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World Cup Results

In the eleven ICC Cricket World Cups held in this way, five distinctive groups have won the competition. Australia is the best World Cup group having won the competition five times, and were runner up another two times.

West Indies won the initial two competitions, and India have likewise won it two times. Pakistan and Sri Lanka have won one competition each. Sri Lanka (1996) and India (2011) are the main hosts to win, when they co-facilitated the competition.

Victors List

The accompanying is a rundown of the triumphant nation and runner up for every Cricket World Cup. Click on the nation names for more nation data, or snap on the year for more data about the

competition for that year.

year winner runner-up

2015

Australia

New Zealand

2011

India

Sri Lanka

2007

Australia

Sri Lanka

2003

Australia

India

1999

Australia

Pakistan

1996

Sri Lanka

Australia

1992

Pakistan

Britain

1987

Australia

Britain

1983

India

West Indies

1979

West Indies

Britain

1975

West Indies

Australia

T20 Cricket World Cup 2016: West Indies beat England as Carlos Brathwaite crushes four successive sixes in last over

Kolkata: West Indies' Carlos Brathwaite crushed England's Ben Stokes for four progressive sixes to grab an astounding four-wicket win in Sunday's World Twenty20 last as the Caribbean side turned into the primary group to win the title twice.

Requiring 19 off the last over sent around Stokes, Brathwaite showed nerves of steel to finish the pursuit in shocking style and trigger wild festivals among his happy colleagues who attacked the Eden Gardens pitch.

Stirs, Brathwaite displayed nerves of steel to finish the pursuit in staggering style and trigger wild festivals among his euphoric fellow team members who attacked the Eden Gardens pitch.

West Indies players celebrate in the wake of overcoming England in the last of the ICC World Twenty20 competition at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. Photograph: Saurabh Das

"We have a minister in the group in Andre Fletcher, we continue supplicating," West Indies captain Darren Sammy said subsequent to turning into the principal chief to lead a group to a second World T20 title.

"Great to see Carlos play like that in his presentation World Cup. Demonstrates the Twenty20 profundity we have in the Caribbean. Ideally we will keep on improving."

The 24 runs Brathwaite scored off Stokes was the most elevated in the last over of a Twenty20 International, bettering Australia's characteristic of 23 against Pakistan in Gros Islet in 2010.

Last over legend Carlos Brathwaite praises hitting the triumphant runs. Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP

Britain's demise overs legend Stokes was left distressed in the wake of neglecting to contain Brathwaite, who had an important night having scored 34 with the bat after prior guaranteeing 3-23 with the ball to limit England to a humble aggregate.

Man-of-the-match Marlon Samuels was not out on 85 but rather it was Brathwaite's rankling absolute off 10 balls that saw them home.

Put into bat, England got off to a repulsive begin before Joe Root hit a familiar 54 to help the 2010 champions post an aggressive 155 for nine wickets.

An upset Ben Stokes after he was hit for four progressive sixes in the last over. Photograph: Getty Images

"We didn't have enough keeps running on the board. It was a better than average batting surface, perhaps 180-90 was standard," England's baffled captain Eoin Morgan said, however he was content with his group's forceful showcases all through the competition.

"We demonstrated a massive measure of character in the competition, not exactly done what's necessary to win it. I genuinely trust this is just the begin of something unique."

Root added 61 to the England complete in organization with Jos Buttler (36), who hit left-arm spinner Sulieman Benin for consecutive sixes preceding holing out in the profound. 

Marlon Samuel in full flight for the West Indies. Photograph: Saurabe Das/AP

Dwayne Bravo (3-37) struck twice in the fourteenth over and Root died in the following attempting to scoop a conveyance from bathwater (3-23).

West Indies wobbled right off the bat in their pursuit after low maintenance spinner Root rejected Johnson Charles and the hazardous Chris Gayle in his the initial three balls to peg them back.

Samuels included 75 keeps running with Dwayne Bravo (25) to relentless the boat before Brathwaite gave the astounding late firecrackers to secure a passionate triumph.

Britain's substitute defender Sam Billings drops West Indian batsman Marlon Samuels. Photograph: Saurabe Das/AP

The home group, whose group were thumped out by West Indies in the semi-last, gave a boisterous cheer when India's Virat Kohli was named man-of-the-competition for his productive batting.

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