As on date India has won all its league matches and is set to win this 2023 edition of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup unbeaten. But do you know in 5 out of 12 world cup editions played till date, the winning team was unbeaten during the full event?
In 1975 West Indies won all its 5 matches and even in 1979 West Indies was unbeaten winning 4 out of 5 matches with one match giving no result, against Sri Lanka. In 1996, Sri Lanka won all its 8 matches and was unbeaten. What a tournament it was for Sri Lanka. In 2003 and 2007 Australia won all 11 matches to remain unbeaten during both the events.
On the other hand, Pakistan won 6 out of its 10 matches in 1992 where they won the cup. India in 1983 won 6 out of 8 matches and lost 2. In 2011 India won 7 out of 9 matches, and lost 1 against South Africa. The season wise list of winning teams with their winning % is mentioned below.
| Year | Winning Team | M | W | L | NR | Win% |
| 1975 | West Indies | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| 1979 | West Indies | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80% |
| 1983 | India | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75% |
| 1987 | Australia | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 88% |
| 1992 | Pakistan | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 60% |
| 1996 | Sri Lanka | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| 1999 | Australia | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 70% |
| 2003 | Australia | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| 2007 | Australia | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| 2011 | India | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 78% |
| 2015 | Australia | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 78% |
| 2019 | England | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 73% |