TheICC Cricket World Cupis theiinternational championshipofODI)The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the(ICC), every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament. The tournament is one of the world's most viewed sporting events and is considered the "flagship event of the international cricket calendar" by the ICC

The first World Cup was organisedin England 1975 with the first ODI cricket match having been played only four years earlier. However, a separatewomen cricket world cuphad been held two years before the first men's tournament, and a tournament involving multiple international teams had been held as early as 1912, when atriangular tournament ftest matchwas played betweenAustralia,England andSA The first three World Cups were held in England. From the1987 tournamentonwards, hosting has been shared between countries under anunofficial system with fourteen ICC members having hosted at least one match in the tournament.

The World Cup is open to all members of the(ICC), although the highest-ranking teams receive automatic qualification. The remaining teams are determined via the wccand theICC Qualifier. A total of20 teamhave competed in the eleven editions of the tournament, with fourteen competing in the latest edition in 2015;in 2019 will have only ten teams. Australia has won the tournament five times, with theWI, India (twice each),Pakistan andSri Lanka (once each) also having won the tournament. The best performance by a non-full-member team came whenkenyamade the semi-finals of the2003 tournament

Cricket is celebrated as festival jn India it is said that Tendulkar lives in each and every street of India over 26 billion people watch cricket all over the globe and each and every game has its own credibility and integrity

This game is just unbelievable and amazing there is always a twist and turn in every game and match and the support of the public towards the players is also blasting

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