The World Cup of Cricket or simply the ICC Cricket World Cup will commence in Bangladesh, India & Sri Lanka shortly. It’s difficult to predict who the next world champion would be, but just a quick peek into the main leads of the 14 participating nations and some stats-
(RU) Runner Up Team
(W) Winners
Australia
Captain- Ricky Ponting
Coach- Tim Nielsen (Aus)
(RU) 75′, 96′ (W) 87′, 99′, 03′, 07′
Bangladesh
Captain- Shakib Al Hasan
Coach- Jamie Siddons (AUS)
Canada
Captain- Ashish Bagai
Coach- Pubudu Dassanayake (SL)
England
Captain- Andrew Strauss
Coach- Andy Flower (ZIM)
(RU) 79′, 87′, 92′
India
Captain- Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Coach- Gary Kirsten (RSA)
(RU) 03′ (W) 83′
Ireland
Captain- William Porterfield
Coach- Phil Simmons (WI)
Kenya
Captain- Jimmy Kamande
Coach- Eldine Baptiste (WI)
Netherlands
Captain- Peter Borren
Coach- Peter Drinnen (AUS)
New Zealand
Captain- Daniel Vettori
Coach- John Wright (NZL)
Pakistan
Captain- Shahid Afridi
Coach- Waqar Younis (PAK)
(RU) 99′ (W) 92′
South Africa
Captain- Graham Smith
Coach- Corrie van Zyl (RSA)
Sri Lanka
Captain- Kumara Sangakkara
Coach- Trevor Bayliss (AUS)
(RU) 07′ (W) 96′
West Indies
Captain- Darren Sammy
Coach- Ottis Gibson (WI)
(W) 75′, 79′
Zimbabwe
Captain- Elton Chigumbura
Coach- Alan Butcher (ENG)