India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup final at which ground?

The correct answer is C, West Indies. The first World Cup was played in England in 1975 over 60 overs an innings, and West Indies beat Australia in the final at Lord's under Clive Lloyd. They retained the trophy in 1979, so Lloyd is the only captain to win it in two successive editions.

Option A, Australia, lost that 1975 final and had to wait until 1987 for its first title, which it then followed with five more. Option B, England, hosted the 1975, 1979 and 1983 tournaments and lost the finals of 1979, 1987 and 1992 before finally winning in 2019. Option D, India, was a minor side in 1975 and won its first title in 1983 at the same ground, beating West Indies. The safest way to hold this question is to remember that the first two World Cups were both in England and both won by West Indies.

The correct answer is C, M. S. Dhoni. India beat Sri Lanka in the final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 2 April 2011, and Dhoni, who finished the chase himself, was named player of the match; Yuvraj Singh was player of the tournament. The win made India the first country to lift the World Cup in a final played at home.

Option A, Rahul Dravid, captained India in the 2007 edition, in which the team went out in the group stage. Option B, Virat Kohli, played in the 2011 side as a young batsman but captained India only later, and never in a World Cup final. Option D, Sourav Ganguly, led India to the 2003 final in Johannesburg, where Australia won. Dhoni is also the captain who won the first T20 World Cup in 2007, which is why his name appears in two separate questions from this chapter.

The correct answer is B, India and Pakistan. The 1987 tournament, sponsored as the Reliance Cup, was the first taken away from England and the first in which an innings was cut from 60 overs to 50, the length used ever since. Australia won the final against England in Kolkata under Allan Border.

Option A, Australia and New Zealand, hosted the next edition in 1992, the one that introduced coloured clothing, the white ball and floodlit matches, and also the 2015 tournament. Option C, South Africa, hosted in 2003 and the first T20 World Cup in 2007, but could not host earlier because it was excluded from international cricket until 1991. Option D, West Indies, hosted its only World Cup in 2007. Remember the sequence of firsts: 1975 the first tournament, 1987 the first outside England, 1992 the first under lights.

The correct answer is B, more boundaries hit in the final. England and New Zealand finished level after fifty overs each at Lord's, and the Super Over that followed was tied as well. The playing conditions then in force gave the title to the side with more fours and sixes in the match, and that was England, who won their first World Cup this way.

Option A, net run rate, decides places in a group table, never the result of a knockout match. Option C is wrong because wickets are not counted in a Super Over tie-break in this fashion, and the rule as written spoke of boundaries. Option D, a bowl-out, was used in Twenty20 cricket before the Super Over was introduced, most famously in the 2007 T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan, but it had long been dropped by 2019. The boundary-count rule was removed after this final, so 2019 remains the only World Cup settled in this manner.

The correct answer is C, Australia. Australia has won the one-day World Cup six times, in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015 and 2023, and its run of three in a row between 1999 and 2007 is unmatched. No other country is close to that record.

Option A, India, has won twice, in 1983 and 2011, and has also lost two finals, in 2003 and 2023. Option B, West Indies, won the first two editions in 1975 and 1979 and so also stands at two. Option D, England, won only in 2019, at its fourth attempt in a final, having lost those of 1979, 1987 and 1992. Keep the full roll in mind, because only six countries have ever won this trophy: Australia, India, West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England.