ODI Fantasy World Cup – First World Cup History

Cricket world cup 2019 will be held from May 30 to July 14. This time, in the first round of ODI fantasy world cup tournament ten test playing cricket teams, will play. The top four teams will march into the semi-finals.

The participating teams are England, Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and West Indies. England will host the cricket world cup fantasy league for this season.

Today let us talk about the events which led into starting this fantasy cricket world cup championship. Read on:

1912 is the year when the first attempt of any kind of championship had been taken. A three-way tournament involving the teams of test playing nations had been held between Australia, England and South Africa.

The idea of a competition involving all three nations playing Test cricket (Australia, England and South Africa) was proposed at the first meeting of the Imperial Cricket Council in July 1909. The original proposal was for a tournament to be held every four years, with the first hosted by England in 1912.

For a variety of reasons, the tournament was not a success. The summer of that year was one of the wettest since records began in 1766. Rainfall in the three months of June, July and August was more than twice the annual average, and August 1912, was the coldest, dullest and wettest August of the 20th century. This experiment between the cricket playing nations were dropped almost due to bad weather and was not repeated again till 1975.

First Cricket World Cup 1975

The first World Cup was organised in England on June 1975, with the first ODI cricket match having been played only four years earlier. However, a separate Women’s Cricket World Cup had been held two years before the first men’s tournament. England hosted the first three World Cups. From the 1987 tournament onwards, the hosting has been shared between nations under an unofficial rotation system, with fourteen test playing members having hosted at least one match in the tournament.

The first world cup was named as Prudential world cup, sponsored by Prudential Plc. During those days one day match consisted of 60 overs (6 balls / over).

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Fantasy World Cup 2019 – 10 Participating Team Captains

Many nations have come to the stage of the cricket world cup! But just a few have conquered it! Once more with fantasy world cup 2019, the stage will be set and we will witness an arena of terrific players.

Cricket is a team game. And, like in case of all team sports, a cricket team, too, is held together by the captain. As the leader of the ODI fantasy world cup team, a captain has to ensure balance in the team, be it in terms of focus or temperament.

A team skipper has to know when to stay calm in the face of stress and keep his head clear to strategies the match. The world cup fantasy game captain is the pillar of success in a team.

Let’s meet the top 10 cricket world cup fantasy league participating captains for this world cup, starting on 30th May.

Aaron Finch – Australia

After Australian ball-tampering episode, which saw Steve Smith suspended for a year, opening batsman Aaron Finch had been handed the responsibility of leading the team. Now, Smith is back, however, Finch will lead the Australian team at the World Cup.

Gulbadin Naib – Afghanistan

Afghanistan Cricket Board shocked everyone by choosing bowling all-rounder as captain for cricket world cup 2019. Naib replaces Asghar Afghan, one of the successful skippers, as the team’s leader.

Mashrafe Mortaza – Bangladesh

The fast bowler will be leading the Bangladesh team for the second time in the World Cup. In 2015, under Mortaza’s captaincy, Bangladesh reached the quarter-final stage for the first time.

Eoin Morgan – England

Just like Mortaza, Eoin Morgan will lead the English team for the second time in the World Cup. Though under his leadership, England faced an early exit in the 2015 World Cup. However, since then the English team has become a strong unit in the 50-over format and are one of the favourites going into the tournament.

Virat Kohli – India

Arguably the best ODI batsman, Virat Kohli will lead his side for the first time in 50-over World Cup. Interestingly, this will be Kohli’s third World Cup as a player.

Kane Williamson – New Zealand

Kane Williamson will play his first World Cup as a skipper. In 2015 edition, Brendon McCullum-led New Zealand finished as runners-up. Under Williamson, the Kiwis are looking for their maiden World Cup title win.

Sarfaraz Ahmed – Pakistan

Months before the World Cup, there were some questions over Sarfaraz Ahmed place in the team. His captaincy skill was under scrutiny as well. However, the nation’s cricket board went ahead and named him as the captain for the World Cup. It was under Sarfaraz’s leadership that Pakistan lifted its maiden Champions Trophy in 2017. He has won the World Cup at U-19 level too.

Faf du Plessis – South Africa

Middle-order batsman Faf du Plessis has been in charge of the South African team for a while now. In 2017 he was named as ODI captain and since then South Africa has done fairly well under him.

Dimuth Karunaratne – Sri Lanka

The opening batsman DimuthKarunaratne was surprisingly named as team’s ODI skipper. He is yet to lead Sri Lanka in an ODI and will begin his duty at the World Cup. He will replace Lasith Malinga, under whom Sri Lanka lost ODI series against South Africa, as captain.

Jason Holder – West Indies

Having led the team in the 2015 World Cup, Jason Holder has some experience of leading the Windies World Cup. He has been leading from the front as West Indies look to add 3rdWorld Cup to their bag.

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3. ODI Fantasy World Cup – Power Cricketers from Each Team