- World Cup was played in 1975 after the introduction of ODI cricket. In the first edition of World Cup, there were 15 total matches played between eight teams.
- In the World Cup played in 1975, the team of East Africa was also involved.
- In a World Cup match in 1975, Sunil Gavaskar scored 36 not out against England in 174 balls. In this match, India had to chase England 335 runs. The Indian team made 132 runs in the 60-over match at the loss of 3 wickets.
- India finished the 1983 World Cup finals and finished the West Indies' continuous World Cup win.
- In 1987, the number of overs was reduced from 60 to 50. This World Cup was hosted jointly by India and Pakistan, and this decision was taken in due course of time due to light daylight in both countries.
- Mohinder Amarnath, 1983, Arvinda de Silva, 1996 and Shane Warne won the title of 'Man of the Match' in the semi-finals and final matches of 1999 World Cup.
- Due to South African racial discrimination arrangements, it has been part of the World Cup since 1992.
- Changes to fielding rules were made in the 1992 World Cup. In this case, only 15 players were allowed to stay outside the ring for the first 15 overs. The first was the rule of at least 4 players to stay in the ring.
- With 1992 World Cup Sri Lanka became the first team to win, chasing the target of more than 300 runs. In this match with Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka had to chase 313 runs.
- The unfinished match of any match in the World Cup began with the match between India and Sri Lanka in 1996 in Kolkata, in which a group of spectators started throwing bottles on the field after seeing India losing.
- In the 2003 World Cup, 14 teams played 54 matches during the 43 days.
- Sachin Tendulkar was the first player to be dismissed with the decision of the third umpire.
- In 2003, Shoaib Akhtar threw the ball from the highest speed of cricket history, which was 100 mph.
- Sachin Tendulkar has won the Man of the Match award for 8 times in the World Cup.
- Ricky Ponting has played the most 46 matches in the World Cup.
- In 1996, Sri Lanka started to speed up runs in the first 15 overs in cricket. Which was followed in cricket's 20-20 pattern?
- The 1996 World Cup was held in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka became the first host to win the World Cup.
- In the 1996 World Cup, Australia and West Indies teams refused to play in Sri Lanka, so that Sri Lanka were declared winners without playing in two games.
- Kenya defeated the West Indies in a 1996 match. This victory was to confuse the cricket world because of its Kenya team.
- In a 1996 match, Kenya defeated the West Indies. This win was going to make the cricket world unbearable because the Kenyan team had no identity before this, even before Brian Lara's World Cup began, he refused to give an autograph to a cricketer from Kenya.
- The 2007 World Cup Final was won by Australia's team with the help of Adam Gilchrist's smack of 149 runs.
- Australia has won the World Cup most often.
- Australia did not lose a single match during the 2003 and 2007 World Cups.
- The 2007 World Cup was reduced from 50 overs to 38 overs because of the final rain.
- The 2011 World Cup was to be held in Pakistan other than India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, but due to the attack on the Sri Lanka team in 2009, the ICC snatched the host from Pakistan.
- In the 2011 World Cup Yuvraj Singh won the Man of the Match in four consecutive matches.
- In the 2007 World Cup, Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga became the only player to take four wickets in consecutive balls.
- Herschelle Gibbs is the only player who has hit six sixes in one over in one-dayer. In the 2007 World Cup, he made this record against Holland.
- In the 1987 and 1999 World Cup match, India lost to Australia by 1 run.
- With 2,278 runs, Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in the World Cup.
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