venue for the tournament.
- 14 teams are participating in the World Cup 2015
- Duration of the World Cup is 44 days scheduled from 14 February to 29 March 2015
- World Cup 2015 telecast in 200 countries.
- 2.2 billion Television viewers will watch Cricket World Cup 2015.
- It is the world's third largest and most viewed sporting event.
- Usaman Ghani, 18 from Afghanistan is the youngest player in this Worldcup.
- Nitish Kumar, 16 from Canada is youngest player to play the Cricket World Cup (2011).
- $20.35 is a ticket price for worldcup the pool matches.$66.14 is a ticket price semi finals where as for Quarterfinals is $50.87.
- Price for the world cup final tickets is $127.19.
- Melbourne Cricket Ground has highest seating capacity with 100,024 people at time which is venue for the final of the cricket world cup 2015.
- Overall, prize money for the ICC Cricket World Cup is $10 Million.
- The use of the Super Over in is reintroduced in World Cup knock-out matches if the match finishes as a tie. However, if the Final match of the tournament is tied, both the finalists will announced as joint winners.
- Tickets for the Pool B match between India and Pakistan, played on 15 February 2015, reportedly sold out within 12 minutes of going on sale
