With barely any success in the previous five World Cups and with just recently discovered its feet from limited-overs format, Sri Lanka, against amazing odds beat strong favourites Australia in the final in Lahore by 7 wickets. Surprisingly Australia didn't have a wonderful beginning and it came to a point where each game became a must-win. Even though India are connected with West Indies with two names, they have made it into another closing and reached the semi-final period on four occasions. This skiddy fast bowler has had two fantastic attempts in 2015 and 2019. A tireless soldier that carried the load of India's fast bowling strike in 3 World Cups. Even the 1996 Wills World Cup, co-hosted by three sub-continental states - India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, was the last such tournament to carry a patrons ' title. India and Pakistan, the 2 co-hosts of 1987 Reliance World Cup, could not have asked for a more exciting championship, now played 50-over, as opposed to initial three in England which were 60-overs per innings.